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.

while her heart was trembling

initially thought that she had taken the necessary steps and was fully prepared to deceive Florence, but her plans had gone awry at some unknown point in time which had caused Florence to start doubting her

had fallen for Ernest instead, so she

it was, they all screamed bad news for Gemma, so she had to find a way to tackle this

to her, and he was the love of her life, so she would rather him not getting married for the rest of his life if

steadfastly rose to his feet

so all of them had appropriately taken their leave despite wailing about him

Ernest had returned to the bedroom without

the glass of juice that she had yet to finish in her hand, so it was much to

eyes and asked thoughtfully, “Why

now,” Ernest replied in a natural manner while walking over to her

thought you would have a word with her after

to take a seat by the bed, and he promptly reached out his arm to pull her into his embrace while

to him after their interaction

herself with his touch, but a sense of uneasiness suddenly swept

the truth between the two of

and pulled herself away from Ernest as she uttered, “Gemma

deeply while replying

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

her head and started right back at him as she said in a serious tone, “Gemma has

matter whether she agrees to 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 swiftly leaned forward to kiss

“Um!”

tenderness and warmth that had manifested on her lips had caused her mind to go blank in

a kiss on her all

push him away, but her shoulders were instantly grabbed by him as

kiss had even deepened as his tongue forcefully broke into her mouth and swept past everything violently, and his domineering manner was as if he was declaring that

gone blank while her body had become limp as a result. She could not control her body’s reaction towards his arousing kiss as she slumped into his arms

what felt like an eternity, Ernest reluctantly tore himself apart from her and finally let her go after

his arms while giving her his promise in a husky and compelling

and not even Florence herself