Faux Vows, True Desires

Chapter 276

Recalling Ruby's attitude toward him over the years, Owen suddenly halted his steps.

He should kick it to the curb! He didn't want to be anyone's second choice anymore, nor did he want to have anything to do with Ruby. He knew if he kept this up, he was only going to be left hurt.

When he decided to ditch Ruby, Owen suddenly felt his world brighten up, and the road ahead was full of sunshine.

He remembered Cecilia, her words echoing in his ears.

A chuckle escaped from Owen.

Because of Ruby's exit, his mood got a whole lot better.

Derek recorded Owen's words and left all pumped up.

Ruby rushed to the Martinez family last night, but the security guards wouldn't let her in. They were worried about disturbing Shane Martinez's rest. Ruby had no choice but to call Owen, but he didn't answer.

She then called Olina, but the phone hung up after only a few rings.

Ruby suspected it was Shane who hung up. She had no proof.

Ruby had to wait at the gate. She was exhausted, so she lay down on the ground.

The sun was blindingly bright.

Ruby couldn't fall asleep again. She opened her eyes. She was blinded by the sunlight, squinted her eyes shut, then, after a while, opened them again and sat up.NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.

She found herself still at the entrance of the Martinez family.

Owen hadn't come out to take her in.

Ruby blamed the security guards. They didn't help her notify Owen.

After waking up, she touched her face, then turned on her phone's camera. Looking at her face, she saw that it was still swollen. Her mother had hit her hard. After several hours, her face was still badly swollen.

She wasn't beautiful anymore.

Would Owen despise her current look?

No way!

Owen loved her so much. Even if her looks changed, he'd still love her. Her current look wasn't disfigurement; it was just a swollen face from her mother hitting her.

Ruby got up and walked to the gate.

She banged on the gate, shouting into the security room.

The security guard came out, still polite to Ruby because she was Owen's girl.

The guard said, "Ms. Scott, we've already told Derek. Wait for his notice; just hang in there."

Trenton should be up by now, but he didn't like Ruby, so the security didn't dare let Ruby in without his say-so.

Ruby said, "I'm Ruby. Are you guys blind or something? Open the damn gate; I need to see Owen."

Ruby was used to being spoiled by Owen, so she was a bit haughty.

The guard looked at her, clearly in a bind, but he didn't open the gate until Derek came.

Ruby dusted herself off.

She thought Derek was there to take her inside.

But before Derek got close, she asked, "Derek, where's Owen? He should be up by now. Why hasn't he come out to meet me?"

Derek smiled. He didn't come out but stood in front of Ruby, separated by the latticed gate.

"Ms. Scott, sorry, Owen said he's tied up right now. He asked you to go home."

Ruby's face twisted. She clung to the gate, veins bulging on her hand from the effort.

"Derek, do you know what you're saying? You dare to change Owen's instructions; are you tired of your job?"

Derek still wore a smile. He slowly took out his phone, turned on the recording, and played Owen's words for Ruby to hear.

After listening, Ruby became more agitated, her hand reaching through the lattice gate, trying to snatch Derek's phone, screaming, "No way, no way, Owen wouldn't do this to me! You're lying, you're lying!"

"Owen, Owen, come out, come out!"

Ruby couldn't get the phone. She shook the gate madly, but the Martinez family's gate wasn't something she could shake. She was just wasting her strength.

"Owen, Owen, come out; why aren't you coming out to see me? You can't do this to me; how could you do this to me?"

Ruby screamed madly. She couldn't accept that Owen was ignoring her too.

If even Owen ignored her, what did she have left?

She had nothing left, and she was also facing imprisonment due to Stefan's lawsuit!

She was used to Stefan's coldness. Ruby could bear it, but Owen suddenly being cold to her, not caring for her like before, she wasn't used to it; she was scared, really scared, as if it was the end of the world.

"Ms. Scott, I suggest you stop yelling here. Owen's room is quite a distance from here. Even if you used a loudspeaker to yell, Owen wouldn't hear it in his room."

Derek kindly advised, "I see your face is swollen like a loaf of bread. Why don't you go home and put some ice on it?"

"I'm not going anywhere; I want to see Owen. Owen wouldn't treat me like this. It must be Trenton forcing him to say this!"

Ruby screamed. Her eyes were red, and tears swirled, soon sliding down her cheeks.

"The sun's pretty hot; I'm getting old; I won't keep you company here in the sun."

Seeing Ruby disregarding his advice, Derek left her alone, leaving a sentence behind, and walked away.

"Derek, come back, come back! Call Olina out; she knows I'm here, and she'll definitely let me in. Olina, Olina!"

Ruby banged on the gate madly, screaming at the top of her lungs like a madwoman.

The security guards on duty were scared back a few steps by her madness.

Derek heard Ruby's screams, but he didn't pay any attention to her.

So what if Olina knew? He was following Owen's instructions.

Last night, Olina didn't get a call from Ruby. Instead, a servant told her about it.

Knowing Ruby had been left outside for a whole night, her cheeks red and swollen, Olina was heartbroken. Despite Trenton's objection, she rushed downstairs, planning to go out and find Ruby.

"Olina, where are you headed?" Trenton, lounging on the sofa reading his newspaper, didn't even bother to look up as he casually tossed the question Olina's way.

There was a file bag on the table in front of him.

Even though she was in a hurry to find Ruby, Olina felt obliged to answer Trenton's question.

"Dad, I heard Ruby got left out in the cold, so I'm going to hit the road and find her. Our doorman is really dropping the ball lately and he even had the nerve to leave Ruby out on the street."

"Why don't you come over here first? I've got something to show you." Trenton continued reading his newspaper and calmly said, "It's on the table. Check it out, then go find Ruby."