My One-month Marriage With Mr. Hawkins

She should agree obediently and nod in agreement, but she felt quite upset somehow.

She asked, “It’s so late now. What are you busy with?” She hadn’t seen Ernest so busy a few days ago.

“It’s related to the business,” Ernest answered in a low voice, and his tone sounded quite serious.

Ernest used to tell her that he was busy with his business before, but in Florence’s ears now, she felt that those words were quite perfunctory as if he had made an excuse at random.

Uneasily, Florence frowned, her intuition telling her that Ernest seemed to be hiding something from her.

“Ernest, are you hiding something from me?”

“No, I’m not...”

“I hate it when you lie to me,” Florence interrupted his words in an extremely serious tone.

Ernest kept silent. Suddenly, they both quieted down on the phone.

Faintly, Florence could hear several people walking back and forth. They walked at in fast pace, seemingly quite busy.

She frowned, wondering what on earth Ernest was doing.

Ernest said, “Florence, please don’t overthink. I’ll go to see you after resolving the issues. That’s all. I’ve gotta go. Good night.”

After finishing his words, without waiting for Florence to answer, Ernest directly hung up the phone.

All the sounds were cut off.

Florence gaped at her phone screen, looking slightly pale.

Finally, Ernest was still hiding it from her. He didn’t tell her what he was doing, but instead, he changed the topic and hung up the phone. That meant he was lying to her when telling her that he was busy with his business.

She couldn’t help wondering what on earth he was busy with.

Why didn’t he want to tell her?

Florence felt uneasy and annoyed as if a kitten was scratching her heart.

She couldn’t sleep at all that evening.

the second morning, Florence came out from her room for breakfast, only to find that Stanford

know what Stanford was busy with either. It made her feel as if men

made her so

put down

may I participate in the operation of our family business

“Do you want to operate in our

don’t have anything to do now. I’m quite

laughed in satisfaction,

big smile, he said, “That’s good.

designer? Why are you interested in our family business so suddenly?” Victoria

Victoria in confusion. He was smart

noticed the interaction between her parents. Her heart sank slightly. She felt that Victoria seemed to be hiding something from

thought, the more uneasy Florence felt, and she wanted to know the

could calm down, so I can’t continue with the design. Anyway, I can take the chance and

Florence added deliberately, “Isn’t Stanford so busy recently that he even couldn’t come back home? After I’ve learned it, I can share

more and more darkened when she listened

Florence with a complicated feeling, Victoria

a serious tone, “Flory, have you

as well

that she was guessing had almost

Victoria asked her in this way, it meant

Florence kept calm on her face. She asked in a flat tone, “Mom,

brows,

they seemed to be competing

realized

said in a serious tone, “Flory, no

in a pretty smart way, neither denying nor

wasn’t the only one involved. And

wondered if Stanford was busy with

a beat. They were doing something relevant to her and trying to hide

doing something to Ernest

up nervously,

so busy, and he even couldn’t accompany her. She

Victoria’s expression changed slightly.