Faux Vows, True Desires

Chapter 275

Lucinda snuggled up to her husband and asked, "Sweetie, do you think Ruby will go find Owen?"

"Obviously, she will definitely go to Owen. I'm just not sure if Owen can firmly reject her this time."

Stefan sorted out what Ruby had done abroad and sent a copy to Owen and Trenton.

Owen might soften, but Trenton definitely wouldn't let him down.

"Babe, do you want to watch the drama unfold?"

"Can we? You don't get along with Owen. Even if we want to watch the drama, we don't have an excuse to visit him."

Who didn't love a good show? Especially Ruby's drama, Lucinda loved it the most.

"As long as you want to watch, I'll take you. Just because I don't get along with Owen, it gives us a chance to watch his drama. If we were on good terms, it would be awkward to watch him in trouble."

Lucinda laughed, saying, "Then let's hurry up and go."

Stefan indulgently said, "Alright."

If Owen knew his archenemy was bringing his wife over to his house to watch the drama, he might die of anger in advance.

Owen came home late last night. Luckily, his grandfather wasn't waiting in the hall to scold him.

He sneaked back to his room like a thief and went straight to sleep.

When dawn broke, he woke up but still felt unrested, so he called Walter to tell him he wouldn't be going to the company today and all meetings needed to be rescheduled.

After he hung up, he went back to bed to continue sleeping.

Unfortunately, someone didn't want him to sleep. The knocking on the door was deafening.

"Who is it?"

Owen was disturbed and angry; he shouted at the door-knocker while getting out of bed.

"Mr. Martinez, it's me, Derek."

Owen went over and opened the door, glared at Derek, and said displeasedly, "Derek, do you want me to sleep at all? Knocking so loudly in the early morning, are you trying to break the door?"

"Mr. Martinez, Ms. Scott is lying at the front gate and we don't know if she's dead or alive. The security guard on duty said she arrived in the middle of the night and wouldn't leave."

Derek was really reluctant to bring him this news.

He and Trenton both preferred Ms. Yates but Owen was infatuated with Ms. Scott.

If he wasn't afraid of Owen blaming him later, he wouldn't care about Ms. Scott at all.

Derek thought that after he said this, Owen would rush out as usual.

But this time, he just stood there, unmoving.

Owen thought of the "gift" he received, and his face turned very ugly. Ruby coming to find him now was probably because Stefan found evidence to hold her accountable, so she was afraid of being put in jail, then she came to seek his help.

If Stefan didn't hold her accountable, she probably wouldn't come to find him.

She was always like this, turning to him when she needed help and going to Stefan when she didn't.

She had been using him. He was just a tool for her to latch onto Stefan.

"Mr. Owen, are you okay?"

Derek asked with concern.

Owen turned around and walked back into his room.

Derek was stunned. Was Owen scared? Why would he react like this? He didn't run out, nor did he instruct them to rush Ruby to the hospital.

Something was off!

Instinctively, Derek followed Owen into the room and said, "Mr. Owen, did you hear what I just said? Ms. Scott arrived last night and has been guarding the gate all night. She's still lying there and we don't know if she's asleep or fainted."

"People like her won't easily get into trouble." Owen finally said something.

But for Derek, his reaction was still unusual.

Of course, Derek also hoped that Owen could treat Ruby as coldly as Stefan. After all, Owen was a married man now.

"Mr. Owen, aren't you going to check on her?"

Owen turned to look at Derek, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Derek, aren't you the same as my grandfather, disliking to see me with Ruby?"

"Mr. Owen's private matters are not my business. I'm just worried about you because you're acting unusually."

Owen said lightly, "Derek, go wake Ruby up and ask her what she wants. If there's nothing, let her leave. I'm busy and I don't have time to see her, nor do I have time to help her with anything."

Derek was stunned. He couldn't believe what he heard.

If these words came from Stefan, Derek would find them normal, but coming from Owen, he found them very unusual.

Of course, this was a good thing. NôvelDrama.Org owns this.

Owen finally learned to let go of his feelings for Ruby.

How good was Owen's wife? Owen should learn to cherish her.

Derek came back to his senses and said, "Mr. Owen, are you sure about this?"

"If you can't remember what I said, you can record it on your phone and play it for Ruby to hear."

Owen walked to the closet, opened the door, and took out his clothes. Without looking at Derek's expression, he said lightly, "I guess you guys can't persuade Ruby to leave either, so just record it. If she still won't leave after hearing what I said, you don't need to worry about her. She can lie there as long as she likes."

Derek quickly took out his phone and said, "Mr. Owen, can you repeat what you said? I'll record it and play it to Ms. Scott."

Owen waited for him to get ready, then repeated what he had just said.

After recording, Derek played it back to make sure it was complete, then smiled at Owen and said, "Mr. Owen, take your time getting dressed. I'm leaving."

Then he left cheerfully.

Seeing the delighted look on Derek's face, Owen was stunned.

It seemed that, apart from his mother and Ruby's mother, no one else approved of him being with Ruby.

Seeing him gradually grow cold towards Ruby made even Derek happy.

When he first heard that Ruby was lying at his front door, Owen almost ran out immediately.

When he snapped back to reality, he remembered the blatantly obvious hints he'd received yesterday. The impression Ruby had given him was that, despite having lived abroad for many years and having had several romances, she'd never really fallen for anyone. Her heart was apparently reserved for Stefan.

This stirred up a jealousy in him towards Stefan, a jealousy so intense it felt like he was going nuts.

Now he finally understood. Ruby had been lying. She'd actually had a hymenoplasty. She was just fooling herself.

If a person told a lie and thought they've covered it up well, they'll convince themselves they hadn't done anything wrong. Just like Ruby, who, because she'd gotten surgery, felt that all those years abroad, she was still keeping her virginity for Stefan.

This kind of thinking might have even blurred reality and illusion for Ruby herself.

She always felt that she was destined to be part of the Anderson family, so of course she couldn't give up her chastity. She believed she was still preserving her virginity for Stefan, which would surely move him deeply. But in reality, she was just deceiving herself.