Faux Vows, True Desires
Chapter 121

"Stefan, I'm your brother, what's the big deal if I eat some of your breakfast?"

Stefan snorted, "But if you eat, what's left for Lucinda? You have a huge appetite, and there's not that much food here. You'll finish it all."

Campbell replied, "I don't really have a big appetite."

Looking at the breakfast on the table, indeed, there wasn't much of anything. Definitely not enough for him.

As Lucinda listened to their conversation, she just wanted to cover her face.

Her husband was being such a penny pincher.

She quickly said, "Campbell, I can't eat that much, don't listen to Stefan, eat if you want to."

Campbell didn't hold back, "At least Lucinda is generous, not like Stefan, such a cheapskate. Whenever I eat his food, it's like I owe him a fortune."

"If you owed me a fortune, I wouldn't even bother giving you a reaction."

Campbell chuckled while eating, "True, you're not short on money. A fortune is nothing to you."

"Then what is it?"

Campbell just laughed and didn't reply.

"Stefan, Stefan."

There was a call from outside.

Lucinda looked towards the sound, curious about who was coming in.

The man beside her was already looking quite annoyed.

Patrick and Savannah, despite their age, knew to give them space and not disturb Stefan and Lucinda's alone time, but his brothers just kept coming to interrupt.

He had already told everyone that he would bring Lucinda back on the weekend.

His brothers didn't come back last night, but they're all here today.

"Stefan, the water lilies in the pond are beautiful right now, let's go sit by the pond."

The boy who came in was probably seventeen or eighteen, quite handsome with great skin. Because of his youth, Lucinda thought he was still a junior high student. "Oh, Campbell, you're here too."

The youngest boy of the Anderson family, Judson Anderson, came over, patted Campbell on the shoulder, and turned to Lucinda. He was young and inexperienced, and when he saw Lucinda in person, he exclaimed, "Wow, you're gorgeous! Even beautiful flowers can't compare to you."

Everyone likes to hear compliments.

Lucinda was flattered and immediately smiled, asking him, "Have you had breakfast? Want to join us?"

"Yeah, sure."

Judson agreed, pulled out a chair to sit down, but when he casually glanced across the table and saw Stefan glaring at him, he quickly pushed the chair back to its original position and said to Lucinda, "Mrs. Coleman, I've already eaten, you two take your time."

"Oh, by the way, Mrs. Coleman, I'm Judson, just graduated from high school. I'll be starting college after the summer."

So he's the youngest grandson of the Anderson family.

"What are you here for?"

Stefan asked with a stern face.

"Stefan, I already told you when I came in, I want to invite you and Mrs. Coleman to see the water lilies, and we can also pick some ripe fruits for juice."

"I thought you didn't like sweet things? And now you're making fruit juice?"

Stefan bluntly exposed Judson's lie.

Judson just laughed.

Even though Stefan was still sitting calmly, no matter how bad his face looked, Judson couldn't tell.

Judson thought to himself, he was still too young.

Seeing Stefan angry, he got scared.

But with Campbell here, even if Stefan was angry, he wasn't the only one being scolded.

Thinking this, Judson quietly sat next to Campbell again.

"Mrs. Coleman, this is your first time here, later you should let Stefan show you around, familiarize yourself with the place. That way you won't get lost in the future." The Ascend Estate is very big, newcomers can easily get lost.

Stefan scolded, "Judson, even if you don't speak up, no one will think you're mute. Lucinda has me, she doesn't need you to remind me what I should do."

"Stefan, if I don't speak, I'm afraid people will think I am mute."

Judson muttered.

Stefan was speechless.

Lucinda wanted to laugh.

The way the Anderson brothers interacted was quite enviable.

Although Campbell and Judson seemed casual, they both respected Stefan as their older brother. Judson even seemed a little scared of Stefan.

Lucinda guessed that this kid was probably not even afraid of his parents, just his brother Stefan.

"Lucy, eat quick, don't let Campbell eat everything. Campbell, leave some for Lucy, I made this for her."

Seeing Campbell eating non-stop, Stefan was really anxious, like he wanted to throw Campbell out.

"You made this? Then I must have a taste. I can barely remember the last time I had your breakfast, it was like ten years ago."

As Judson was talking, he grabbed Campbell's cutlery.

Campbell said, "Judson, can't you get your own cutlery?"

"I don't dare."

Judson only tasted a bite, he didn't eat recklessly.

"With Lucinda here, even if the sky falls, it won't hit us."

Campbell said happily.

Stefan was speechless.

Lucinda laughed.

Campbell sure knew how to talk.

He always made her feel comfortable.

Stefan was really good to her.

"Honey, I'm full."

Lucinda was really full.

She had started eating before Campbell came.

After Campbell arrived, they ate for a few minutes, then Judson came in.

"Are you really full? Don't mind these guys, they won't starve."

"I really am full, I won't starve myself."

Stefan's complexion gradually returned to normal.

"Judson, go get the utensils, man. Don't just stand there watching Campbell eat like I'm depriving you guys or something."

As soon as Stefan finished speaking, Judson quickly dashed into the kitchen to get the utensils, while Campbell continued to munch away...

Lucinda was laughing all along.

"Stefan..."

Another unfamiliar shout echoed.

Stefan's face turned sour again, he said to Lucinda, "Lucy, I'm gonna check it out."

He seriously suspected his brothers were lining up at the door, coming in one after another.

If they're coming in, they might as well all come in at once, so he could see clearly how many of them there were.

Stefan headed out.

He bumped into Naylor Anderson who was coming in. Seeing Stefan's stern face, Naylor's steps faltered, even retracting half a step that he had just taken.

"Stefan."

Naylor laughed nervously.

Stefan grunted heavily, walking straight past Naylor.

There were six more people at the door, they had all returned.

These six were still playing rock-paper-scissors, declaring that the loser will be the next one to go in.

Seeing Stefan come out, the six hurriedly greeted him, their faces spread into wide grins.

Stefan was speechless.

Stefan was pissed!

He really felt like shipping all these brothers off for overseas assignments.