Faux Vows, True Desires novel Chapter 274

Late into the night, Stefan returned after seeking justice for his wife from the Scott family.

After climbing the stairs, he first went to Janice's room. He didn't knock, though, figuring they were all probably in dreamland by now, so he didn't want to disturb them.

He wondered if Lucinda was dreaming about him?

He stood in front of Janice's room for several minutes before returning to his own.

His big bed was lonely with only his pillow and a thin blanket and no beloved wife in sight.

Unable to sleep with his wife, Stefan could only hug his pillow and brave the rest of the night.

The next day, he woke up at his usual time.

After putting on his sportswear, he prepared to go for a morning run. Just as he opened the door, he bumped into Janice, who was about to head downstairs.

"Janice."

"Stefan, you're up early."

Seeing it was him, Janice smiled and said, "Why not catch some more z's?"

"I'm used to waking up at this time. Did you sleep well last night?"

"Slept like a baby."

After being talked down by Fiona, she wanted to take a break from the mess of her marriage to Nathan and just enjoy the good times with Lucinda. The rest could wait.

Less stress, better sleep.

Janice seemed to be in a much better mood today.

Stefan's gaze moved beyond Janice.

"Lucinda's still catching some Z's. She looked so peaceful, so I didn't have the heart to wake her. Go on, Stefan, go get your workout in. I'll whip up some breakfast for you guys."

"Janice, let's leave that to Emma."

Stefan followed Janice downstairs.

"No biggie; I just felt like doing something. I want to cook something good for you guys. Lucinda's never had my cooking. Back when things were good between Nathan and I, I loved cooking for him. I'm pretty good in the kitchen."

Since this was for Lucinda and it was Janice's wish, Stefan didn't say anything more.

Stefan did a couple of laps in the yard and then headed back.

Janice was still busy in the kitchen, with Emma helping her. The two of them were chatting and laughing away. Stefan stood at the kitchen door and listened for a bit. Emma was sharing some of Stefan's old stories with Janice.

Stefan gave a chuckle and then headed upstairs.

Since Janice wasn't in the room, he went right in and saw Lucinda still asleep. He walked over, deliberately sat on the edge of the bed, and watched her.

He wanted to see if his gaze could wake Lucinda from her dreams.

After a moment of watching and seeing Lucinda still asleep, Stefan couldn't help but reach out and touch her face and lips, and then tugged lightly at her ear in a playful manner.

In her dream, Lucinda encountered an annoying fly. She tried to swat it dead with an electric fly swatter but couldn't find it. So she tried to swat the fly away with her hand.

But every time she swatted it away, the fly returned.

Suddenly, Lucinda got angry and swung her hand with force.

But instead of hitting it, her hand was caught by the fly. But flies didn't have such big mouths, did they?

Lucinda quickly opened her eyes, only to see her husband's smiling eyes.