Faux Vows, True Desires

Lucinda and Tiffany had both left. Cecilia sat around for a bit but got bored, so she got up, turned around, and was about to jump off the rocks. That was when she saw Owen heading her way, carrying a few big bags that looked like they were full of food.

Cecilia waited for him to get closer.

The sea breeze was messing up her hair and her long skirt.

The scene had a sort of ethereal beauty to it.

Cecilia usually didn't wear skirts, and her sharp tongue often made Owen overlook her feminine charm.

But when she put on a skirt, he suddenly noticed how beautiful she really was. She was like a magnet, attracting his attention so much that he even forgot who Ruby was.

He couldn't let Cecilia know that, or she would get a big head.

"Why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be hanging out with them?" Cecilia asked.

Owen put the food and drinks he had brought on the rock, then climbed up.

"I don't vibe with them. It would be a real buzzkill," he added, "And don't forget, I'm Stefan Coleman's arch-nemesis. He charged me a pretty penny just to grant you your vacation wish." In the past, he would never have set foot on the Anderson family's private property.

Cecilia was busy bending over to pick up the bags he brought; she opened one to take a look and said, "All freshly packed, huh? And there's beer."

"Yep, how about we eat and drink some beer? Doesn't that sound nice?"

She didn't seem to care much about what he said, which kind of bummed Owen out.

Her attention was always a bit offbeat.

Before long, the two of them were sitting on the rock, eating the seafood Owen brought and drinking beer.

chill. The atmosphere between them was also particularly good. "Here, this is

by, you'll regret it. This phone is

beer bottle, took off her disposable gloves, and took the new phone from him. It was the latest Apple model, she said, "My old phone was cheap, and I've been using it for years.

"Thanks, I'll pay you

were filled with a doting look he wasn't

new phone makes me a bit nervous. Owen, what

what's there to

nothing. He could give her many more if she was

and you gave me a new phone. Doesn't that make me think that I can get lots of

day, then I'll just invest in opening a phone store. No matter how many phones you give me, I'll accept them all and then resell them for profit." Hearing her words, Owen felt like he was pushed

we talk about money, you're so obsessed, counting every penny, like you're taking advantage of me. Yet when I actually want to do

money, I can accept. Some benefits I

out a

she wouldn't submit for

him her bank account number

was just that when the money

I'll use it without

selfies. But she took photos of the sky,

Owen didn't mind though.

he secretly took a photo of her happy face with his phone, saved it to his photo album, then chose the photo he thought was the most womanly and beautiful and set it

every time he opened his phone, he

still called him every

go of Ruby immediately, he was hurt so deeply by her that he came to his senses,

to

he was decisive and uncompromising, cutting off the

No dragging it out.