Faux Vows, True Desires
Chapter 163

Stefan said, "I wish you'd cook mainly for me; they're just a side note."

Lucinda laughed and responded, "They might be my own mom and brother."

She continued, "We're a married couple; we're going to spend our whole lives together. I've got a lifetime to cook for you. But my parents and my brother can only taste my cooking now and then; stop being so stingy."

Lucinda's words made Stefan's displeasure vanish into thin air.

Because she had said they would have a lifetime together.

"Lucy, I'm going to accompany you home often."

Stefan made a promise.

Lucinda laughed and said, "You're so busy with work, you don't have to accompany me every time."

"In my eyes, my wife's matters are the most important."

Lucinda looked at him. Stefan felt as if she was hinting at something. He couldn't help but pull Lucinda into his arms, wanting to kiss her.

But Lucinda blocked him, not letting him succeed.

"Go do your morning exercises; stop messing around here."

Lucinda pushed this man, who was always looking for a chance to kiss her, out of the kitchen.

Stefan wasn't angry; he laughed and went to the gym.

When he returned from the gym, Lucinda had already prepared breakfast.

She had made soup and filled two big bowls into thermos containers. These were for Janice in the hospital.

Apart from the soup, she had put a little bit of everything she made for breakfast into the thermos containers. In total, she used five containers.

"Lucy, who are all these for?" Savannah asked curiously.

Lucinda responded, "Yesterday evening, when we were coming back, we almost hit a woman. The driver braked immediately; we didn't hit her, but she got scared and fell over, getting hurt. She's in the hospital now; we're going to visit her."

"Is she badly injured?" Savannah asked with concern, "We need to remind all our drivers to be careful."

An accident would be very unfortunate.

"She scraped both her hands; the scratches are quite bad."

"Well, that's not too bad then. You're going to visit her. Did you call the police? Was it your fault?"

"We didn't call the police. The woman was out of her mind; we can't say it was totally our fault, but we can't blame her completely either. I said we would cover the medical expenses."

Lucinda hadn't said the truth yet, that the woman might be her birth mother.

And she had already encountered danger twice. Although she hadn't been harmed, she knew that her real family must have some issues. As the long-lost daughter, she might not be welcome, and many people might not want her to return.

Before she could clarify these matters, Lucinda didn't want to say too much.

Savannah said, "We can't blame her then; we'll cover the medical expenses and compensate her a bit after she's discharged."

Lucinda nodded.

Stefan came down from upstairs, already dressed in a suit. But he hadn't tied his tie, which he was holding in his hand. He hadn't even buttoned up his suit.

Lucinda placed a bowl of soup at his seat, and noticing that he hadn't buttoned up or tied his tie, she went over.

"Why didn't you even button up?"

Lucinda said while buttoning up his suit for him. She took the tie from his hand, tied it for him, adjusted his collar, took a step back, looked him up and down, her eyes filled with amusement, and complimented, "My husband is really handsome, so charming."

After the compliment, realizing there were two elders present, Lucinda immediately blushed and quickly returned to her seat.

The two elders looked on with amusement.

Stefan, who just received some tender loving care, sat next to Lucinda, looked at the bowl of soup, and whispered into Lucinda's ear, "Is this the last bowl of soup?"

"Yours is the first one. I served you before I served Janice."

Lucinda always put him first.

Stefan was very satisfied.

He picked up the bowl of soup, didn't even use a spoon, and drank two mouthfuls.

So tasty!

He drank and exclaimed, "This is the best soup I've ever had!"

The two elders was speechless.

"Grandpa, Grandma, you should also try Lucy's soup; it's really tasty."

Patrick Anderson casually said, "I've tried it; it's not bad."

"Not bad? You're too picky. If you think it's just okay, then don't drink it; leave it to me."

Stefan, dissatisfied with his grandfather's "not bad" comment about Lucinda's soup, immediately stood up, took his grandfather's bowl of soup, and poured it into his own bowl without any hesitation.

He knew that there wasn't much soup left in the pot. Lucy hadn't even had any; she just served the other three people. The rest must have gone into the thermos containers.

One bowl wasn't enough for him.

His grandpa was picky, so he might as well drink it.

Patrick was speechless. He just made a comment, and even his soup was gone.

Actually, Lucinda's soup was really tasty. He was just teasing; he didn't expect Stefan to take his soup away.

That's too much!

"Grandma, how's Lucy's soup? Tasty?"

Stefan, drinking his grandpa's bowl of soup, looked at his Grandma's.

Lucinda wanted to cover her face. Could she pretend not to know this man?

Savannah laughed and said, "This is soup made by Lucinda herself. Whether it's tasty or not, I'm going to drink it. You stop eyeing my bowl of soup."

Stefan quickly said, "Grandma, don't force yourself. If you really don't want to drink it, just tell me. I'm your grandson; I can drink it for you."

Savannah was speechless.

"Stefan!"

Lucinda called him quietly.

If this man continued, she really would cover her face.

"This weekend, I'll make a whole pot of soup for you to drink to your heart's content."

Stefan grinned and said, "Having a wife is great!"

The two elders silently thought: Since he knew the benefits of having a wife, why did he only choose to get married now? What was he doing before? Maybe it's because his wife was too young before; he was waiting for her to grow up.

It must have been hard for him. He waited for eleven years.

When his crush was just a little girl, he must have been busting his ass to keep his feelings in check.

"But babe, I'm planning to whisk you off to our family's island getaway this weekend. We can go fishing together and munch on the freshest seafood." Lucinda's eyes lit up when she heard this.

She turned her gaze to her grandparents.

Savannah chuckled, saying, "We're getting long in the tooth and not really cut out for your activities. I even get seasick now."

Patrick chimed in, "You guys go have a blast. Just bring us back some of the fish you catch."