Florence had been waiting for those words since they began. Now that she had heard him saying that, Florence was not happy as she imagined, and she felt inexplicably bad instead. She pursed her lips and did not utter a word.

Ernest stared at her coldly and said, “How heartless of you, Florence!” After saying those deeply subtle words, he turned around, walked out and slammed the door shut. Florence was still petrified at the spot until the surrounding had become silent and she could not react at length. She could still see his cold eyes when he left and his words still lingered on her ears.

“If this is your choice, I’ll consent.”

“I’ll cancel the marriage, as you wish.”

“How heartless of you, Florence.”

His words had conveyed his disappointment, grievance and determination. She had finally succeeded in chasing him away. She felt awful, but she thought she did not have the right to feel awful on the other hand. That was her choice and decision, wasn’t it?

Phoebe who had heard everything in the room slowly pushed the door open and walked out. Seeing Florence standing there looking lonely, she walked towards her and held her hand, asking with care, “Are you alright? Flory.” How could she be alright? But she had nothing else to say now.

Florence reacted and forced out a wry smile. “Don’t worry, I’m okay.” Although her heart ached, she believed she would be alright after a few days. It would never be possible between her and Ernest. Better a little loss than a long sorrow, that was the best solution.

who saw what happened that night. I’m sorry.” Florence did not blame anybody. She looked at Phoebe and said, “Phoebe, it’s not your fault. I’m going to sleep, get some

was meaningful and that would irritate Florence instead. She could only turn off the lights and entered

the company was going to be in a holiday for one week. It was a good thing though, as her situation was very bad and

Ernest, yet she did not expect that she would feel sad and heartbroken too. Her heart ached and she found it difficult to breathe. She

understand. She had been controlling her feelings to avoid falling for Ernest. Why did she still end up that way? She had been staying in her room and did

feeling sad yesterday and she did not disturb her on purpose, but she was worried that her health would decline

noodles, and she planned to enter Florence’s room and call her. Yet to her surprise, she heard Florence’s room door cracked open before

she looked like that, the more worried she was. “Flory, are you alright?” Florence met her cautious eyes and smiled. She walked towards the couch and

worried if she said she did not feel bad at all. She heaved a sigh of relief

to have a friend like Phoebe. No matter what happened, she would stay

noodle bowl over with confidence and put it on the table. She was narcissistic to praise herself, “Look, doesn’t it look delicious?” Florence looked towards it. It was a bowl of simple home-cooked thin noodles, but the condiments added were good. The soup was red but not oily, and green scallion chopped into pieces were floating on top. The noodles did look tasty. “Yeah, your cooking skill

Phoebe could not wait to hand her the chopsticks. Florence actually did not have any appetite, since Phoebe had cooked the noodle for her and cared for her that much, she could not disappoint her. She

said, “No, it’s quite good. You can have a try if you don’t believe me.”

saw you coming out just now! Yuck!” Florence gazed at her brooding look and let out a smile. Phoebe turned around and seeing her smiling, she put down the chopsticks and pressed her onto the couch, tickling her. “Flory,

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