Faux Vows, True Desires

Chapter 235

Even though Ms. Scott came back with the Fredericks, unless Mr. Coleman gave the green light, neither she nor her car could set foot on the Anderson family's turf.

Frederick and Jeannie exchanged glances. They were both aware that something major had gone down between Stefan and Ms. Scott during their vacation.

Stefan had already made it clear: Ms. Scott was not allowed to go into the estate.

Whether Stefan was right or wrong, they had to back him up for now.

So they hopped out of the car, grabbing their luggage.

"Mr. Anderson, Ms. Coleman, why are you getting out? The estate's main house is still a ways off from the entrance. It'll take at least ten minutes on foot. I can drive you." NôvelDrama.Org owns this.

Ruby was caught off guard by the fact that Stefan would completely ban her from the estate. But she quickly realized that she had two options at this point: either she could chauffeur the Fredericks in, or she was stuck cooling her heels at the entrance.

"We're good. We've been sitting all day on a plane and then in the car. Our feet are about to swell up. A little walk sounds good right about now; it might help with that," replied Jeannie with a calm smile. Bag in hand and Frederick dragging their suitcases, they started walking into the estate.

Seeing this, the security on duty rushed over to help with the luggage.

Another guard dialed inside, and in no time, the butler had sent a car to pick them up.

"Ms. Coleman!" Ruby called out in a hurry.

She could clearly see the entrance to the estate through the wrought-iron gates and panicked when she saw the Fredericks about to enter.

"Ms. Coleman, I'm here for Grandma Savannah. If she doesn't see me, she might worry."

Jeannie had just gotten back and wasn't entirely up to speed, but one of the guards honestly said, "Grandma Savannah went down the hill. Patrick Anderson went with her. They're probably in the flower field. No one mentioned anything about Grandma Savannah needing Ms. Scott."

Besides, there were plenty of workers at the foot of the hill living with their parents. Grandma Savannah loved chatting with the elderly. There was no way she'd be bored. She didn't need a young person to keep her company.

Ruby shot the guard a glare.

The guard was taken aback. He hadn't said anything wrong. Why was Ms. Scott glaring at him?

Confident he'd done nothing wrong, the guard stared back at Ms. Scott.

He hadn't done anything wrong, so he wasn't afraid of a stare-down! If it was a competition to see who had bigger eyes, he wasn't convinced he'd lose!

Jeannie laughed. "Ruby, since you're here for Grandma Savannah, why don't you head down to the flower field where she is? We'll go in and drop our bags."

"Alright."

Ruby was speechless.

That was just how the Andersons rolled. They seemed polite to Ruby, but the minute she had a beef with Stefan, they'd unhesitatingly side with Stefan.

The young people in the Anderson family might even say, "If we're not backing Stefan, who are we backing? Who gives you the right as an outsider to ask for our support?"

About ten minutes later.

In the main house's living room, the Fredericks were sitting on the couch, sizing up Vincent Moore across from them.

Vincent hadn't gone to the café with Lucinda, nor had he gone down the hill with Grandma Savannah. Instead, he chose to hang around the estate, admiring the mysterious Ascend Estate. Little did he know that the Fredericks would return from their trip out of the blue.

Vincent was sitting alone, under the intense scrutiny of the couple.

"Stefan married your daughter Lucinda?" Jeannie broke the silence among the three.

After a moment's thought, Vincent answered, "At first, Lucinda wanted to hire Stefan to pretend to be her boyfriend because my wife Fiona kept nagging her to get married. She was at her wit's end, so she came up with this plan. Then Stefan suggested they get hitched for real. Lucy's a simple girl. So, they went and got married."

Vincent gave them an honest account of how things came about, the whole process, and the result.

It was a pretty straightforward sequence of events, but the Fredericks were spinning all kinds of stories in their heads.

They knew Stefan all too well. It looked like he had set his sights on Lucinda a while ago.

That sneaky little bugger.

They were under the impression that Stefan and Ruby were the real deal. On the surface, Jeannie was nice to Ruby, but deep down, Jeannie didn't want Ruby to become Stefan's wife, even though she never meddled in Stefan's private affairs.

Ruby was too greedy! Her ambitions knew no bounds!

She wanted to have her cake and eat it too, but there was no such thing as a free lunch.

"Lucy must be a wonderful girl. I can't wait to meet her."

Just as Vincent was worried about getting along with the Andersons, Jeannie burst into laughter.

"Dear, this is a pleasant surprise. Stefan has finally given us a big gift. This is a heartwarming a gift. I love it. Haha, I've finally leveled up. Now I've got Lucy as my daughter-in-law. Vincent, relax. We're very open-minded parents. As long as the kids are happy, we're happy."

"Lucy, what a lovely name!"

Vincent spoke honestly: "Uh, my daughter's name is Lucinda, but she's not our biological child. We found her. Her biological parents just found her, so she might have to change her name to Lucinda Blue."

The Fredericks were taken aback.

"No matter if she’s Lucy or Lucinda, whether she is your biological daughter or not, she's Stefan's wife!" Jeannie cackled.

"Right." Frederick nodded too.

The couple was itching to express their thoughts to Vincent. They've been waiting for this day for ages, and now that it's finally here, they won't be nitpicking over Lucy's background.

Regardless of whether Lucinda was a pretty girl or even a boy, as long as she's Stefan's pick, they will accept her.

Vincent totally bought into Stefan's words.

As long as Stefan was happy, all the Andersons will accept Lucinda.

This settled Vincent's nerves completely.

Even though the two families started interacting and the Anderson couple got along well, none of them looked down on Lucinda's background. But the Moores still had this nagging worry that Stefan's parents might not take a liking to Lucinda.

"Whatever Lucinda has to face in the future, the Andersons will be her rock. She can do whatever she dreams of, and no matter what challenges come her way, the Andersons will back her up." Frederick assured.