Chapter 282


    After her husband went back to his office, Lucinda sat behind the cash register,ining to her


    friend, "I''ll never be able to live a peaceful life again."


    "If life is too peaceful, it bes boring. If it''s too boring, it''s dull. Isn''t it better to have a lively and


    interesting life with new things happening every day?"


    Cecilia handed her a cup of coffee and addressed her concern, "You''ve got dark circles under your


    eyes. Haven''t you been sleeping well recently?"


    Taking the coffee from her friend, Lucinda took a few sips and said, "These past few days have felt


    like years. I''ve been thinking about more things than I have in my entire twenties, so, yeah, I haven''t


    been able to sleep well."


    Plus, the period made her sleep even more unsteady.


    "Tell me about the juicy stuff you went to see. How''s Owen? Did hefort Ruby and promise to


    help her?"


    Cecilia propped her hands on the counter, eagerly asking her friend. “You and your husband are


    something else, even taking your bodyguards to go watch the show."


    Lucinda put down her coffee cup. Taking advantage of the fact that there weren''t many customers in


    the shop, she took out herptop from her bag, ced it on the counter, and as she turned it on,


    she answered her friend, "If you''re so curious, why don''t you ask Owen directly? I bet he''d be over


    the moon if you called him now."


    Cecilia retorted, "I don''t care about him. I just want to know about Ruby''s miserable fate. Your family


    must have hit her hard. I want to set off fireworks to celebrate her downfall."


    "Setting off fireworks in Pinehurst is prohibited."


    Lucinda opened her writing software but didn''t immediately start writing. Instead, she opened her


    publishing website, checked her works on the bookshelf, and quickly blocked a fewments


    because they were threatening the author.


    "Looks like your folks have given up on Ruby. She was pretty ragged today, her face all swollen


    from crying. She pleaded with Owen, even asking if he still loved her?"


    Cecilia hurriedly asked, "What did Owen say? He loved her so much that even if Ruby deceived


    him, he''d soften up as soon as she cried. If he could really get over Ruby, the sun might rise from


    the west tomorrow."


    "I''ve only finished half of the piece I''m writing, but I don''t have time to write it now. I haven''t updated


    it recently. Cecilia, should I tell my readers that I''m going home to inherit a huge fortune and won''t


    write novels anymore?"


    Ceciliaughed, "You could say that, then you''d be famous in the online literary circle."


    Lucinda had already closed the website, reopened her writing software, and said, "I''ll just write


    4,000 words, update it when I''m done, and finish it slowly. I won''t start any new novels in the future.


    Starting from next Monday, I won''t be able to help out in the shop. Cecilia, I''ll give you all my shares


    in Serendipity Cafe, because you''ll be the one running it."


    She couldn''t stay at Serendipity Cafe anymore.


    Even her hobby, writing novels, had to be put on hold. There were too many things waiting for her to


    do.


    "It''s okay, I can manage the coffee shop. Go do what you want to do. I''ll give you a share of the


    money I earn. If you feel guilty about taking advantage of me, you can give me a higher share. That


    way, you won''t feel guilty anymore."


    "This is our first shop. Remember when we first opened it, we were full of ambitions, saying we


    wanted to open dozens of branches of this shop. Also, this is where you met Mr. Coleman. Are you


    really willing to give it all up?"


    Lucinda stopped writing for a while and said, "I''ll just keep the shares. I''lle over at the weekend


    to check on the shop, and you can rest then. Otherwise, I''ll give you all the shares."


    "Alright."


    Cecilia didn''t argue with her about this. After all, she was the one managing the ounts. Even if


    the profits were still split equally as before, Lucinda wouldn''t know that.


    "Owen told Ruby that he has been waiting for her for over a decade and doesn''t want to wait


    anymore."


    Lucinda suddenly returned to the previous topic.


    Cecilia paused, thenughed, "He''s finally woken up a bit. I thought he''d keep ying the fool.


    Lucy, I feel like having prawns today."


    "Okay, you want it, you got it. After I finish updating, I''ll go to the supermarket across the street to


    buy some seafood. We''ll sort out lunch ourselves. Owen must be in a lot of pain right now. Cecilia,


    do you want to take a day off tofort him?"


    Lucinda asked with a teasing tone.


    Cecilia chuckled, "If I went to him, you''d probably be buying flowers for the Martinez family soon


    because Owen would be dead from my nagging. Seeing him just makes me want to scold him. If I


    could scold him to the point where he was emotionally broken and he couldn’t even speak anymore,


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    Lucinda said, "No wonder your eloquence is getting better, it''s all from the experience of scolding


    Owen."


    The phone suddenly rang.


    It was Cecilia''s, alerting her to a new message.


    Cecilia stood up straight, took her phone out of her pocket, opened the message, and found out that


    Owen had transferred her some money.


    Receiving money, Cecilia was quick to ept without any hesitation.


    She had just received two hundred dors, and soon he transferred some more again.


    Then, the transfer messages kept oning as he kept on transferring her money, each time two


    hundred bucks.


    Cecilia frowned.


    "What''s wrong?"


    Lucinda noticed her friend''s strange expression and asked in concern, "Who''s texting you?"


    "It''s Owen. He''s really a fool with money. When he''s in a bad mood, he just spends money


    recklessly. Look, these are all transfer messages."


    Cecilia showed her phone to her friend, "Lucy, should I ept it or not?"


    "ept, of course! It''s his money, not making a profit is a waste."


    Lucinda said, as she helped her ept the money a few times.


    "Right, it''s a waste not to take his money. Since he''s willing to spend money recklessly, I''ll just take


    it."


    Cecilia dragged over a chair and sat across from her bestie, her heart filled with joy as she admired


    her growing fortune. She said, "Lucy, you focus on making money from your writing, I''m making


    mine, no wonder everyone loves wealth so much, this growth is so thrilling! If it keeps up like this, I''ll


    soon be the richest woman in Pinehurst."


    Lucinda chuckled, "Once I inherit the wealth that my father is about to leave me, I''ll be richer than


    Owen. If you want to be the richest woman in Pinehurst, you''ll have to beat me first."


    Cecilia said with a smile, "Lucy, can you not talk about your huge inheritance in front of me? It''s so


    envious!"


    "No worries, you''ll get used to the envy after a while."


    "Alright, you just enjoy your wealth, I need to finish my work ASAP and then go buy you some


    seafood."


    Cecilia praised happily, "Lucy, you''re the best friend in the world!"