My One-month Marriage With Mr. Hawkins

Having received everyone’s attention and be in the limelight all of a sudden, Florence was startled and only reacted shortly. It
was no wonder Ernest wanted her to follow him everywhere tonight. It turned out he wanted her to become his shield. “Miss
Davidson, it’s a pleasure to meet you. I’ll have the drink with you.” She took up a wine glass gracefully and swirled the liquid
inside casually. The ring she wore on her finger was exceptionally conspicuous.
The crowds subconsciously looked towards Ernest’s finger and they found an exact same style of ring for men as expected. The
heart of countless women who were coveting Ernest all broke, and no one wanted to approach him to embarrass themselves
anymore. Ernest stared at the woman who was demonstrating her authority in front of him with satisfactions and his mood
lightened up greatly. It looked like having that kind of feeling was still not bad.
Meanwhile, Harold was pulling down a long face. He had finally let Ernest to be his shield with difficulty yet he did not expect that
he would start to act lovey-dovey with Florence. Now that the women all knew they would not have any chance, they would once
again turn towards him. Anthony laughed when he saw him looking miserable. “Serve you right. You should have been aware
that your plan might fail when you dared trick Ernest Hawkins.” Harold gave him a kick and said, “Get lost.”
Evelyn Wallace was fixing her eyes on Florence among the crowds and she was in deep shock. She was boiling with rage
shortly. She squeezed herself out of the crowd while pushing people all the way and stepped out, pointing at Florence and said
with a loud voice, “I want to ask this lady a question, are you the one doing business on Taobao?” Florence was stupefied when
she saw her. What a coincidence that Evelyn was here too. Having remembered she had pretended to be Cooper’s girlfriend
yesterday to irritate Evelyn and make her leave, how should she explain under this circumstance?
The crowds which were going to scatter all gathered once more due to Evelyn’s words, and they stood there watching the fun
while in confusion. Seeing Florence not uttering a word for a long time, someone who was curious could not help but question,
“Hi, may I know what you meant? Did you know Mr. Hawkins’ fiancée? Why did you say she’s doing business on Taobao?”
“Because there’s a business on Taobao called ‘renting girlfriend’!” Evelyn looked at Florence with sarcasm and contempt. Her
words had once again stirred up the crowds and there was a flurry of discussions.
“Renting girlfriend on Taobao? The one costs 800 yuan per day and could bring back for New Year celebration?”
“Could it be what she meant was this lady is an impostor? That she’s not Mr. Hawkins’ fiancée?”
“Now I know she’s only fake...”

The discussion sounds both high and low were heard by Ernest and he pulled down a long face. He stared at the woman and
rumbled with a threatening voice, “Do you know what price would you pay if you dare talking nonsense?”
Evelyn’s muscles inevitably tightened and horror rose inside her. The man’s aura was too strong and oppressive that her
subconscious mind told her to run away. Yet she looked at Florence and straightened her back. She needed not be afraid as she
was right. “Mr. Hawkins, the reason I said that is also to avoid you getting deceived by her too. Yesterday, I’ve seen her being
together with my ex-boyfriend with my own eyes, and they’ve admitted they’re in a romantic relationship! If she’s not the girlfriend
to be rented on Taobao, that means she’s two-timing you!”
Florence’s face went a little pale and she wanted to seal Evelyn’s mouth. She could not betray Cooper, and she certainly could
not deny by saying she was not Ernest’s fiancée from the situation. What should she do now? Having been in such a dilemma,
she inevitably tightened her grasp onto Ernest’s hand. Sensing the nervousness of the woman in his arms, Ernest looked down
and saw her uneasy look. An uncanny look flashed across his face. He pursed his lips and rumbled, “What time did you see
them yesterday?”
“It was half past seven in the evening, right at the restaurant from the fifth street of the new district.” Evelyn spoke assertively.
The crowds all looked at Florence with suspicion. Most of them were looking at her with disgust and had categorized her as a
morally-indecent woman. Florence felt a rush of headache. She did not even have any real relationships with both men, not to
mention two-timing them. Should she deny at the scene? As she hesitated, she heard a sneer followed by the man’s low and
sarcastic voice beside her. “She was having dinner with me at home at half past seven last night.”
His words had turned everything said by Evelyn just now into lies. Evelyn looked at Ernest with surprise and could not react for a
long while. She could not figure out the reason he defended for her when he knew she had derailed no matter how. Seeing the
crowds had all looked at her with contempt, she was mortified and she spoke with grievance, “Mr. Hawkins, what I said was true,
why did you lie?”
Ernest sneered and replied, “Being bold enough to say I lied, you’re the first.” Although there was not much emotion in his plain
voice, he had managed to freeze the atmosphere of the hall. The people all fell into grave silence and nobody dared to let out a
single voice. They could discuss about Florence’s derailment and criticized her, but what about Ernest? He was the only heir of
the super wealthy family in City N, and was also famous in the business world. He had immense power and the way he worked
was determined and merciless. He was the existence that stood at the very top, that could not be doubted nor rebelled against.

Evelyn realized she had made a mistake in what she said and her face instantly went cadaverous. She quickly explained, “Mr.
Hawkins, I didn’t mean that, I...” As if reluctant to hear the woman’s voice anymore, Ernest waved his hand in impatience and
ordered coldly, “Get her out of here.” The moment he finished his words, several fierce-looking bodyguards appeared out of
nowhere from the main hall and dragged her out of the hall like they were dragging a piece of garbage.
Evelyn was so frightened that her face went pale. Those who were shoved out by Ernest would be repelled from the upper class
circle, and she still had not gotten married into a wealthy family yet. “Mr. Hawkins, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, please forgive me this
time.” She pleaded with fear yet the bodyguards were not moved at all and they soon got her out of the hall. Her yell gradually
faded away and the main hall was shrouded with a gloomy atmosphere.
Everyone had only noticed Ernest’s handsome look at first sight, they only realized now that he was the Mr. Hawkins that had
immense power who could easily ruined a person’s future whenever he was unhappy. Nobody dared to say anything further and
the crowds scattered as if nothing had happened before. Florence managed to survive the farce without other accident and she
heaved a sigh of relief. Yet when she turned around, she saw Ernest looking at her with a threatening and gloomy look. She
forced out a smile and said, “Mr. Hawkins, do hear me out.” Ernest pursed his lips and did not utter a word.
“It was actually a misunderstanding. I was having dinner with my friend yesterday and Evelyn came pestering us. Therefore my
friend lied that I was his girlfriend in order to make her gave up.” Florence looked at him with uneasiness. “I didn’t expect it to be
such a coincidence that I’ll see her here.” The incident had nearly turned into a scandal. “You do like to become a shield for other
people.” Ernest looked straight at her and his lofty figure approached her dangerously. He then questioned her slowly, “But what
about me, as your fiancé?”