My One-month Marriage With Mr. Hawkins

Florence was deeply moved by Ernest’s caring manner towards her, but she was still looking Gemma up and down unnoticeably.

She could discern that Gemma’s face had whitened in a flash, but she had managed to suppress her bitter emotions and just proceeded to wear a smile on her face like how Harold and the others had been reacting.

It was as if they were… only friends.

The dinner had ended in a lively and bustling mood, but it seemed like the lads had wanted more of their lovey-dovey interaction as they were still lingering in Ernest’s place after dinner with the excuse of wanting some after-dinner desserts.

Their requests were ignored by Ernest as he promptly carried Florence back to the room to change a fresh dressing for her wounds.

Florence proceeded to lie down on the bed after her dressing was changed as she was still recuperating from her injuries, hence it would not be appropriate for her to exert herself too much.

However, she soon noticed that Ernest had taken a seat on the sofa as well as if he was going to stay in the room with her, and he had even picked up a book as usual and started reading.

Was he going to disregard Harold and the others whom were still hanging downstairs by themselves?

Florence’s temple throbbed as his way of seeing to the guests like he did not give a damn about them at all had worried her profusely.

After deliberating about it for a while, she finally uttered, “You should head downstairs and keep them company, Mr. Hawkins.”

“There’s no need to. They will leave on their own after a while.” Ernest remained unmoved and was adamant about his decision to stay with her.

She tried to persuade him to change his mind, “They are our guests after all, so we should still treat them courteously when they have paid us a visit. It won’t look nice if we just let them be on their own.”

His brows were raised slightly upon hearing her words, and he stared straight at her with his gleaming eyes as he asked, “They’re our guests?”

He continued in a husky and implicative tone, “Are you concerned about our family’s hospitality?”

Florence’s heart instantly skipped a beat when he had mentioned the word ‘our family’.

The two words were like a huge stone that had been hurled into a tranquil pool of lake in her heart, causing her heart to ripple with turbulent waves and throw her into a state of nerves at once.

Her eyes flickered around the room as she did not dare to meet his gaze while her cheeks were blushing, “I’m just, reminding you out of courtesy.”

Her reminder had not come from the standpoint of the host of this place at all, and she was only urging him out of worry.

However, Ernest’s gaze had darkened as he uttered in a husky voice which had hints of delight in it, “I’ll go down and keep them company so that they won’t feel left out and think that our family is discourteous towards them.”

was rendered speechless,

hearing the word ‘our family’ coming out from his mouth again. How could he state

onto her, and she promptly

walked over to the bed shortly after to tuck her in as he said gently, “I’ll be right back. Just call me if anything

respond to him at all, only pursing her lips under the cover as her heart

like they were a sweet pair of newlyweds whereby the husband would report to his wife about where he was

had actually happened to her and

Was this a reality?

was indeed implausible and realistic beyond belief, and everything had appeared

a state of nerves as she had

Florence a visit for her injuries, and even though she had been able to hang out with him for quite some

as

in the fact that he did not seem bothered at all

Florence’s palate and not hers, and the fact that there was not even

Ernest had cared for Florence throughout the whole duration of the dinner was extremely meticulous and attentive as well, and his gaze had not lingered on her

had made it apparent for someone to discern at a glance whom was really the one in Ernest’s

Gemma had repeatedly misled Florence that she was his

Florence’s suspicion about the lies that she

Florence so that she would reject Ernest’s

allow herself to fail

was the only one whom could stay beside Ernest, and even if it was

to think of a way to patch up the current

various countermeasures to fix the setback when she had noticed that

suit that was attired by him had set his towering figure off perfectly, and his dazzling

the masses, and his chilly voice rang in the room in the next moment,

actually show them the door, and it was exactly as expected

as her heart was weighed down

this as she had no clue when she would be able to meet Florence again. Her plans would be completely ruined if Florence were to get suspicious and reveal to Ernest about the lies that she had been subjected

suggesting, “Flory was still resting when I had arrived just now, and I had not gotten any chance to talk to her

did not immediately agree to her proposal, and his lips were

accompany her, but he was now concerned that she would criticize him for not being a good host and not doing the honors well enough which would

to go up and keep her company, at least

it was