Faux Vows, True Desires

After her husband went back to his office, Lucinda sat behind the cash register, complaining to her friend, "I'll never be able to live a peaceful life again." "If life is too peaceful, it becomes boring. If it's too boring, it's dull. Isn't it better to have a lively and interesting life with new things happening every day?"

Cecilia handed her a cup of coffee and addressed her concern, "You've got dark circles under your eyes. Haven't you been sleeping well recently?"

Taking the coffee from her friend, Lucinda took a few sips and said, "These past few days have felt like years. I've been thinking about more things than I have in my entire twenties, so, yeah, I haven't been able to sleep well."

Plus, the period made her sleep even more unsteady.

"Tell me about the juicy stuff you went to see. How's Owen? Did he comfort Ruby and promise to help her?"

Cecilia propped her hands on the counter, eagerly asking her friend. "You and your husband are something else, even taking your bodyguards to go watch the show."

Lucinda put down her coffee cup. Taking advantage of the fact that there weren't many customers in the shop, she took out her laptop from her bag, placed it on the counter, and as she turned it on, she answered her friend, "If you're so curious, why don't you ask Owen directly? I bet he'd be over the moon if you called him now."

Cecilia retorted, "I don't care about him. I just want to know about Ruby's miserable fate. Your family must have hit her hard. I want to set off fireworks to celebrate her downfall."

"Setting off fireworks in Pinehurst is prohibited."

Lucinda opened her writing software but didn't immediately start writing. Instead, she opened her publishing website, checked her works on the bookshelf, and quickly blocked a few comments because they were threatening the author.

"Looks like your folks have given up on Ruby. She was pretty ragged today, her face all swollen from crying. She pleaded with Owen, even asking if he still loved her?"

Cecilia hurriedly asked, "What did Owen say? He loved her so much that even if Ruby deceived him, he'd soften up as soon as she cried. If he could really get over Ruby, the sun might rise from the west tomorrow."

but I don't have time to write it now. I haven't updated it recently. Cecilia, should I tell my readers that

then you'd become famous in

just write 4,000 words, update it when I'm done, and finish it slowly. I won't start any new novels in the future. Starting from next Monday, I won't be able to help out in the

couldn't stay at Serendipity

hobby, writing novels, had to be put on hold. There were too

do what you want to do. I'll give you a share of the money I earn. If you feel guilty about taking advantage of me, you can give me

first opened it, we were full of ambitions, saying we wanted to open dozens of branches

while and said, "I'll just keep the shares. I'll come over at the weekend to check on the shop, and you can rest then. Otherwise,

her about this. After all, she was the one managing the accounts. Even if the profits were still split equally as before, Lucinda wouldn't know

her for over

to the

woken up a bit. I thought he'd keep playing the fool. Lucy, I

sort out lunch ourselves. Owen must be in a lot of pain right now. Cecilia, do you want to take a day off to

with a teasing

scold him. If I could scold him to the point where

wonder your eloquence is getting better, it's all from the experience

The phone suddenly rang.

alerting her

stood up straight, took her phone out of her pocket, opened the message, and found out that Owen had transferred her some money. Receiving money, Cecilia was

dollars, and soon he transferred some

he kept on transferring her money, each time two hundred