Faux Vows, True Desires

"Ignoring the reality gap, Stefan is really a top-notch guy, and he's good to you," Fiona confessed that she was quite satisfied with Stefan, her son-in-law. "He spoils you rotten, I foresee that whenever you guys quarrel, he'll definitely back down."

Munching on grapes happily, Lucinda also fed a few to her mother, "Mom, your son-in-law is spoiling your daughter, you should be thrilled."

"Alright, alright, I'm thrilled." Fiona affectionately tapped her nose and then said, "I'll return your necklace to you later. It was what you had on when your father found you, along with the little outfit you were wearing. Although I always treated you as my own daughter, I felt that one day your true identity would be exposed. Keeping these things might help you find your biological family one day."

Lucinda said, "Nowadays, we have advanced technology, just a DNA test will do."

It was not like the old days, using mementos for identity recognition could easily be faked.

"Fiona, Lucy," Stefan called out after finishing the dishes and cleaning the kitchen.

Seeing the graceful and elegant Stefan, Fiona wanted to say something, but what came out was, "Is the dishwashing done? It's still early. Let Lucy take you for a walk to help with digestion." During dinner, the young couple were serving each other dishes, showing their love, which promoted Vincent to keep glancing at his wife. Under this kind of circumstance, Stefan ate quite a lot. Fiona worried that her son-in-law was stuffed.

"Mom, I've finished washing the dishes, and the kitchen is cleaned up," Stefan came over.

"Lucinda, take Stefan for a walk. I'm going to watch TV, the show I have been watching is about to start," Fiona said and then went inside.

Lucinda, one hand holding the unfinished grapes, the other pulling Stefan's hand, naturally said, "Let's go, I'll take you for a walk in the square and park."

Beside them was the forest park. Although the village park wasn't as big as the city parks, it was beautifully green. But there were lots of mosquitoes. In summer like now, going to the forest park at night, you'll be bitten all over. Lucinda usually wouldn't go there. But now with Stefan, she had to take him for a walk.

Lucinda glanced at Stefan's attire, dressed in formal wear. Besides his handsome face, there seemed to be no place for mosquitoes to bite him. On the contrary, in shorts and a t-shirt, she would be a lovely snack for mosquitoes in the forest park.

"What's up?" Her husband looked at her, feeling a bit puzzled. Stefan asked with concern, "What's the problem?"

"I wanted to take you to the forest park, but seeing how dressed up you are, I'm afraid I'll be the one ending up bitten by mosquitoes."

Stefan lifted her hand, kissed the back of her hand, and laughed, "Let's not go to the forest park then, I don't want you to get bitten." "Let's just stroll along the country road."

The village where the Moore family was located had all its roads paved with cement, making travel very convenient. It wasn't far from the town either. On market days, the elderly from nearby villages who couldn't ride bikes would get together and walk to the market.

"Do you want some grapes? They're sweet."

"If you like them, they are yours."

Lucinda still fed him a few, asking if they were sweet.

"Very sweet, like honey."

Lucinda's eyes curved into crescents, quite satisfied with his answer.

"My mom just told me about my background, I'm not their biological child," Lucinda said calmly. "Regardless, they're my family, in my heart, they're my real parents."

"Mm," Stefan had great respect for his in-laws.

Although not biological, they treated Lucinda even better than their own. The Moore family's love for Lucinda was evident. Ike was known for being protective of his sister at school. Anyone who dared disrespect his sister, Ike would chase them down and scold them.

Stefan took Lucinda away, and to this day, Ike still harbored a grudge, always looking for a chance to belittle him. If he was like this with Stefan, it was worse for others. When George broke up with Lucinda, if she hadn't held him back, Ike would have beat George half to death.

Suddenly, Stefan's phone rang. He took it out and saw that it was Edgar calling.

"You take the call, I'll sit for a bit."

Lucinda sensibly walked away, found a place in the square to sit. Even though they were husband and wife, and he spoiled her rotten, Lucinda didn't want to pry too much. They both needed some personal space. She was willing to tell him everything she knew, even if he didn't ask. Likewise, if he wanted her to know something, he would tell her.

Edgar asked on the phone, "How's it going?"

"Mm."

"You're at your wife's parents' house now, right?"

The boss leaving work early resulted in a huge increase in his workload. Edgar grumbled to himself about how his boss was getting more and more deep into spoiling his wife.

"If you have something to say, say it. If not, hang up, and don't disturb me. I'm on a date with Lucy.."

"You're already married. Why bother with dates?"

"We're having post-marriage dates, is there a problem?"

Edgar quickly said, "No problem. Mr. Stefan, someone is investigating your wife, I looked into it, and it traces back to the old man from the Martinez family."

Stefan frowned, "What does he want investigating Lucinda?"

After thinking about it, he relaxed his frown and said, "Trenton and my grandfather have been rivals all their lives. They were on par."

What he meant was that there was already a clear winner now, since Owen lost to him. If Owen was here, he would be furiously unable to accept it. But he couldn't refute it, because Owen indeed lost to Stefan.

"Trenton's digging deep, so he must've sniffed out something, Edgar. Just let him do his thing, we'll just hang back and wait for the goodies."

The background of his beloved was shrouded in mystery. Now that she was his wife, his enemies were bound to dig deep, trying to unravel Lucy's past and see if it could be used against him, right?

They were actually hoping to use Lucy as a weapon against him. Well, good for them. He wanted to help Lucinda find her biological parents too. If someone was willing to foot the bill and take action, he would just sit back, watch the show, and reap the benefits, saving himself a buck and some effort.