Chapter 170: His Promise


    Gemma was insanely captivating, plus she also had an aura of natural elegance and nobleness, hence


    when she had started to weep like this, her sorrowful look could move people’s hearts and rouse their


    sympathy for her.


    However, all kinds of suspicions and doubts had already piled up in Florence’s heart, so she would not


    easily trust her words and actions anymore.


    Although she was still in the dark about the truth of the rtionship between Gemma and Ernest, she


    had a feeling that it was not as what Gemma had depicted.


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    Even if Gemma and Ernest were indeed lovers, she was certain that they were not a loving pair of


    couple.


    “You have said it yourself as well that the love between two persons is selfish, Ms. Marlon. How many


    women could actually resist Ernest’s charm and not fall for him when he is such an attractive and


    outstanding man? You may well ask. I’m just an ordinary person, so it’s normal that I will fall for him as


    well. If I were to marry him, I would be like all the other women too as I would not allow you to hang


    around him anymore. Therefore, you should try to talk him into breaking off the engagement with me


    before it’s toote.”


    “But…” Gemma knitted her brows deeply as her heart was overwhelmed by mixed emotions.


    It was not her ce to ask Ernest to break off his engagement with Florence as she had no right to do


    that.


    Florence raised her eyebrows and stared at Gemma as she added, “Don’t tell me that you couldn’t talk


    him out of marrying me as well, Ms. Marlon?”


    “Surely I can!” Gemma retorted without any hesitation with a resolute look on her face.


    She had already sensed that Florence was starting to doubt her words, hence if she were to give the


    game away now, Florence would definitely catch on and corroborate her suspicions.


    She had to continue her y-acting no matter what for now.


    “The Hawkins family is City N’s utmost wealthy and powerful n, so Ernest’s wedding is naturally a


    great deal to them. If you were to break off your engagement with him suddenly, it would cause a


    rippling effect on his family, so you have to give him more time to handle thisplex issue.


    Furthermore, Ernest has always been stubborn, so it would also require a few rounds of persuasion for


    him to call off the wedding even if it’sing from me.”


    “Alright then, sorry to have to trouble you, and I hope to hear the good news soon.”


    Florence smiled politely and broke off her hand from Gemma’s grip, and she proceeded to walk over to


    the bar counter to pour some fruit juice into a ss.


    She handed it over to Gemma in the next moment, “Do you want some?”


    “No thanks. Have a good rest then, I’ll take my leave now.”


    As soon as Gemma had finished her sentence, she marched out of the room in a hurry without even


    looking back, and it seemed like she was unwilling to stay in this room for any longer.


    She was extremely flustered while her heart was trembling with fear when she had fled from the room.


    Gemma had initially thought that she had taken the necessary steps and was fully prepared to deceive


    Florence, but her ns had gone awry at some unknown point in time which had caused Florence to


    start doubting her words.


    Or was it that Florence had fallen for Ernest instead, so she was actually dering war on her now?


    No matter which one it was, they all screamed bad news for Gemma, so she had to find a way to tackle


    this tricky situation with all her means. She would not allow Florence to get married to Ernest.


    In Gemma’s heart, Ernest had always belonged to her, and he was the love of her life, so she would


    rather him not getting married for the rest of his life if she could not get her hands on him.


    After Gemma had gone downstairs, Ernest steadfastly rose to his feet to see them to the door.


    Harold and the others could grasp Ernest’s intention to keep Florencepany, so all of them had


    appropriately taken their leave despite wailing about him being cruel to them and always putting


    Florence before them.


    After sending them off, Ernest had returned to the bedroom without further ado.


    Florence was still holding the ss of juice that she had yet to finish in her hand, so it was much to her


    surprise that he hade right up in such a short period of time.


    She narrowed her eyes and asked thoughtfully, “Why have youe up?”


    “They’ve gone back just now,” Ernest replied in a natural manner while walking over to her bed.


    She asked again, “Didn’t Gemma look for you and stay behind? I thought you would have a word with


    her after Harold and the others are gone.”


    “What can I talk about with her?” Ernest replied as he proceeded to take a seat by the bed, and he


    promptly reached out his arm to pull her into his embrace while leaning against the bedrest.


    All his actions hade naturally to him after their interaction for the past few days.


    Florence had almost familiarized herself with his touch, but a sense of uneasiness suddenly swept past


    her when Gemma whom had just stopped by hade to her mind.


