Faux Vows, True Desires novel Chapter 46

"Tonight, I just want to curl up with you and sleep; that's all I'm going to do," Stefan promised her.

When loved someone, he had to respect her body.

"Thank you, Stefan." Lucinda instantly thanked him for his understanding.

As soon as she finished speaking, her lips were gently touched by Stefan's.

She touched her own lips, looking at him innocently.

"Call me hubby, like you did just now. I really like hearing that."

Lucinda's face instantly turned red.

She had just called him that to appease his jealousy and anger.

"You can call me whatever," said Lucinda before trying to duck away.

"Oh, right, Stefan, something weird happened."

"What's up?"

Stefan followed her downstairs to have dinner.

Emma knew he would bring Lucinda back tonight, so she had the kitchen prepare lots of dishes that Lucinda liked.

"Before you came to pick me up, there were several men in black who looked like bodyguards. The way they looked at me, it felt like murder."

Hearing this, Stefan's expression immediately became serious and deep, but he tried to stay calm and comforted Lucinda, saying, "You don't know them, right? If you don't, then maybe you're just overthinking. I also find some people to look particularly fierce, always making one feel as if they're murderers."

"I don't know them. I've never offended anyone. If I had to name someone I've pissed off, it'd just be Ruby. But she was the one who picked a fight with me first."

"Ruby can only use Owen to pressure you. Her family is not in this country, and she doesn't have much influence in Pinehurst anymore. Owen came later, which indicates that the men in black you saw probably weren't sent by Owen."

"Lucy, don't worry yourself sick. I'm here to protect you; nothing's going to happen."

He must find someone to investigate who sent those men in black and why they were secretly following Lucinda. Was it because of him or for some other reason?

As the leader of Ascend Global, besides Owen, Stefan inevitably had many other enemies in the business world. After all, Ascend Global's influence was so great that it naturally attracted a lot of jealousy.

Before, Stefan seemed to have no weaknesses.

Now with Lucinda, she's become his Achilles' heel, and someone might want to use Lucinda to attack him.

Owen was his enemy, but Owen would not use a woman to achieve his own ends. Although he was unwilling to admit that he lost to Stefan, he publicly admitted his failure nonetheless.

"Good evening, master, madam!"

As soon as the couple reached the first floor, Emma and the rest greeted them.

Stefan didn't react unusually.

But Lucinda was startled by this unfamiliar scene and wasn't used to being addressed in such a way.

In the luxurious hall, there were nearly twenty people; apart from Emma, Lucinda remembered another person, the driver.

She glanced at the driver, then looked at the man beside her and lightly chuckled.

"That's my chauffeur; you've met him before," said Stefan calmly.

"I really thought he was a taxi driver."

Stefan smiled slightly. "I just didn't want to make you uncomfortable, so I told a little white lie."

Lucinda was speechless.

His attitude towards her was so frank that she didn't know how to react.