Chapter 83: What About Cancelling the Engagement as Soon as Possible?
Florence nced at her colleague in shock and disbelief.
How did they know about her rtionship with Ernest?
“When you haven’te to thepany, there has never been a woman by Mr. Hawkins’ side.
Nevertheless, you suddenly became a member of thepany. Moreover, you have lunch with Mr.
Hawkins and took the same car to work and from work with him every day.”
The woman then added confidently, “You’re a couple of lovers, right?”
Florence felt her mind exploding at the moment as if a big event had happened.
She thought her interactions with Ernest were so covert, but she hadn’t expected that all staff of the
company had known about it.
She was flustered with a messy mind, “In fact, my rtionship with Mr. Hawkins is not like what you
guys think. We’re just… just…”
Florence stammered and was lost for words to form a reasonable excuse.
Thepany had kept her personal information and obviously, she from that family background was
by no means Ernest’s rtive.
“I understand.” Her colleagueughed understandingly and continued, “I know that you’re in a
rtionship with Mr. Hawkins and both of you wanted to keep it a secret. So we didn’t spread any
words about it.”
Florence was choked and felt very helpless, “That’s really not the case.”
“Oh yeah, I see. Florence, I handed a proposal to Mr. Hawkins which needs his approval. If you’re
convenient, please put in some good words about me in front of the CEO.” Her colleague specially
lowered her voice and whispered in Florence’s ear.
Apparently, the reason why she asked Florence to do so was that she firmly believed that Florence was
Ernest’s girlfriend.
Florence was flustered and was in a messy mind. Since she and Ernest would cancel their
engagement soon, the misunderstandings from the staffs of thepany were very disadvantageous
to their rtionship.
They couldn’t dy the cancetion anymore.
She made a decision after pondering for a while and then headed towards the president’s office
hurriedly.
When Timothy was about to enter the president’s office with a pile of documents at hands, he saw
Florence striding towards the office and retrieved his hand that was about to knock the door.
He turned around and gazed at Florence with a smile, asking, “Miss Fraser, are youing for Mr.
Hawkins?”
“Yeah. Is he free now?”
Florence kept walking when answering the question and walked to the door of the office soon.
Timothy nodded, “He’s free. You cane in directly.”
After finishing the words, Timothy left which the pile of documents that were waiting to be handled,
intending toe to find Ernestter.
Florence then knocked at the door. When she entered the office, she saw Ernest sitting behind the
office desk as usual and flipping through the documents with his fair and slender fingers.
Ernest seemed to be a bit surprised to see her.
An inexplicable touch of smile shed across his eyes as he said in a low voice, “Oh, take a seat.”
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He then connected the interior call and ordered the secretary to send milk and dessert here.
“No need. I have something to talk to you.” Florence refused it immediately. Every time when she came
to his office, he would offered her desserts, and she guessed this might be one of the reasons why they
would misunderstand their rtionship.
She was afraid now she was regarded as Ernest’s girlfriend or something else in the eyes of her
colleagues.
Ernest hung out the interior call and saidposedly, “You can spill the beans when having them.”
It seemed that she couldn’t decline such a treatment now.
Fearing that the secretary woulde in when they were talking about the matter, Florence sat down
on the sofa and chose to talk about itter.
Ernest simply gazed at her and didn’t urge her. He wouldn’t mind no matter how long she wanted to
stay in the office.
He then put down the documents, walked to the sofa, and naturally sat beside Florence. The distance
between them was very short.
Florence was a bit stunned when she sensed the familiar and imposing aura of the man. She hurriedly
stood to her feet and then walked to the other sofa and sat down.
Ernest stared at her gloomily with a little bit anger on his handsome face.
Everyone would felt unhappy when being obviously alienated by the other, not to mention Ernest.
Florence hurriedly exined, “The secretary wille inter. She may misunderstand our rtionship
if she sees us sitting closely with each other. It’s not good.”
It was fine if she hadn’t exined it because Ernest’s expressions became more hideous when he
heard the exnation.
Was this woman so unwilling to have connections with him?
Florence was confused when seeing his hideous expressions. Was there anything wrong in her
exnation?
The ambience in the office became a bit oppressive.
Luckily, the secretary entered the office at the moment. She politely put the milk, coffee and desserts
on the table, “Mr. Hawkins, Miss Fraser, please enjoy it.” The secretary smiled at Florence politely and
then walked out with the tray.
Florence would not think too much it when she saw such a smile in usual times, but she felt it quite
ambiguous now.
The secretary must have misunderstood her rtionship with Ernest again.
Florence felt a bit depressed. She pondered for a while and then gazed at Ernest, asking, “Mr.
Hawkins, do you know that there are so many… rumors about us in thepany?” Florence felt
embarrassed when talking about this.
Ernest looked at Florence meaningfully, “So what?”
His tone was quite t and his attitude was so casual as if it was just an insignificant matter or a matter
of course.
Florence was dumbfounded. Shouldn’t Ernest felt bothered now and immediately rectify thepany
order and curb the rumors.
Feeling a bit spiritless, she had to take the initiative to bring forward the topic, “Mr. Hawkins, we’ll
cancel our engagement soon, so it will damage your reputation if there are rumors about our
rtionship in thepany. Do you have any ideas about how to deal with this matter?”
Florence gazed at Ernest with anticipation. But Ernest just moved his lips to spit out an answer, “Nope.”
Florence was choked. Wasn’t Ernest way too cursory?
She only calmed down herself after a long while and then tried to be patient, “Then we should cancel
the engagement as soon as possible. If we don’t have connections in the future, our colleagues won’t
spread rumors about this.”
Rumors always die in tranquil times.
Florence’s idea was indeed feasible, but Ernest felt unhappy when hearing it.
She rarely came to his office, and was she here to anger him now?
Ernest fixed his eyes on Florence gloomily and there was anger in his eyes. It seemed that he would
pounce over and give her a severe punishment once he failed to suppress his anger.
Florence felt flustered under his gaze. She couldn’t see through this man’s mind now and had no idea
about what he wanted to do.
It was as if he despised her every proposal.
Florence felt quite depressed inwardly. Hesitating for a while, she finally urged him, “Mr. Hawkins, what
do you think of it?”
Ernest curled his lips into a straight line and didn’t reply. His whole person seemed to be shrouded in a
layer of invisible gloominess.
The ambience in the office became colder and colder.