Faux Vows, True Desires novel Chapter 304

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.

Owen didn't bring any cups, so they just drank straight from the bottle, clinking them together every now and then. It was pretty chill. The atmosphere between them was also particularly good.

"Here, this is for you." Owen suddenly pulled out a new phone from his pocket and handed it to Cecilia.

"If you don't have any photos to remember your vacation by, you'll regret it. This phone is brand new. It takes much better photos than your old one."

Cecilia put down her 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. It sometimes freezes. Of course, it can't compare to this one."

Cecilia said happily, "Thanks, I'll pay you back later."

Seeing her happy face, a smile spread across Owen's face, and his eyes were filled with a doting look he wasn't even aware of. He said, "No need, it's a gift from me."

"No free lunch in this world. You suddenly giving me a new phone makes me a bit nervous. Owen, what are you up to?"

"Just giving you a phone, what's there to be nervous about?"

To him, the money he spent on this phone was nothing. He could give her many more if she was willing to accept it.

"It's weird, I pissed you off, and you gave me a new phone. Doesn't that make me think that I can get lots of new phones as long as I piss you off?

If that's the case, I don't mind pissing you off every 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 to the brink of jumping into the sea.

"All right, then let's deduct the cost of the phone from your management fee. Is that okay? Every time 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 something nice for you, you still want to talk about money. You always want to talk about money."

"Some money, I can accept. Some benefits I can't. I have principles."

Owen let out a laugh.