My One-month Marriage With Mr. Hawkins

After Florence was saved, Stanford was certain that he wouldn’t let go of Ernest.

He knew the priorities of the matters. Besides, the fastest way to locate Florence was through the information that Ernest would receive from the Turner family.

They must cooperate this time.

Stanford answered solemnly, “Okay. It’s the most important to rescue Florence now. I’ll get even with you afterward.”

Ernest and Stanford made a deal.

On the surface, Stanford had locked up Ernest in his dungeon. Secretly, they started taking action upon their plans respectively and got prepared. As soon as Benjamin carried out his next step, he would fall into their trap.

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On the sea.

At the horizon where the sea met the sky, there was a touch of fish-belly white. It gradually brightened up.

On the deck of the yacht, Florence was still in a half-kneeling position. Lowering her stiff head, she was working hard to cut the rope.

It was far more difficult to cut the rope than she had imagined.

She couldn’t tell what kind of material the rope was made of. It looked like a rope but it was like steel that was hard to get broken.

If it was too hard to be cut, Florence would have given up long ago, but after she tried harder for a long time, the rope was broken somehow.

Hence, she believed that if she kept on cutting it, the rope would be broken eventually.

All she needed was time.

Clarence was quite sleepy. He couldn’t help nodding his head. Suddenly, his head was bent down, waking him up from the sleepiness.

He opened his eyes in a daze, only to find Florence’s head lowered in front of him.

She maintained the same posture as he dozed off without any change.

Looking up at the sky, Clarence found that it was getting bright soon.

Suddenly, he sobered up. With a frown, he said, “Flory, stop it.”

“It’s almost broken.”

Since she hadn’t slept for a whole night, her voice was quite hoarse.

She didn’t raise her head and kept cutting the rope. Her writs were so painful that she even felt numb, but she still gritted her teeth and held on.

night was broken more than

probably she could cut off the rope before

woke up, they had a chance

stared at Florence with concerns,

weren’t for him, Florence wouldn’t be threatened by Benjamin. If it weren’t for him, Florence wouldn’t be here cutting for a whole night. He

He was too incapable that he needed a

a difficulty. If we can escape this

hands were weakened, her eyes were painful, and her whole

could paralyze on the deck at

tell him that it was her fault to put

valuable, but I’m an outstanding man. How

words, her hands

mouth corners twitched. Clarence wanted to marry her for repaying

was in

he was serious, she didn’t dare

pressed her lips and stopped cutting, looking up at Clarence

“Are you serious?”

and met

were pretty, clear, and bright. Right now, they were reddened as she had been staying up the whole night and quite

face looked pale

He felt as if his heart was bumped by something. He pitied

he answered,

words,

her, he was kidding. However, when he answered to confirm, he seemed to say it

possible, he wouldn’t mind marrying Florence to appreciate

gazed at Clarence with a solemn

twinkled. With a frown, she stopped cutting and

each syllable, “I won’t save you,

Clarence gaped.

chose not to save him because she wasn’t willing

disdained

felt a heavy blow on his heart -- his heart

he asked, “Are

could almost cut it off. It shouldn’t be proper if she decided to stop

looked quite

were stiffened and

the circulation of the blood wasn’t smooth. However, she was

she would stop saving

and

kidding, but Florence really