Faux Vows, True Desires
Chapter 139

He put in quite a bit of effort, even though he wasn't the one who found Lucinda first, but at least he contributed. Stefan was a sensible man, so he will remember the favor Owen did for him.

Owen felt pretty smug when he thought about his longtime rival thanking him.

When Stefan came to thank him, he planned to act all high and mighty.

"Was Lucy hurt? Did they catch the criminals?"

"Lucinda wasn't injured. I asked around, and those criminals were probably too scared to hurt her. They dumped her in some remote place and ran off. I bet they won't get far after crossing Stefan. If Stefan can't help the police catch those guys, I will lose all respect for him."

If he couldn't even protect his own wife, then he had no business being Owen's rival.

"Good to know Lucy is fine." Cecilia let out a sigh of relief.

"But why didn't Lucy tell me?"

Owen didn't really want to explain for Lucinda, but seeing Cecilia look a bit disappointed, he spontaneously explained, "Lucinda's phone ran out of battery and shut off."

After hearing this, Cecilia immediately perked up. She understood that it wasn't that Lucinda didn't want to check in with her, it was just that her phone had run out of battery. "After this incident, Stefan was also shocked. He took her home and... you should understand what I mean. You're her good friend; she will call you. Just wait."

No sooner had Owen finished speaking than Cecilia's phone rang.

It was Ike calling, and Cecilia answered right away.

"Cecilia, Lucy has been rescued, and she's fine. Sorry, I forgot to tell you."

Ike's voice was filled with regret.

Cecilia laughed and said, "As long as Lucy is fine."

Ike cared a lot about Lucinda.

After Lucinda was rescued, all of Ike's attention was on her, and he temporarily forgot to notify Cecilia, which was understandable.

"I'll let Lucy talk to you."

Ike handed the phone to Lucinda.

The two chatted on the phone for a long time and almost drained Ike's phone battery, then Lucinda ended the call.

"Mr. Martinez, you haven't eaten yet; go ahead and eat. I'll go buy you something. What do you want? It's my treat."

She had said before that as long as Owen helped her out, she would treat him to meals every day.

Luckily, she got a hundred thousand dollars for pretending to be Owen's girlfriend last time, which was enough to treat him for a while.

But if it was for the long term...

Cecilia didn't want to think about the future.

She figured Owen wouldn't want her to treat him every day.

Once Ruby Scott got out of jail, he would try to win her over. If Ruby didn't like her, he wouldn't come to her anymore.

"What's the food like at the restaurants around here? Pick the tastiest one for me and get ten takeouts, eight of them for my bodyguards. They're waiting for me outside and haven't eaten yet." Cecilia knew the remaining two were for her and Owen.

"Okay, I'll go get the takeout right now. Mr. Martinez, I can only treat you to fast food today. When you're free, I'll treat you to a fancy meal."

Owen responded and urged her, "Hurry up; I'm already hungry."

He had done her a huge favor, and now she could only treat him to fast food.

Owen wasn't even sure why he agreed to help her in the first place.

Although she promised that she would definitely help him if he ever needed help in the future.

Owen thought for a moment and wondered if he would really need her help.

However, Cecilia's attitude towards him had always been bad, but now she was acting like his servant, which made Owen feel very pleased.

Since he had already helped her, it was too late to regret it now.

To have both Cecilia and Stefan thank him was worth it.

Cecilia went to buy fast food.

As soon as she left, Owen received a call from his mother, Olina.

"Owen..."

Olina's voice was sobbing, sounding very upset.

Owen instinctively asked, "Mom, what's wrong? Did you and dad quarrel again?"

Every time his parents quarreled, his mother would come to him to complain, hoping that he would take her side and help her fight against his father.

"No, it's your grandfather. He came back and gave me a piece of his mind."

Olina said, feeling distressed, "I'm the hostess of this house, so I invited a friend to stay for a while, but your grandfather won't allow it. He's so old, but he still holds the power in the house. Even though he said he would let you take over, he hasn't really let go."

Although Trenton rarely appeared in the Ikella Group, he was still the chairman and held the decision-making power.

Even Owen couldn't be too outrageous in front of him. If he angered him, he could remove Owen from his position of heir at any time.

"Mom, watch your language; how can you talk about my grandfather like this? Do you think you're still young and will never grow old? If my future wife also scolds you, wouldn't you be upset?"

Owen couldn't accept his mother talking about his grandfather like this.

This was disrespectful to his grandfather.

He grew up by his grandfather's side and had the deepest bond with him.

"You know my grandfather doesn't like Ruby and her mother coming and going into our house too much. The Scott family's villa isn't uninhabitable. Ruby is living there just fine. I've been to the Scott family's house. Their house does need renovation, but even without it, there's no big problem; there are always servants cleaning the house."

"You kept Megan in our house when my grandfather was not home. Of course he would be angry when he came back."

Owen had even forgotten that he had also tried hard to persuade Ruby to move into the Martinez family.

It was only after Ruby, who was dead set on moving into the Anderson family's house, was rejected by Stefan that she reluctantly moved back to the Scott family's house.

"...Even so, your grandpa had no right to blow up at me. Can't I even make a small decision on my own?"

Olina felt humiliated in front of Megan. She'd always had a bone to pick with Trenton, but because he was an elder in the family, she never dared to confront him.

She always talked smack about him behind his back, wishing he'd kick the bucket already so her son could truly take the reins of the Martinez family. No one would then have a shot at taking her son's spot.

"You know it's a minor thing, so why make a big deal out of it? My grandpa had a rough time outside, and he came home to find Megan staying in our house. That's why he was ticked off. You know grandpa's old and cranky like a kid; just cut him some slack."

Owen tried to soothe his mom, "Calm down; I'll get Dad to take you shopping. Buy whatever you fancy, and if you're short on cash, just let me know. I'll wire you some right away."

"You think I'm broke?"

She had plenty of savings.

She was born into wealth and married into it. The last thing she lacked was money.