Faux Vows, True Desires

Chapter 11

Honestly, she dated George for four years, and all they ever did was hold hands and hug. As for kissing? Only pecks on the cheeks.

Yeah, lip-to-lip kissing kinda... made her feel uneasy.

So, she never really kissed George.

Her college roommates were convinced she had some intimate issues.

Stefan laughed, "With what you've got going for you, and still being pushed to marry by your family to the point where you're scared to go home, that's something you don't see every day."

Lucinda complained, "Tell me about it. But maybe, just maybe, I haven't met the right person yet. I dated George for four years, there were feelings there. I thought I was going to marry him, but he picked another woman over me for his future."

Her mom thought she didn't want to get married because George hurt her, which made sense.

"Once you're hurt, you're more hesitant to take a chance."

When she thought of George, Lucinda naturally remembered their four years of dating, and felt George had been acting weird when they were together, that was something she didn't notice before. But after they broke up, it hit her.

He must have started flirting with other girls, that's why he was a bit weird when they were together.

That heartless man, he even had the nerve to come back to her!

There's no way she can forgive someone who betrayed her. Even if she can't get married, she won't get back together with George.

"Stefan, let's not talk about this, as long as my mom stops pushing me, I can live in peace."

Stefan laughed, "With me around, I guarantee your mom won't arrange any more blind dates for you. Don't worry. We've known each other for eleven years, we understand each other, I think, your mom will be very satisfied with me."

His only worry was that Ike would badmouth him in front of his future mother-in-law.

Ike considered him a friend, but he married Ike's sister...

Ike always talked about his sister, and out of curiosity, he went to school with Ike.

The first time he saw Lucinda, she was a shy 13-year-old girl, very polite, with a sweet smile, indeed a very cute girl.

The more they met, the more he gradually liked her... This was his secret, something he couldn't tell anyone, at least not at the time.

"Hehe." Lucinda chuckled.

They understand each other?

All she knew was his name, and that he was her brother's college classmate. She didn't know anything else.

His bike was still there, Lucinda sighed in relief, "Thank God the bike's still there. You'll have to put it in first floor when we get back, otherwise, your bike might be gone by tomorrow morning."

"Are thieves that rampant?"

"There's always someone ready to snatch and grab."

Stefan unlocked the bike, hopped on, and Lucinda naturally sat on the rear rack.

"Hug me!" Stefan requested.

Lucinda was stunned.

"Practice."

Lucinda suddenly realized, and gently wrapped her arms around his waist.

"Lucinda, you're going to fall easily like this, hug me tighter."

"I, I can just hold onto your clothes."

Stefan turned his head, smiled and said, "If we accidentally fall, I might damage my clothes, I only have two suits, I wear them for work."

Lucinda closed her mouth gently and helplessly hugged his waist tighter.

Stefan, having achieved his goal, happily rode his bike, taking his wife for a ride, no, out for dinner, to celebrate the end of their single lives.

...

The Moore family.

"Mom, mom."

As soon as Ike got out of the taxi, he ran inside the house, calling out for his mother.

The taxi driver laughed and mumbled to himself, "This is the first time I've seen a grown man in such a hurry to get home, calling out for his mom before even entering the house."

The driver thought this man was a mama's boy, overly dependent on his mom.

Ike, being suspected of being overly dependent on his mother by the taxi driver, didn't care at all.

He was away on a business trip, his work wasn't finished yet, and he found out his sister was marrying Stefan, but his sister wouldn't explain clearly on the phone, so he was anxious.

He immediately handed over his work to his colleagues, bought a plane ticket, and flew back after few hours.

"Mom, mom, mom, are you home? Mom!"

Ike rushed into the house, calling out loudly.

Fiona Lewis Moore, wearing an apron, holding a spatula in her hand, came out from the kitchen. When she saw her son, she scolded, "Why are you in such a hurry? Is there a ghost chasing you? Stop shouting. Weren't you on a business trip? Is your work finished? You've been away for so long, and you didn't even bring back a girlfriend. Do you still think you're young? You'll be thirty next year."

In the living room watching TV, Vincent Moore, just glanced at his wife and son, then continued watching his TV.

He was used to it.

As for Ike's grandparents, they pretended not to hear anything, didn't even look at their grandson.

He can't even bring back a wife, so what's there to look at?

They've been looking at their grandson's face for twenty-nine years.

Ike was probably used to being scolded, he put his travel bag on the sofa, went to get a glass of water for himself first.

After drinking water, he said to his mother, "Mom, you're always pushing for me to get married, I'm not even thirty yet, right? You think I don't want to find a wife to shut you up, but the problem is, I haven't met the woman I like, how am I supposed to get married? Because you're always pushing, you pushed Lucinda into trouble."

Fiona dropped her spatula on the floor.

The three people sitting in front of the TV, all stood up, and looked at Ike, anxiously asking, "What happened to Lucinda?"

Fiona, even more impulsively grabbed her son's tie, pulling him closer, anxiously asked, "Ike, speak up, what happened to your sister? Did you rush back because you heard something happened to your sister?"

Ike, "...Mom, can you let me go first? I'm almost choked by you."

The whole family, all treated Lucinda like a treasure.

When he was a kid, if he fell, no one would help him up, they would let him get up by himself.

His father had always told him, you have to get up where you fell.

But when his sister fell, everyone in the family was heartbroken, rushing to help her up, to hold her. The treatment he received was really different from his sister's.

He also liked taking care of his sister.

"What I meant by Lucinda getting into trouble, was actually Lucinda getting married."

His mom let him go, bent down to pick up the spatula that had fallen on the floor, and then gently tapped it on his shoulder.

"You little rascal!"

Fiona scolded her son, then turned around and went back to the kitchen to continue preparing dinner for the whole family.

The three people who had been watching TV also let out a sigh of relief, sat back down, and continued watching TV with rapt attention.

As if the person who had been anxious and worried a moment ago wasn't them.

"Dad, mom, grandpa, grandma, I'm telling you, Lucinda is really getting married."

Not being trusted sucks!

While watching TV, Vincent said something indifferent, "Your sister just failed a blind date today, and was even complained about on the phone. They said your sister's standards are too high, she might never get married in this lifetime, and we should be prepared to support her for the rest of her life." Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

Hearing Ike say that Lucinda was getting married, everyone was skeptical. Who would she marry?