Chapter 37: Better Than All of You
Florence was not full so when she saw a table of delicious dishes, she was instantly tempted.
But she still asked in a very reserved manner, “Mr. Hawkins, is there anything I can do for you?”
Now only then Ernest noticed that she hade. He took a nce at her graciously with a little
coldness.
He spoke in a cold tone, “Taste the dishes.”
“What?”
Florence was bewildered and did not understand what he meant.
The waiter standing at the side immediately said with a smile, “These dishes are newly created by the
chef and Mr. Hawkins perhaps won’t like to eat all of them. So, Ms. Fraser, please give each dish a try
first and then you rmend the good ones to Mr. Hawkins.”
Florence froze. She was exceptionally bbergasted.
This was the first time she heard of such a way of testing whether the dishes were delicious. Moreover,
why did she feel that it was like in the ancient era in which the eunuch tasted the dishes to see if there
was poison before the king ate them?
Florence felt a bit strange and wanted to refuse, “Mr. Hawkins, we have different tastes. The one I find
delicious may not be delicious for you, so…”
“The dishes you brought up that day were fine.”
Ernest interrupted her in a faint tone.
Florence was stunned for a moment, the lunch box from the canteen that day? She said all of the
dishes were her favourite…
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So, his taste was simr to hers?
“Mr. Hawkins, why don’t you eat it yourself? Give every dish a try and if you like it, that’s good but if you
don’t, it isn’t a big problem too.”
Florence looked at Ernest in confusion. What was not said was, why did he let her taste the dishes?
Timothy had been his subordinate for a long time so he should know what his taste was.
However, Timothy was just standing outside the door. But she, a person who had nothing to do with
Ernest…
Ernest gazed at her and uttered some words that she could not refuse in a low tone.
“This is the part of a fiancée’s responsibility.”
Florence was speechless. Fiancée’s responsibility again!
Florence swallowed her saliva and was speechless. Now, she wished that she could strangle herself
during the banquet that night. Why did her mouth blurt out shit in which she said the fiancée’s
responsibility?
Helplessly, Florence could only obediently pick the chopsticks and started to taste the dishes.
Although she was quite reluctant, the deliciousness of these dishes was beyond her imagination. The
dishes were very much to her taste and they were so delicious that she still wanted to continue tasting
after tasting a little.
Timothy, who was standing not far away, was watching Florence taste the dishes. He could not help but
admire his own master very much.
This was because Ernest was so smart that he managed to find a good excuse like tasting dishes to let
Florence eat with him together.
After the dishes are tasted, Florence should have been full.
What Timothy thought was true. After Florence tasted all the dishes once, she was already full and
satisfied.
Besides, these dishes were really delicious. Their tastes were still lingering in her mouth, making her
felt like she had had an extremely scrumptious and delicious meal.
Now, her discontent was gone.
Seeing her beaming happily, a trace of light shed in Ernest’s eyes and then he said expressionlessly.
“Continue tomorrow.”
Florence looked at the table of dishes thatprised of more than a dozen of styles and asked in
puzzle.
“The dishes for you are different every day?”
Was he having a team of chefs in which each of them had hundreds of recipes so they could make the
dishes without repeating?
Ernest kept his cool, “Yes.”
Florenceined in her mind. He was indeed the richest person in City N as he could be sovish
even when having a meal.
The names of participants of the Ovi Fashion Design Contest were announced.
As soon as the announcement was made, it immediately caused quite a stir. After all, this meant a
direct entry into the semi-finals.
After entering, as long as one put in a little effort, one would be able to be remembered by others on
the world stage. From then, one’s future would be immensely bright.
“Howe Florence’s name is there? What gives her the confidence to participate in it?”
When Elise saw the list, she spoke in displeasure and showed a distasteful face.
And, her own name was not on it.
The designers who had a good rtionship with Elise also went along with her.
“Yeah, she has just stood out from the identity of being a newbie. She’s actually still very new and is
completely not qualified to participate, let alone these are the semi-final ces.”
“This ce definitely shouldn’t be given to Florence. With such little capability, she will put ourpany
to shame.”
“True, why can Florence get the ce? She isn’t eligible to participate in it.”
…
A group of people said discontentedly. Their names were not on the list. They said in a manner as if
they were taking the moral high ground, and also as if they were green with envy so their behaviours
were sour grapes.
The more they said, the angrier they were. All of them looked discontentedly at Florence who was not
far away.
Elise gazed at Florence sharply. Her tone was mean and sharp.
“Florence, have you heard that? You’re not eligible to participate in thispetition at all, you hurriedly
give up the ce to let others have it. Don’t disgrace ourpany, otherwise, none of us will let you
off.”
Florence had known the names much earlier. She originally did not intend to involve in the discussion
but they unexpectedly still went to provoke her.
And none of them had seen her designs and known how her design ability was, yet they dismissed her
right from the start.
On what basis?
She stopped doing her thing and looked coldly at them.
“Since I’ve gotten the ce, I’ll try my best in thispetition. As for whether I’ll disgrace thepany,
you guys can wait and see the result of thepetition.”
All the arguments now were meaningless.
However, these people did not intend to let go of Florence. Several women walked over and
surrounded Florence.
Each of them had a fierce and vicious look.
As if representing everyone’s opinions, Elise first pointed at Florence and used her harshly.
“Florence, don’t you know your self-ability? You’re just a trash newbie who doesn’t even have any
work, how dare an ineligible person like you stand on the stage of the Ovi Fashion Design Contest?
You don’t mind feeling ashamed but we do.”
Having no work had always been Florence’s Achilles heel.
Therefore, Elise also used this fact to prevent Florence from having the opportunity toe out with
her own work. That was why even after Florence had worked in thepany for a year, she was still in
the state of newbie without any qualifications.
Now, Elise wanted to use this fact to suppress her again.
Florence was boiling in rage and she was so angry that she clenched her hand tightly into a fist.
If she had a work, she would not be humiliated and suppressed by them now.
“Who says that Florence has no work?”
A clear and warm voice sounded and it was as pleasant as the sound of spring in the mountains.
Cooper walked over with a pictorial. He opened and ced it in front of the crowd.
“This is the clothes designed by Florence for the CEO, the official production process of it has already
started.”
This meant that this design had been finalized and had be Florence’s qualification and
achievement.
This was a refined and erged pictorial. To be opened and ced here like this, its strong point was
being shown enormously.
When the crowd looked at this pictorial, they were fascinated and amazed.
This was design by Florence?
They really could not believe it as it did not look like the level of a newbie at all.
“And as far as I know, this design has the best score in the professional assessment ever, better than
all the designs of you guys in the past years.”
Cooper curled his lips and looked at the crowd provocatively.
His arrogance was totally undisguised.