Chapter 428: Suffocating Despair


    She shook her head, “I don’t believe it. Ernest wouldn’t give up on me, and nor would he give up on our


    love.”


    She refused to believe it.


    “But he’s gone. He was defeated and ran away!”


    Stanford grabbed her shoulders, forcing her to look into his eyes. He said seriously, stressing each


    syble, “Flory, this means a big humiliation for a man. Ernest Hawkins is such a proud man, so he


    couldn’t endure it. He has lost his right to love you.”


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    Florence didn’t understand about the so-called war between men, and nor could she understand what


    terrifying things had happened between them.


    However, the words “given up” kept stinging her heart like needles.


    Ernest was gone. She wondered if it indeed meant that he had given up on her.


    With concern, Stanford patted her on her shoulder and heaved a deep sigh.


    “Flory, I know you are quite upset now. But only after you know what kind of man he is, you won’t be


    suffered in the future. Flory, from now on, you are free.”


    After finishing his words, Stanford didn’t have the heart to see Florence suffer. He strode into the


    house.


    His eyes were dimmed.


    What happened in the past few weeks kept shing through his mind.


    He had been fighting against Ernest during this period of time. All through the years, he was so


    arrogant in the world. However, this was the first time that he had enjoyed the battle so much. Ernest


    was like a good match for him on the battlefield, and Stanford even had an illusion of meeting a


    confidant.


    Ernest wasn’t weaker than him in terms of means and power.


    However, he had considered too much - because Stanford was Florence’s older brother, Ernest still


    kept holding his trump card and showed mercy on Stanford. That was why he was gradually


    suppressed by Stanford.


    Untilst night, Ernest had a chance to fight back, but he didn’t make the move.


    His so-called failure wasn’t the real failure.


    Stanford was always a man of noble character, and he had never taken the advantage of anyone.


    However, Ernest was so difficult to be defeated. For Florence, Stanford had to defeat him and force him


    to leave here.


    Stanford knew that it wasn’t an honored victory.


    If there would be another chance, he wished that he would fight against Ernest nobly...


    Stanford stopped in the corridor and looked down at Florence in the yard, who seemed to be quite


    disappointed and lonely, and heaved a sigh.


    Unfortunately, they’d better not meet each other again for the rest of life.


    The news that Stanford had confirmed was out of her expectation. She was agape and didn’t know


    what to do.


    She couldn’t believe that Ernest had gone like this. Now they were worlds apart. How could she meet


    him again?


    Also, he had given up. It would be impossible for him to gain approval from her family...


    With reddish eyes, Florence stubbornly tried to hold back the tears that welled up in her tears.


    She still didn’t believe it. She didn’t believe that Ernest would give up so easily.


    He was the most capable man, Ernest Hawkins. There shouldn’t be anything that he would fail to do.


    Taking a deep breath, Florence trotted out of the vi.


    Sure enough, as Stanford had told her, she wasn’t grounded any longer. She trotted out of the iron gate


    of her vi, and nobody tried to stop her.


    Even a drive was ready to send her wherever she was going.


    Florence didn’t refuse. She sat in the car and recalled that Ernest was staying in Cindery Hotel when


    having the video chat with himst time. She asked the driver to send her there.


    When she walked into the hotel, Florence trotted upstairs and looked for Ernest’s president suite.


    Walking in the corridor, from afar, she saw the door of the suite was opened.


    Her lifeless heart suddenly jumped into her thoughts. She felt quite excited. The door was opened, so


    she believed that Ernest was still there.


    She trotted over in a hurry, “Hi, Ernest. I...”


    Before finishing her words, Florence saw the situation in the suite clearly. She couldn’t utter any word


    at all.


    Currently, there were two cleaners in the suite, cleaning the house. Besides the furniture belonging to


    the hotel, she couldn’t see any personal belonging.


    Florence stiffed, her throat dried out.


    The cleaners stopped changing the bedsheet and looked at Florence in confusion, “Hi, Miss. What can


    we do for you?”


    Florence looked at them with twinkled eyes.


    After a hesitation, she asked awkwardly, “Where is the guest of this room?”


    “The guest checked outst night.”


    The answer was like thest straw that crashed down Florence.


    Ernest had gone for real.


    He had left here and dumped her.


    Florence didn’t know how she stepped out of the hotel. The driver was waiting for her. Seeing here


    out, he asked her to get in the car, but she refused.


    As if her soul was sucked out, Florence felt that her heart was so empty.


    She looked at the sky nkly, wondering if he was on a ne, heading back to City N.


    He had be farther and farther away from her.


    The raindrops started to fall.


    It was not heavy, smashing on her body. Her clothes were wet quickly.


    Standing in the rain, Florence seemed to have lost all her senses. She just walked on nkly, but she


    didn’t know where she was heading to.


    He had fully upied her heart. She only wished to see him. However, he was gone. She didn’t know


    where she could find him.


    In City N?


    The Fraser family would never allow her to go back there.


    Florence wanted to burst into tears helplessly. She felt as if a huge rock was pressing on her chest,


    making her unable to breathe.


    She was upset.


    She had be so upset as if her heart would explode.


    “Flory, it’s raining. Let’s go home.”


    Suddenly, Stanford appeared from nowhere. He opened a big umbre and protected Florence from


    the rain.


    However, Florence didn’t raise her head at all as if she hadn’t seen him. She just kept watching


    forward.


    Her bony and petite boy was exposed in the rain again.


    In a hurry, Stanford followed her and covered her with the umbre. Meanwhile, he reached out to grab


    her arm.


    “Flory, let me take you home.”


    “No!”


    With reddened eyes, Flory pushed him away.


    Looking at him in despair, she asked, “Why do you have to force Ernest to leave? Why? I’m so happy


    when I’m with him. Why don’t you allow me to be happy?”


    Stanford was taken aback instantly, frowning deeply.


    Only God knew how much he wanted her to be the happiest girl in this world. He always wished that


    she would be surrounded by happiness all her life without shedding a single tear.


    “Flory, I did it for your good. You’ll understand in the future. The happiness that Ernest could give you


    wasn’t the happiness at all.”


    “You don’t understand it at all. None of you understand it!”


    Florence took a few steps back while sobbing.


    With tearful eyes, she said in a sad and lonely voice, “You all told me that they are doing it for my own


    good. You’ve made the decision for me. Have you ever asked me if I’m willing to or if I want it? I love


    him now. I trust him. Even if we wouldn’t be happy in the future, I’m willing to.”


    Who could fully guarantee his or her future would be happy?


    She just wanted to cherish the moment and cherish the current beloved man.


    Upon hearing her words, Stanford felt as if he got a strike from the lightning.


    Looking at Florence in a daze, he repeated her words in disbelief, “You’re willing to even if you won’t be


    happy in the future?”


    He couldn’t help wondering how persistent she was so that she was so willing to.


    Did Florence love Ernest so deeply?


    “Flory, but I’m your brother, and I can’t bear to see you get hurt,” Stanford said deeply, his tone quite


    low.


    His voice was almost covered by the rain.


    However, Florence still heard him. His words were like open a door in her heart, poking at the softest


    and sorest spot in her heart.


    She finally burst into tears after trying her best to hold them back.


    She knew her brother and parents were doing it for her good. They nned for her future


    wholeheartedly, so they had done so. However, the more she could understand them, the more


    copsing and helpless she was.


    In the name of love, she couldn’t me anyone orin about anyone, but she couldn’t love the


    man she loved either.


    The overwhelming despair almost drowned her, pulling her into the abyss.


    Florence wondered what else she could do...