Faux Vows, True Desires novel Chapter 343

"Lucy, you made it!"

Cecilia was torn about accepting Avery's bouquet when she saw her friend walk in. She immediately bypassed Avery with a smile and headed towards Lucinda.

Avery let out a sigh of relief.

Despite the functioning air conditioning in the café, he covertly wiped away some cold sweat from his forehead.

Thank goodness Cecilia didn't accept his flowers.

He should be able to live.

"Hmm, I just got off work and rushed over."

In a low voice, Lucinda asked her friend about the situation she had just witnessed, "What's going on with you and Mr. Cooper? You didn't catch the commotion outside, did you?"

"I have no idea, it's all so weird."

Cecilia claimed innocence.

After Owen bought a bunch of flowers and arranged them into a heart-shaped sea of flowers at the cafe's entrance, Avery popped up out of nowhere and also brought a bouquet.

He said that he liked her and wanted to give her flowers.

Cecilia appreciated good-looking guys, purely as eye candy, but she was not interested in Avery.

Just because she was a bit careless, it didn’t mean she was not perceptive. She could tell that Avery didn’t have romantic feelings for her from their interactions.

Avery's gaze was calm when he looked at her, unlike Owen's, which always carried a hint of turbulence.

"Every time Mr. Cooper shows up, Owen also comes. Cecilia, do you think Mr. Cooper might have a tracking device on him planted by Owen? Or is he sent by someone?"

It was just too coincidental.

Lucinda couldn’t help but let her mind wander.

There weren’t that many coincidences in life, most of the time was all arranged by someone.

Just like her and Stefan.

When she was unaware, she thought everything was a coincidence, a result of her and Stefan's fate.

But once she found out the truth, she realized that she had long been his prey. He wasn't in a hurry to catch her, but he never stopped watching her. Any guy who tried to pursue her or get close to her, Stefan would secretly interfere and push them away from her.

It was all Stefan's doing.

Therefore, every time Avery showed up, Owen would follow, leading Lucinda to suspect that all of that was orchestrated.

Cecilia curiously asked, "Who would arrange all this?"

Lucinda couldn't think of anyone either, she then whispered, "Owen's here. I'll go remove my makeup; I'll be quick."

"Let him come, I'm not afraid of him now."

She wasn't afraid before, and now she was divorced, she was free and even less afraid.

Lucinda laughed, so it was true, both had gone through the divorce procedure. Without the constraint of that piece of paper, Owen really had no right to interfere with who Cecilia was friends with anymore.

Lucinda grabbed a small, exquisite bag from the cash register and then slipped into the restroom to remove her makeup.

The small bag contained the makeup remover that Tiffany had given her.

Not wanting to run back to her rented house, she removed her makeup in the cafe's restroom.

As soon as Owen appeared, the onlookers dutifully made way, no longer crowding around the sea of flowers.

Seeing that Owen was still holding a large bouquet of flowers that looked like it was made out of money, everyone took a closer look, and sure enough, it was made out of money, it looked so beautiful!

"I really want a bouquet like that."

"Me too."

Everyone present at that place, regardless of age or gender, obviously loved the flowers made of money.

Owen's expression looked very smug.

His physical appearance ranked among the top in Pinehurst, the only ones who could surpass him were the Andersons.

When he saw through the glass door that Avery was also present there, holding a bouquet of flowers clearly intended for Cecilia, Owen's face immediately darkened.

He was so annoying!