Faux Vows, True Desires
Chapter 129

the Yates family.

"Trenton, I demand you to leave my house right now. I must've been out of my mind to fall for your tricks. You claimed you didn't intentionally deceive me, then why did you choose me? Playing chess with me, and becoming friends with me? Your real target was my granddaughter, wasn't it?"

"The Martinez family is way out of our league, the Yates family just can't measure up. So forget about my granddaughter."

Fuming, Devon kicked Trenton out.

Cecilia's participant in a blind date turned out to be Owen.

Devon wasn't stupid. Even if Trenton denied it, he wouldn't believe that Trenton didn't have ulterior motives.

"Devon, Owen is a real good kid."

Kicked out, Trenton still insisted on defending his grandson.

He should've known better, should've waited a while before setting up the blind date.

But you can't keep things under wraps forever.

His goal was to have his grandson marry Cecilia, thus completely cut ties with Ruby.

"Devon, I don't look down on the Yates family. Owen is capable. He doesn't need to consolidate his position through marriage. I don't care who he marries. Your granddaughter is a good girl. I'm quite fond of her. As long as the kids like each other, I guarantee no one will dare to mistreat Cecilia once she marries into our family."

"Bullshit! It's common knowledge in this city that your grandson is head over heels for Ruby. If my granddaughter marries him, she might as well be a widow. Even if the Martinez family gave us a ton of gold, my granddaughter wouldn't marry him! Get lost!"

Devon was livid.

He actually considered Trenton a friend. They were evenly matched in chess and got along well.

He hadn't expected Trenton to become friends with him just for his granddaughter.

Even if they were all concerned about Cecilia's future, he wouldn't let the Martinez family harm his granddaughter.

After kicking Trenton out, Devon slammed the door shut, locked it, and went back into the house. Meanwhile, Trenton was left knocking and shouting outside the door, but Devon ignored him.

That's what Cecilia saw when she came back.

Owen's grandfather was standing at her doorstep, frantically knocking and ringing the doorbell.

Cecilia hesitated for a moment, then approached him, asking, "Trenton, what's going on?"

Upon seeing Cecilia, Trenton grabbed her hand like she was his savior, patting it, "Cecilia, I really like you. I sincerely hope you and Owen can be together. I'm not trying to hurt you. Could you explain to your grandfather for me? Even if your grandfather stops being friends with me, I don't want him to be upset."

Cecilia pulled her hand back.

"Trenton, there's no way I'm getting together with your grandson. Thanks for your good intentions, but my grandfather is upset because you deceived us. Even if you verbally claim you don't mean to harm me, setting me up on a date with Owen is already hurting me."

Even though she hadn't encountered a wealthy family like the Martinez family before, she'd seen plenty of TV dramas and read novels.

As the head of a wealthy family who managed to raise a successor like Owen, Trenton was definitely not a simple character. He was undoubtedly cunning.

Cecilia wasn't stupid, but she didn't like playing mind games. She didn't like dealing with cunning people because she didn't have the mental acuity to spar with them. Keeping her distance was the best choice.

Trenton was at a loss for words.

He dared not admit that he was taking advantage of Cecilia.

He had to keep up the act, pretending that he genuinely didn't want to hurt Cecilia.

Hearing her voice, Devon came out immediately, opened the door, grabbed Cecilia, and said, "Cecilia, don't bother with this con artist."

He pulled Cecilia into the yard and locked the door again.

Trenton was speechless.

Con artist!

He'd never been called that before in his life.

Trenton was a bit angry, his face turned red, not sure if it was out of anger or shame.

He didn't knock again.

It would be useless when Devon was angry.

He'd better go back and lecture his grandson.

See, this was the consequence of his infatuation with Ruby.

Even a common family like the Yates family wouldn't give their daughter to Owen!

Trenton thought his grandson was so outstanding. His willingness to put aside his prejudices and appreciate Cecilia was his respect for Cecilia and the Yates family, but the Yates family didn't know to appreciate it.

Owen was hung up on Ruby. If Cecilia was capable, she could pull Owen away from Ruby.

If Cecilia couldn't do it, then she was incapable, and no one else was there to blame.

Someone as self-centered as Trenton would never admit his mistakes.

After standing for a while, Trenton left.

He quietly returned home not long after.

The pleasant weekend ended quickly.

The arrival of Monday heralded the start of a new week.

Some people went to work, some attended school, and others continued their vacation.

After showing off her driving skills to her husband, Lucinda scared him into making her ride in the Maybach he picked from the garage. He drove her to the store before heading back to work.

"I'll come pick you up at noon, and we'll have lunch at Ascend Hotel."

Stefan said as she was about to get off.

Lucinda nodded and smiled.

She really liked the food at Ascend Global Hotel. It was delicious. A luxury hotel indeed.

"Lucy." Stefan's voice dropped a few decibels, calling her in a low voice.

Lucinda spun around to face him, asking, "What's up?"

Stefan raised his hand to touch his lips, gazing at her deeply.

Lucinda got the hint, her cheeks flushing. She glanced around to make sure no one was staring before turning back to quickly peck Stefan on the cheek, sweetly saying, "Darling, see you, work hard and bring home the bacon."

With a kiss from his wife, Stefan was all smiles, doting as he said, "Sure thing, I'll work my socks off to support you. Ring me if you need anything."

"Got it."

After getting out of the car, Lucinda closed the door and waved goodbye to the man in the car, "Honey, take it easy on the road."

Stefan chuckled in response, "Don't worry, I'm not as ballsy as you."

At that, Lucinda blushed.

She likes driving fast when she drives.

Watching Stefan drive away, Lucinda turned to walk towards her shop. She had just reached the door and was about to unlock it when she heard her landlord chime in, "Ms. Moore, you're way behind on this month's rent, and you haven't paid your shop's rent either. Your husband's from a loaded family. You're not going to tell me you can't afford the rent, are you?"

Lucinda, "Oh snap! I totally forgot about the rent."

The other day when she received her writing fee, she transferred 500 bucks to Stefan as rent.

But she totally forgot about the shop rent and housing rent.

The landlord of her shop and house was the same lady.