Faux Vows, True Desires

Chapter 398

"Cecilia, fancy some late night grub? It's on me."

Cecilia, not missing a step, continued to stride towards his car, responding, "After all the snacks I've had at the theater, I don't think I can stomach another bite." Owen fell silent for a moment. He'd slipped up by providing too many treats.

"Guess it's late. Let's head home."

Cecilia stood by his car, looking back at him.

"Alright."

Owen approached, unlocking the car, courteously opening the door for her. Once she was in, he shut the door, circled around the car and got in himself.

Glancing at her for a moment, he asked, "Did you enjoy the movie tonight?"

"It would've been better if you hadn't been all over me."

Owen looked genuinely apologetic. "I was really scared, didn't expect the movie to be that terrifying."

Cecilia scoffed inwardly: Yeah, right. You're such a bad boy!

"Next time, let's watch something different."

No more horror movies. Something romantic, something sweet.

Cecilia didn't respond.

Owen started the car, driving her home.

As they approached her home, a narrow lane, Cecilia asked him to stop.

"It's too narrow for you to turn around easily. Just drop me off here, I can walk the rest of the way."

Owen peered down the dimly lit alley, faintly lit by a few street lamps. His eyes flickered with worry, "It's late, don't you think it's dangerous for you to walk alone? What if you run into a drunkard or a pervert?" Cecilia had already exited the car.

"People who live here are all old friends. We've known each other for decades. There's no danger."

"You should head home, goodnight."

Cecilia waved him goodnight and disappeared into the alley under his watchful gaze.

of the car and

even gave him a few points in

since he'd left Ruby, his positive

always had many positive traits but they had all been directed towards

this one, even with streetlights, were dimly lit. Some of the lights were

areas without light were

walked into the darkest part of the lane, she suddenly noticed a shadow darting towards

was coming at her and instinctively, she dodged the glinting object in its

It was a knife!

"A robbery."

a low

the figure lunged at

the robber, but

been following behind, rushed

to miss

another shadow darted out, revealing a

robbers, both with

"Cecilia."

front of Cecilia. As the robbers lunged at them with their knives, he sprung into action, effortlessly repelling them. In the scuffle, he was nicked by one of the robber's blades. He bit back the pain, disarming the robbers before they could react. Realizing they were outmatched, the robbers fled into the darkness, disappearing

to follow them but

they

to the darkness, Cecilia hadn't noticed

and chased them off in no time.

for years and nothing's ever happened. But the moment

phone and using the flashlight to locate the

up the two knives, only to realize that one was a

She sighed.

a situation, who could've told the

seemed to be blood on the

shone her flashlight on it, even

around and

flashlight, the beam landing

just a scratch from their knife.

first. I have some first aid supplies. Once we've stopped the bleeding, we can head to the

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