Faux Vows, True Desires novel Chapter 149

"Ms. Yates is a real sweetheart."

It was rare for Stefan to praise a woman other than Lucinda.

He glanced at Owen.

Owen got the hint and snorted, "I only have eyes for Ruby."

"Well then, I'll leave it at that. After all, you're the one who's going to suffer, not me. Just remember, if you keep meddling in my affairs because of Ruby or helping Ruby to keep tabs on me, don't blame me for not being polite!"

"You're not exactly polite to me in the first place."

Owen mumbled under his breath.

"If you've got nothing else, you can scram now."

Stefan said, "I have no idea what you're talking about. Can you show me how? Owen, thank you!"

"Don't be so formal; it's not my style."

Owen looked uncomfortable. "It's not my thing when you thank me so formally."

Stefan took a couple of steps forward and kicked at him.

Owen dodged swiftly.

"Stefan, what the heck?"

"You said you're not used to being thanked, so how about a kick? You're used to that, right? You're such a pain in the ass."

"You're the pain in the ass, Stefan. You didn't come here to thank me today; you came to piss me off. I'm about to die of anger."

"Your eyes are still open, and you're claiming to be dead from anger?"

Stefan scoffed at him and said as he walked out, "Let me know when you're really dead from anger."

Owen: "Goodbye!"

Stefan pushed open the office door and left. He slammed the door with a loud bang.

Owen yelled in the direction of the door, "Stefan, if you break my door, you're buying me a new one."

Stefan was long gone and didn't hear his cursing.

After a while, Owen called in his bodyguard, handed him the gift from Stefan, and said, "This is a check from Stefan. Cash it in and share it with the others. We should take Stefan's money."

The bodyguard hesitated for a moment, then quickly took the envelope under Owen's glare.

"Next time something like this happens, you guys need to move faster and take more money from Stefan."

The bodyguard stayed silent. They were all following Owen's orders. All the gifts from Stefan that Owen didn't accept were given to them. Working for someone like this was promising.

Lucinda placed the washed cherries in front of Cecilia.

"These cherries are sweet and big, and they're fresh. Go ahead and eat."

Cecilia put down her phone, picked a cherry, and jokingly said to Lucinda, "You're a whole different person after becoming part of the Anderson family. You're even willing to buy such large and fresh cherries."

She loved cherries too, but they were too expensive.

In the past, they would only look at them, unable to afford or bear to buy them.

"If you've got food, stop talking."

Lucinda cheerfully stuffed a cherry into Cecilia's mouth.

"Stefan always gives me lots of pocket money; I can't even spend it all, so I bought some cherries."

"You could buy clothes, handbags, jewelry, and so on. If you only picked the expensive ones to buy, then maybe his pocket money wouldn't be enough."

Lucinda sat next to her and said, "Forget it."

Her closet was full of clothes, handbags, jewelry, and so on. So much that it made her dizzy.