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."

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

laughed, "You could say that, then you'd become famous in the online literary

start any new novels in the future. Starting from next Monday, I won't be able to help out in the shop. Cecilia, I'll give you all my shares in Serendipity Cafe, because

couldn't stay at

be put on hold. There

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 a higher share.

we were full of ambitions, saying we wanted to open dozens of branches of this shop. Also, this is where you met Mr. Coleman.

I'll come over at the weekend to

she was the one managing the accounts. Even if the profits were still split equally

her for over a decade and doesn't want

suddenly returned to the previous

"He's finally woken up a bit. I thought he'd

got it. After I finish updating, I'll go to the supermarket across the street to buy some seafood. We'll sort out lunch

with a teasing

because Owen would be dead from my nagging. Seeing him just makes me want to scold him. If I could scold him to the point where

"No wonder your eloquence is getting better, it's all from the experience

The phone suddenly rang.

Cecilia's, alerting her to a

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

just received two hundred dollars, and soon

transfer messages kept on coming as he kept on transferring