My One-month Marriage With Mr. Hawkins

Chapter 667: Farewell

Florence felt a sense of guilt. She didn’t want to hide anything from Ernest. She also wanted to tell him everything. However, she didn’t feel it proper to tell him about the contraceptive pills.

She walked to him, reached out to wrap her arms around Ernest’s waist, and pressed her face on his chest.

She muffled, “It’s just a trifle. I won’t hide anything else from you.”

She would try her best to be honest with him.

Ernest reached out to rub her hair, looking quite affectionate and tender.

He said in a deep, seductive, and charming tone, “Okay.”

He cast a casual glance at Florence’s backpack. Then he moved his gaze.

Everyone should have secrets.

He was curious about Florence’s, but he would wait for her to tell him actively.

Once they finished packing, the servants delivered the suitcases to their vehicles. Florence and Ernest were about to leave.

Florence put on her backpack and walked to the vehicle.

Alexander was standing aside, frowning at her worriedly.

He reminded her in a deep tone, “Flory, you must be careful on the way. When facing life and death, anything else can be temporarily abandoned. Understand?”

“I see.”

Florence nodded. She couldn’t help but glance around.

Her parents were always together, but right then, only Alexander showed up. Victoria didn’t.

It seemed that she didn’t plan to see Florence off.

Alexander hesitated for a moment. He said with a smile, “Your mother is too reluctant to see you off.”

That was why she didn’t show up.

Besides this reason, probably Victoria didn’t agree with Florence to go with Ernest.

Florence felt a bit upset. She didn’t know clearly how she would face Victoria on this matter.

“Dad, please tell Mom -- I will definitely come back safe and sound.”

“Okay. We’ll wait for you to come back.”

Alexander looked at Florence reluctantly. He added, “Make sure to be with Stanford and Ernest all the time. You must be with them and don’t be alone.”

Alexander wasn’t talkative, but today he kept nagging.

Florence understood that it was because he worried about her.

She felt a bit uneasy. She listened to her father obediently, nodding in agreement.

After bidding her father farewell, Florence turned around to look at Clarence and Phoebe who were standing aside.

Clarence looked at her with a complicated expression, and Florence couldn’t tell what he was thinking.

Phoebe’s eyes were reddish, full of worry and reluctance. However, she tried her best to hold back her tears.

Florence couldn’t help sighing.

If it were in the past, Phoebe would have pounced at her and burst into tears.

After experiencing so many things, she had become maturer and learned to suppress her emotion.

Florence felt sorry for her because of her changes.

Phoebe used to be a worry-free girl from a rich family, and she shouldn’t have experienced those things.

Florence pressed her lips, walked to Phoebe, reached out, and hugged her.

She said jokingly, “Wait for me in City N obediently. After my things are done, I’ll go back to visit you. You must take me to drink, hang out in clubs, and sing karaoke. You can’t refuse!”

“Florence, you sticky girl! You haven’t left yet but you’ve already had a plan to rob me!”

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“That’s a deal then. You must come back safe and sound. I’ll hang out with you. We won’t go home until the daybreak!”

“All right!” Florence nodded solemnly.

She used to be in this way with Phoebe. No matter if they were happy or sad, they would hang out. However, after leaving City N, they didn’t have such chances at all.

They both had experienced quite a lot of things. They couldn’t remain as innocent and worry-free as they used to be.

However, Florence believed that after all the difficulties were overcome, there would be a happy and peaceful life waiting for them ahead.

That must be true for both Phoebe and her.

They had talked for a long while before releasing each other. Phoebe’s eyes were quite reddened, almost burst into tears.

After the departure today, she didn’t know when she would see Florence again.

She wasn’t certain if Florence could come back safely.

Hence, all she could do was to wait for Florence with all her best wishes.

After bidding Phoebe farewell, Florence raised her head and looked over at Clarence, who was next to them.

When their eyes met, Clarence was taken aback a bit. A deep and complicated light flashed through his eyes.

It vanished pretty soon.

Then, he put on a playful smile and opened his arms.

“Shall I have a farewell hug as well?”

Not far from them, Ernest was standing there and staring daggers at Clarence dangerously as if he would skin Clarence alive.

The temperature around them seemed to have dropped as well.

Florence’s mouth corners twitched. She felt quite speechless. Clarence was so good at pissing off Ernest. She wondered if he wanted to be beaten up by Ernest again so he could continue staying on the bed.

“No way. In giving or receiving anything, a man should not touch the hand of a woman,” Florence refused half-jokingly.

She swept on his body uneasily.

With a frown, she reminded him, “You haven’t completely recovered yet. After going back to City N, you need to be taken good care of. Otherwise, you might have sequela and scars left. By the way, before recovering, you shouldn’t smoke or drink. You’d better eat light dishes.”

Clarence looked at Florence playfully.

With a smile, he said jokingly, “You are nagging like an old woman. Aren’t you afraid Ernest would disdain you for this?”

Florence choked up, feeling so annoyed.

Clarence was truly a helplessly sharp-tongued man. She was reminding him out of kindness, but he made fun of her.

He had gone too far.

Florence snorted, directly turned around, and walked away.

She wasn’t in the mood to talk to him anymore to avoid being pissed.

Clarence looked at her receding figure, and his smile suddenly became a bit stiffened. His eyes were full of unconcealed bitterness and love.

After parting this time, he wondered when they would meet again.

Probably not for the whole life.

He felt extremely worried, but he couldn’t vent it at all.

“Don’t be greedy at someone who doesn’t belong to you. Keep your heart guarded.”

Ernest’s voice ran out from a certain distance.

His voice was quite low, so only Clarence had heard it.

It was a piece of advice as well as a warning.

Clarence was startled for a moment. Then he was in a panic, wondering if Ernest had seen through his mind.

Meeting Ernest’s sharp and threatening gaze, while thinking about his words, Clarence suddenly calmed down. He put on a helpless and bitter smile.

His secret crush that he didn’t dare to confess and had been hiding carefully was seen by Ernest with a single glimpse.

Probably Ernest had a sharp eye, or probably he was way lame to pretend.

However, he agreed with what Ernest said.

He shouldn’t be greedy for someone that didn’t belong to him. Otherwise, he would hurt her as well as himself.

Since he knew it, he shouldn’t keep his crush.

However...

He just wished to see Florence off and bid her farewell.

Florence didn’t stay much longer. Waving at others, she sat in the car.

No matter Alexander, Phoebe, or Clarence, they were all people that Florence cared about. Hence, the farewell was a sad thing for her.

After she left here, it would take a long time, and she couldn’t come back or meet them during the period.

She decided to leave fast so that she wouldn’t be so upset.