Faux Vows, True Desires

"I need to get someone to fix that broken streetlight tomorrow."

As Devon watched his granddaughter tending to Owen's wound, he asked, "Is Owen's injury severe?"

Owen quickly responded, "Grandfather, I'm fine, it's just a minor cut."

"It's not deep, but we can't take it lightly. I'll take him to the hospital to get it properly disinfected and dressed."

Cecilia picked up Owen's car keys and helped him to his feet, telling her grandfather, "Grandpa, I'm going to take him to the hospital."

"Have your brother accompany you."

Devon, recalling the recent mugging and the broken streetlight, thought it would be safer if his grandson accompanied them.

Cecilia and Owen wanted to refuse, but they could already hear movement upstairs.

The rest of the Yates family had been awakened.

They found out that Cecilia had been mugged on her way home and Owen, concerned for her safety, had followed her and intervened, getting cut by the mugger's knife in the process. Once they understood the situation, their looks towards Owen softened.

In the end, Hudson accompanied them to the hospital.

By the time they arrived at the hospital, Owen's wound had stopped bleeding.

However, the doctor still cleaned and dressed the wound again.

As they left the hospital, they were stopped by a stranger.

"Are you Mr. Owen?" the stranger politely inquired.

Owen quickly sized him up, determined he didn't know him, and asked coldly, "Who are you?"

remained polite, "I am the

Owen, "You specifically asked me to deliver these results personally. This

his boss' assignment, he

asking indifferently, "How

since I'm in this line of work and you sought our help, it's a

Owen remained silent.

his pursuit of Cecilia, his movements had become transparent. In the man's

that

item, I'll be leaving. Please contact us if you need our services

impression that the man had intentionally delivered the results in front

ask

in Pinehurst made them aware that he might conduct some shady

couldn't explain to them that he was investigating his romantic rival. He couldn't let Cecilia

arm injured, Hudson decided to drive his

came

successfully wooed Cecilia. In the dream, they had a grand wedding where Cecilia wore a gown he had custom-made for her. She was so beautiful that he couldn't take his eyes off

a while before reluctantly accepting that it was just a

murmured

His phone rang.

She only contacted him when she needed his help, otherwise, she was too frugal to spend

He wanted Cecilia to show him some

his archenemy's advice, he had

up? Or is your wound hurting? Do you have a

hurts, but I don't think I have a fever. Let

fever. I'm not that weak that a small wound would

had just

a wound, rest at home

be fine. But it really

over like you did