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

face crimsoned upon hearing the word ‘our family’ coming out from his mouth again. How could he state that so offhandedly

a flutter as nervousness had crept up onto her, and she promptly lied down on

and walked over to the bed shortly after to tuck her in as he said gently, “I’ll

her lips under the cover as her heart was struck by

would report to his wife about where he was heading to in a gentle manner while solemnly pledged that he would return in

actually happened to her and

Was this a reality?

realistic beyond belief,

she had even started to regret her

drop in on Ernest on the grounds that she had wanted to pay Florence a visit for her injuries, and even though she had been able to hang out with him for quite some time as she had wished

rarely had any meals with her and what’s more, he would not give a nut about her preferences as his nose was always in the air, hence it

the fact that

hers, and the fact that there was not even a single dish that she could enjoy would definitely make

had cared for Florence throughout the whole duration of the dinner was extremely meticulous and attentive as

stark contrast between the treatment that both of them had received from Ernest had made it apparent for someone to discern

had repeatedly misled Florence that she was his real

suspicion about the lies that she had been feeding her all

reject Ernest’s

never allow herself to fail on the verge of

and even if it was Florence, she would never tolerate her

think of a way to patch up the current situation and rectify

when she had noticed that Ernest was making

had set his towering figure off perfectly, and his dazzling face was utterly mesmerizing to the extent that he could

down on the

had come out from his mouth as soon as he had come down was to actually show them the door, and it was exactly as expected from him to dismiss all of them when Florence had

whitened as her heart was weighed down by sorrow and dejection upon

would be able to meet Florence again. Her plans would be completely ruined if Florence were to get suspicious and reveal to

her feet decisively and smile at Ernest while suggesting, “Flory was still resting when I had arrived just now, and I had not gotten any chance to talk to her during dinner. Can I

her proposal, and his lips were pursed

return to Florence’s side to accompany her, but he was now concerned that she would criticize him for not being a

up and keep her company, at

like it was the best of