Faux Vows, True Desires

Chapter 320

"Is that all you're eating?" Ruby couldn't help but comment as she watched Cecilia open a takeout box containing nothing more than a bit of meat and some vegetables. It looked plain and not very appetizing.

For the wife of the Martinez family, she was eating quite simply! NôvelDrama.Org is the owner.

Cecilia continued to eat as she responded, "What's wrong with this?"

She glanced up at Ruby, "I can't compare to you, Ms. Scott, you always eat richly."

Ruby made a face, "Hasn't Owen given you any living expenses? Your shop seems to be doing well, can't you afford nicer food? The wife of the Martinez family eating so simply. This would tarnish the Martinez family's reputation if it got out. Cecilia, you and Owen aren't a good match."

Cecilia replied, "You'd be a good match with Mr. Malicious, but you can't marry him. You could only watch as I became the wife of the Martinez family."

Ruby choked at her words.

Cecilia, like Lucinda, always leaves her speechless.

They were both Ruby's pain points.

One stole Stefan whom she liked, and the other stole Owen who liked her.

"Mr. Malicious?" Ruby noticed Cecilia's nickname for Owen.

Frowning, Ruby said, "How can you just give Owen a nickname like that? As his wife, you should protect his reputation and status."

"People's reputation and status is for them to uphold. If they don't do well, no one can protect their reputation; if they do well, no one can tarnish it. People aren't blind."

Cecilia paused, "What reputation does Mr. Malicious have to speak of? His reputation as a rich fool is already known because of you. Only a girl with a kind heart like me, who can't bear to see him alone for life, would be willing to marry him."

"Otherwise, who would want to marry him with that sort of reputation?"

Ruby snapped back, "I would marry him."

"Hah, as foolish as he is, he doesn't want to be betrayed. No one, man or woman, likes being betrayed."

Ruby's face changed. She gritted her teeth and asked, "Did Lucinda tell you?"

"Mr. Malicious told me. The night you hurt him, he wanted to kill himself by the sea, and I saved him."

If Owen were here he might say “I wasn't going to kill myself. I just wanted to calm down by the sea!”

Upon hearing this, Ruby's eyes lit up, "Owen wanted to commit suicide because of me."

Cecilia glanced at her, then continued to eat her meal.

Seeing her enjoying her food, whether due to hunger or temptation, Ruby couldn't help but swallow, cursing Cecilia in her heart. She was talking to her, but she was just focusing on her food.

"Ms. Scott, why don't you tell me what you're here for instead of sitting here ruining my appetite?"

"You seem to be enjoying your meal, not bothered at all."

"I rarely eat just one portion of meal, but with you here today, I'm only eating one. If you came to find me every day, I might even start filming weight loss commercials. Have everyone eat in front of you, guarantee they'll lose weight."

Lucinda stifled a laugh at her friend's words.

Ruby was spoiled by Owen, now she didn't realize how overbearing she was. If they really argued, even she wouldn't be able to win, let alone Cecilia.

Ruby's face became angrier at those words.

After a while, she managed to calm her anger, then took out a cheque that had been prepared in advance from her bag and placed it in front of Cecilia.

Cecilia glanced at it, it was only fifty thousand dollars.

She pushed the cheque back to Ruby, "Ms. Scott, I don't need this money."

Without explaining why she was giving her money, Ruby saw her push the cheque back, took out another cheque from her bag, put it together with the first one, and pushed them back towards Cecilia.

Cecilia finished her meal, then asked her friend, "Lucy, where's my soup?"

"Right here."

Lucinda handed over her soup, then curiously looked at the amounts on the two cheques, one for fifty thousand, the other for a hundred thousand.

She glanced at Ruby, who was looking rather sour and seemed not in the mood to deal with her.

"Ms. Scott, are you having some financial troubles lately?"

Lucinda teased.

Ruby didn't respond, knowing she couldn't win against Lucinda. The last time Lucinda had made her so angry she'd nearly vomited blood.

Since then, she'd avoided arguing with Lucinda to prevent another such incident.

"True, you've moved all your business back to your home country, but there's been no improvement. You're nearly out of capital, you're definitely having financial troubles."

Lucinda didn't care that she wasn't responding, so she continued to talk, successfully making Ruby's face turn green.

Ruby wanted to retort, but she couldn't bring herself to.

She had to hold back, she couldn't argue with Lucinda!

She'd argued with Lucinda a few times, and lost every time.

Ruby took out another cheque from her bag.

Lucinda said to her, "Ms. Scott, if you want to use money to win Owen over, I suggest you bring out all your money at once, instead of giving it out bit by bit."

Ruby was furious, "Do you think I'm tipping you? I've been giving you cheques for fifty thousand, a hundred thousand each time!"

"If you can, bring it all out at once."

Lucinda smiled, "I don't need to buy a man with money. Oh, I did rent a husband though, only costs five hundred dollars a month. Stefan is easy to take care of, and he doesn't even spend all of it, giving me the money left."

Ruby said,"Lucinda, I didn't come here for you today, can you please leave!"

The man she couldn't get, Lucinda could score with just $500 a month.

The man she once loved, she now had to buy with money.

Regret hit Ruby like a brick wall!

"Alright, I won't interrupt your negotiation with Cecilia," Lucinda said, grinning as she walked away.

Pissing Ruby off made her day.

After a few check handovers, Ruby stopped.

Finishing the soup offered by the fast-food joint owner, Cecilia asked Ruby, "Did you pull out all the checks?"

Ruby didn't respond.

So, they were all out.

Cecilia took the checks, counted them - seven in total. Three of them were for a hundred grand and four for fifty grand. Altogether, they were worth five hundred grand.

In Ruby's mind, that's what Owen was worth!

Sure, for the average people, that's a ton of dough.

But for the high society, it seemed a bit cheap for Owen, the big cheese of the Ikella group.

"Ms. Scott, what's the deal?" Cecilia asked, flipping through the checks.