Faux Vows, True Desires novel Chapter 41

"You know what? Ruby Scott came looking for me."

Stefan Coleman seemed rather pissed off; he said seriously, "Lucy, Ruby was not the girl I fancied when I was a kid! My relationship with Ruby is not like what you guys think; they all got it wrong; it's all a big misunderstanding."

This was all Gabriel Turner's fault! He needed to have a word with Gabriel.

Gabriel, who was at work, seemed to feel like someone was gossiping about him and suddenly sneezed.

"Did Ruby give you any trouble?"

Though Stefan denied that Ruby was his childhood crush, he knew her quite well.

Ruby had a lot of boys around her since she was a kid, spoiling her into thinking every man in the world would like her.

But he didn't like her.

Knowing about the existence of Lucinda Moore, it would be unlike Ruby to not do anything.

"She slapped me as soon as she saw me."

Stefan said angrily, "She dared to hit you; I will make her pay!"

Lucinda was a bit scared and hurriedly said, "I've already avenged myself. I'm the type who must retaliate, and the slap I returned was even more fierce than hers. When she left, her face was all swollen."

Hearing that Lucinda had slapped Ruby back, Stefan asked her worriedly, "Is your hand alright?"

Lucinda felt helpless.

The plot she wrote about in her novel was actually happening in real life.

Did Stefan really read her novel and then learn the moves of the male lead from her story?

Just thinking about it felt a bit strange to Lucinda.

She regretted telling Stefan about her part-time job.

"Ruby is shameless; if you hit her, it will hurt your hand. Let me handle this kind of thing in the future."

Lucinda didn't know how to respond.

"I have a customer; I have to go."

Lucinda made an excuse to end the call.

Cecilia Yates looked at her, laughing uncontrollably.

"Laugh if you want to."

"I'm already laughing."

Lucinda: "You! Taking pleasure in my misfortune!"

"This is a smile of envy. Look, you effortlessly married a rich guy, something others wouldn't even dare to dream of. I envy you; I'm jealous of you."

Lucinda: "As if I'd believe what you say."

Cecilia laughed out loud.

Soon, both of them had no time to laugh as their shop's phone was ringing off the hook with customer orders. They needed to pack coffee and pastries.

Suddenly, everyone was busy.

Almost all the orders were from Ascend Global.

The one responsible for delivering the coffee and pastries was Lucinda.

"Why am I the one delivering? I'm the boss." Lucinda grumbled.

In the end, she got on her electric bike, filled a big basket with the packed coffee and pastries, and filled the whole basket.

"Here's your chance to see your boyfriend; you should be happy."

Cecilia pushed her out the door and said, "Hurry up and deliver the orders; business is so good today."

Even though most of the orders were deliveries, the volume was huge.

And a small portion of the orders were picked up by customers themselves.

The headquarters of Ascend Global were not far from Serendipity Cafe.

Lucinda grumbled, but she moved quickly. She rode her electric bike, carrying a basket full of packed coffee and pastries, heading for Ascend Global.

When she arrived at Ascend Global, the security guard on duty looked at Lucinda with admiration. This made Lucinda scared, worried that she was about to enter a dangerous environment.

Even so, Lucinda still rode her electric bike under the security guard's gaze, like a diligent delivery person.

She delivered the coffee and pastries to each person according to the orders.

The last coffee and pastry had Stefan's name on it.

Did Stefan also order coffee and pastries?