Faux Vows, True Desires novel Chapter 206

"The missus has been here for a while," the male secretary replied.

Walter paused for a moment, then decided, "Guess I'll wait until she leaves."

"Give me a ring when she's gone," he said before taking off.

In the office, Owen listened expressionlessly as his mother ranted about Cecilia's behavior.

Megan even sent him a one-minute video as proof of Cecilia's disrespect towards his mother.

Owen watched the video several times.

His eyes were sharp, and he could easily tell who was right or wrong.

"Owen, Cecilia is out of line. You need to stand up for me." Olina repeated her point over and over, urging Owen to teach Cecilia a lesson in respect.

Owen suddenly stood up.

The two women watched as he walked around the desk to the break room.

Soon, Owen returned with two cups of water.

Each mother took a cup.

"Mom, you've been talking for a while. Have a drink," Owen said, handing his mother a cup of water.

Olina took a few sips, her throat dry from all the talking.

"Owen, did you hear me? We can't let Cecilia disrespect me just because she has your grandfather's support. Which daughter-in-law dares to treat her mother-in-law this way?"

Megan sipped her water slowly, not joining in on Olina's complaints.

Olina had thought of using her and her daughter as tools, and sometimes she saw Olina as a tool as well.

Each was using the other for their own purposes.

Owen returned to his desk and replied calmly, "Mom, Cecilia hasn't been staying with us lately. How could she use Grandpa’s influence to bully you?"

Olina was taken aback, then said, "Right, she's married to you; she's one of us, the Martinez family. But she's not living with us. Is she looking down on the Martinez family? Or does she not want to take care of her mother-in-law?"

Before Owen could respond, Megan interjected, "Olina, young people nowadays don't fancy living with the elderly. They feel there's a generation gap. It's better for everyone if you don't live together."

If Cecilia really moved into the Martinez family and started spending more time with Owen, who could guarantee that they wouldn't develop feelings for each other?

They were, after all, husband and wife in name.

Even if they did some adult stuff, it would be normal.

What would be left for her daughter, Ruby, then?

Ruby was still hanging onto Stefan. Megan was trying her best to convince her daughter to let go of Stefan; she couldn't let her daughter end up with nothing.

In Megan's eyes, marrying into the Anderson family might not bring happiness to her daughter, but marrying into the Martinez family would definitely make her happy because Owen deeply cared for her daughter.

She couldn't allow Cecilia to move into the Martinez family and become the real mistress of the house!

Owen glanced at Megan, his eyes deep and unreadable.