Faux Vows, True Desires novel Chapter 198

Lucinda first answered her birth mother's question, then whispered to Fiona, "My birth mom is not in a good state of mind. She always mistakes my real brother for my dad and completely forgets about her own son."

In a desperate attempt to be remembered by his mother, Keith even changed his name to Ethan Blue.

Lucinda felt a pang of sadness. For all these years, she was treated like a princess in the Moore family, while her birth mother and brother had a hard time.

Fiona looked at Janice with a deep sense of pain in her heart.

As a mother, she could totally understand Janice's pain.

Looking at Keith, Fiona's heart ached as well.

A child who was not remembered by his own mother, for all these years, despite having his mother by his side, was unable to enjoy her love.

"Let's all go in," Savannah suggested.

"Lucy," Janice was very dependent on Lucinda. She was holding a doll with one hand and tightly grasping Lucinda's arm with the other, fearing Lucinda would leave her.

She hadn't been out for a long time; her usual company was the servants at home, all of whom looked down on her.

Over time, Janice became afraid of strangers and crowded places.

"Mum, don't be scared. Let's go inside and talk." Lucinda comforted her.

Janice nodded, perhaps feeling that her reaction would lead to misunderstandings, so she awkwardly smiled at everyone.

Everyone went into the house.

The Moores were a bit nervous, especially the elderly.

Stefan noticed their discomfort and naturally sat next to Madison.

The elderly were familiar with Stefan; after all, he was Lucinda's husband, and Stefan and Ike Moore were college classmates. Even though they weren't close friends due to personality differences, Stefan would visit the Moores every year.

The Moores had a good impression of him.

But then, after he graduated and got busy taking over the company and dealing with various issues, he didn't have time to visit the Moores until he stabilized the company and had time to pursue Lucinda.

Before he could start his pursuit, Lucinda, pressured by her mother to get married, took the initiative to rent him as a boyfriend, and he tricked her into becoming his wife.

Stefan didn't say it, but when Lucinda proposed to rent him as a boyfriend, he was thrilled.

He had done so much behind the scenes, just wanting to make her his wife, and she willingly fell into his trap.

Honestly, he laughed every time he thought of this.

After the servants served coffee, desserts, and fruits, Stefan kindly introduced which desserts were delicious and asked the elderly to try them.

With him by their side, talking, the elderly soon relaxed and became natural.