Faux Vows, True Desires novel Chapter 203

Cecilia closed the video, popped her phone into her pocket, got up, and walked away from the counter, heading towards the old lady.

"Lady."

Cecilia didn't call her 'mom'. Without Trenton around, no one could control her mother-in-law, and no one would back her up. She wouldn't bother calling her 'mom'.

Frankly, she didn't want a mother-in-law like Olina.

She married Owen only to repay a favor.

That wasn't what she had in mind.

With her chin lifted, Olina pretended not to see Cecilia, walked straight past her, and even purposely bumped into her.

Cecilia, who often worked out, stood firm and wasn't knocked over by the intentional bump.

Instead, it was Olina who lost her balance after bumping into Cecilia, almost tripping over a nearby table. Cecilia kindly reached out to steady her, preventing her from crashing into the table.

"Don't touch me!"

Olina didn't manage to knock Cecilia over. Instead, she made a fool of herself. Her face turned ugly, and she harshly shrugged off Cecilia's hand before even finding her balance.

Her reaction made it seem like Cecilia's hand was poisonous and that she would drop dead upon contact.

Upon hearing this, Cecilia obediently let go.

Without Cecilia's support, Olina staggered and crashed into the table. Her upper body almost sprawled over it.

"Olina."

Megan, who had been on her phone, rushed over to help Olina up.

"My stomach hurts!"

Olina clutched her stomach where she had hit the table.

Megan glared at Cecilia, angrily saying, "Are you asking for trouble? If Olina gets hurt, can you handle the consequences?"

Cecilia calmly responded, "I didn't push her. She tripped herself. I tried to help her, but she didn't want me to touch her, so I let go to avoid hurting her. She just couldn't stop in time."

"You!"

Megan didn't expect Cecilia to talk back.

She should know Olina's status since she married Owen.

This was her mother-in-law!

Although Megan got Cecilia's information from Olina, it was basic. She didn't dig deep and assumed Cecilia was a pushover.

In their eyes, the Yates family was poor, and children from such families should be nervous, scared, and trying to please them when facing nobles, right?

Cecilia's attitude towards Olina lacked the respect a daughter-in-law should have.

She had been filming the whole thing on her phone.

She would send the video to Owen later, letting him see what kind of daughter-in-law his grandfather found for him.

Such disrespect towards elders!

Marrying a woman like this would only cause trouble for the Martinez family. It would be chaos. Nobody could compare to Ruby, who was smart and polite.

"What are you saying? Isn't it the truth? Everyone here saw what happened, and I have surveillance in my shop. Do I need to pull up the footage for you?"

Cecilia wasn't polite to Ruby's mother.

As long as she didn't fall for Owen, these people couldn't boss her around.

"What right do you have to say this? Don't forget you also."

Her son was Ruby's boyfriend, and Cecilia married her son, which was equivalent to stealing Ruby's man.

Cecilia had a hidden message in her words: "Who is she to him? Is it legitimate? She's just a pitiful pawn."

Did they really believe that Mr. Coleman marrying Lucinda would allow Ruby to marry Owen?

How laughable!

If Ruby chose or fell in love with Owen, he wouldn't still be single.

Unfortunately, Owen just didn't get it.

They grew up together, and he'd loved Ruby for over a decade. It was hard for him to let go.

He showed such a knack for business that he could compete with Stefan, which proved he's no fool. But when it came to love, his skills were so weak, they can't even measure up to one-thousandth of Mr. Coleman's.

Olina was so pissed that she wanted to smack Cecilia and raised her hand to do so.

Cecilia effortlessly caught her hand.

"Ladies, I don't want to stir up trouble, but I'm not scared of it either. If you think I, Cecilia, am an easy target and want to throw a punch, I'll fight back. I'm not one of those guys who can't hit a woman. Oh, and you two are no spring chickens, not young and beautiful women that any man would go soft on."

Olina and Megan's faces kept changing colors.

They were too careless, way too careless!

Both thought that, relying on Olina's seniority, they could easily suppress Cecilia. They didn't expect to be schooled by Cecilia instead.

They didn't gain anything at all.

Cecilia even openly insulted them in front of a few guests, making them both extremely embarrassed.