Faux Vows, True Desires

Seeing Cecilia coughing badly, Owen's first instinct was to go up and lightly pat her on the back.

But just as he was about to move, he saw Cecilia's mother gently patting her daughter's back while saying, "Take it easy; no one's competing with you for the drink, and no one's cracking jokes; how can you still choke?"

Owen quietly backed off the step he was about to take.

"Mom, I'm fine." Cecilia finally recovered after coughing for a good while.

Taking advantage of her mom's distraction, she shot Owen a deadly glare.

She nearly choked on her milk because of him!

Owen silently accepted her stare.

He felt a little wronged. They were married now; what was wrong with him being friendly towards her mother?

He thought he was doing nothing wrong.

If Cecilia knew his thoughts, she would throw a fit.

Who was it that made her give up years of her youth to repay a favor?

Who said they were only having a sham marriage?

Who told her not to fall in love with him?

Since it was a sham marriage and they weren't a real couple, they should be polite but not overly affectionate!

"Hi, Becca."

stopped coughing, Owen greeted

a blind date between Cecilia and Owen, the Yates family wasn't too fond of

"Mr. Martinez, what brings you here today? If it's nothing important, please leave. Our house isn't big; we wouldn't want you to feel

to express my gratitude," Owen replied politely, completely devoid of the arrogance of

finished

had hoped that she could say something on his behalf, but seeing that she only cared

carried her dishes into the kitchen, and kindly reminded her mother, "Mom, he's a

dishes," was all Cecilia's

the big and small packages of gifts he brought. She pointed and asked, "Mr. Martinez,

gifts to say thank you. He says the favor was a big one; without Cecilia's help, he would have

politely inviting Owen to

at his grandson and shooed him off to work, then he took a seat

and followed her

her daughter in the kitchen; how on earth was she able to help

to offer him, only to find he didn't bring any. He was an occasional smoker himself, only lighting up when he was in a

bodyguards to put the gifts on the table, then whispered to one of them to quickly go to a nearby

the Yates family; he just forgot about cigarettes. Probably because he didn't smoke

him to the Yates family to make his presence felt, but all he

fear of being kicked out by Devon, leaving

the old Owen, he wouldn't stick around for a minute

every time he felt awkward and

strong supporter, whose aura was no less impressive than his own, and

never this nice when she was talking to him, always

and her

she handed it over, saying, "I just found Mr. Martinez's black card and returned it to him; it's the