My One-month Marriage With Mr. Hawkins

Gemma was insanely captivating, plus she also had an aura of natural elegance and nobleness, hence when she had started to weep like this, her sorrowful look could move people’s hearts and rouse their sympathy for her.

However, all kinds of suspicions and doubts had already piled up in Florence’s heart, so she would not easily trust her words and actions anymore.

Although she was still in the dark about the truth of the relationship between Gemma and Ernest, she had a feeling that it was not as what Gemma had depicted.

Even if Gemma and Ernest were indeed lovers, she was certain that they were not a loving pair of couple.

“You have said it yourself as well that the love between two persons is selfish, Ms. Marlon. How many women could actually resist Ernest’s charm and not fall for him when he is such an attractive and outstanding man? You may well ask. I’m just an ordinary person, so it’s normal that I will fall for him as well. If I were to marry him, I would be like all the other women too as I would not allow you to hang around him anymore. Therefore, you should try to talk him into breaking off the engagement with me before it’s too late.”

“But…” Gemma knitted her brows deeply as her heart was overwhelmed by mixed emotions.

It was not her place to ask Ernest to break off his engagement with Florence as she had no right to do that.

Florence raised her eyebrows and stared at Gemma as she added, “Don’t tell me that you couldn’t talk him out of marrying me as well, Ms. Marlon?”

“Surely I can!” Gemma retorted without any hesitation with a resolute look on her face.

She had already sensed that Florence was starting to doubt her words, hence if she were to give the game away now, Florence would definitely catch on and corroborate her suspicions.

She had to continue her play-acting no matter what for now.

“The Hawkins family is City N’s utmost wealthy and powerful clan, so Ernest’s wedding is naturally a great deal to them. If you were to break off your engagement with him suddenly, it would cause a rippling effect on his family, so you have to give him more time to handle this complex issue. Furthermore, Ernest has always been stubborn, so it would also require a few rounds of persuasion for him to call off the wedding even if it’s coming from me.”

“Alright then, sorry to have to trouble you, and I hope to hear the good news soon.”

Florence smiled politely and broke off her hand from Gemma’s grip, and she proceeded to walk over to the bar counter to pour some fruit juice into a glass.

She handed it over to Gemma in the next moment, “Do you want some?”

“No thanks. Have a good rest then, I’ll take my leave now.”

As soon as Gemma had finished her sentence, she marched out of the room in a hurry without even looking back, and it seemed like she was unwilling to stay in this room for any longer.

trembling with fear when she had fled from

to deceive Florence, but her plans had gone awry at some unknown point in time which had caused Florence to

fallen for Ernest instead, so she

so she had to find a way to tackle this tricky situation with all her means. She would not allow Florence to get

her life, so she would rather him not getting married for the rest of his life if she could not get her

rose to

keep Florence company, so all of them had appropriately taken their

off, Ernest had returned to the bedroom without

that she had yet to finish in her hand, so it was much to her surprise that he had come right up

and asked thoughtfully, “Why have

Ernest replied in a natural

again, “Didn’t Gemma look for you and stay behind? I thought you would have a word with her after

her?” Ernest replied as he proceeded to take a seat by the bed, and he

had come naturally to him after their interaction for the past few

his touch, but a sense of uneasiness suddenly swept past her when Gemma

still unenlightened about the truth between the two of them, and what exactly was his relationship with

uttered, “Gemma has informed me that she would persuade you

in a swift, and he stared at her deeply while replying in an upset tone, “Are you still thinking to call off the

had even asked for Gemma’s help to persuade him on this matter? Did

him as she said in a serious tone, “Gemma has

it or not. In fact, everyone else’s opinion does not matter to me at all. I’m going to marry you, Florence.” His tone was husky yet domineering at the same time, and he

“Um!”

had manifested on her lips had caused her mind to go blank in

did Ernest force a kiss on her

shoulders were instantly grabbed by him as he pulled

everything violently, and his domineering manner was as if he was

a result. She could not control her body’s reaction towards his arousing kiss as she slumped into his arms like a pool of

and finally let

his promise in a husky and compelling tone, “I

and not even Florence herself could refuse