    Although she had her doubts, she was still unenlightened about the truth between the two of them, and


    what exactly was his rtionship with Gemma.


    Florence sat straight up and pulled herself away from Ernest as she uttered, “Gemma has informed me


    that she would persuade you to call off our engagement.”


    His face darkened in a swift, and he stared at her deeply while replying in an upset tone, “Are you still


    thinking to call off the engagement?”


    She had even asked for Gemma’s help to persuade him on this matter? Did she really think that would


    work?


    Florence nodded her head and started right back at him as she said in a serious tone, “Gemma has


    agreed to it as well.”


    “It doesn’t matter whether she agrees to it or not. In fact, everyone else’s opinion does not matter to me


    at all. I’m going to marry you, Florence.” His tone was husky yet domineering at the same time, and he


    swiftly leaned forward to kiss her mouth that was still trying to utter something else.


    “Um!”


    His kiss had caught her by surprise as the tenderness and warmth that had manifested on her lips had


    caused her mind to go nk in that instant.


    Why did Ernest force a kiss on her all of a sudden?


    She instinctively struggled to push him away, but her shoulders were instantly grabbed by him as he


    pulled her into his embrace again.


    His kiss had even deepened as his tongue forcefully broke into her mouth and swept past everything


    violently, and his domineering manner was as if he was dering that this was his territory,


    Florence was almost out of breath from his overwhelming kiss, and her mind had gone nk while her


    body had be limp as a result. She could not control her body’s reaction towards his arousing kiss


    as she slumped into his arms like a pool of mud.


    After what felt like an eternity, Ernest reluctantly tore himself apart from her and finally let her go after


    sucking all the energy out from her with his passionate kiss.


    He held her limp body in his arms while giving her his promise in a husky andpelling tone, “I will


    marry you.”


    Nobody could stop them from getting married, and not even Florence herself could refuse him.


    His solemn vows were like a hard hammer that had struck her heart repeatedly with his every single


    word.


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    Charlotte had finally gotten the chance to spend some alone time with Ernest in his study by bringing


    him his coffee and desserts as Florence needed to rest due to her injuries.


    However, he did not even nce at her, and he had prohibited her to stay any longer in his study every


    time she was in there, so she still had not make any progress with him despite the excellent opportunity


    that was handed to her.


    She was worried that she would fail to seduce and hook up with him till the day of his wedding with


    Florence if this had continued further.


    Charlotte had decided that it could not go on like this anymore as anxiousness was eating away at her,


    hence she decidedly made up her mind after some thoughtful consideration.


    She deliberately went into Florence’s room when Ernest was not around to chat with her, and after


    some chitter-chatter, she finally mentioned, “Could you lend me your bluece dress, Florence? My


    friend has suddenly invited me to a gathering tonight, but I have just washed all of my clothes, so I


    don’t have any extra clothes to wear outter.”


    Florence had bought that dress with her own money, and it was regarded by her to be a better one


    among the rest as it was presentable yet unobtrusive.


    She had always liked to wear that dress, and it would be apt for Charlotte to be dressed in it for her


    gathering too.


    She agreed to Charlotte’s request with a nod and said, “I’ve hanged it in the dressing room, so just get


    it by yourself.”


    “Alright.”


    Charlotte walked right into the dressing room after getting her permission, and she was immediately


    dumbstruck by the furnishing when she had entered the room.


    She thought that Florence was only wearing her usual clothes that she had brought from home like her


    as she was just staying at Ernest’s ce temporarily, and there would be at most two extra sets of


    clothes that Ernest had gifted to her.


    However, she could perceive that half of the clothes in this outrageously massive dressing room was


    actually women’s clothing, and they had all belonged to Florence!


    There were even numerous branded bags, shoes and sunsses…


    It could be said this dressing room had housed everything that a woman could possibly wish for, and


    they were even of top-quality and tailor-made for Florence.


    Florence was not just staying here temporarily as all these had indicated that she was thedy of the


    house!


    Charlotte was green with envy upon taking in the sight of all the luxurious clothing, and she secretly


    vowed to herself that all these would soon belong to her.


    She looked around the dressing room for the blue dress and brought it out after she had found it.


    Florence was on her phone as she was still recuperating from her injuries, but she had never figured


    what would happen next after she had loaned her dress to Charlotte.