Ernest face darkened. He looked towards the two women dangerously.
Although it was his birthday party today, he only wished that everyone in City N would get to know Florence and learn about her identity, so he didn’t tell Florence that today was his birthday back then.
Therefore, Florence didn’t pay much attention to it and she was late just now.
Naturally, she would not prepare a birthday gift.
Ernest didn’t expect to receive a gift from Florence because he didn’t need it. Nevertheless, he wouldn’t allow others to embarrass or disgrace Florence.
He reached out and wrapped his arm around Florence’s waist and then pulled her into his arms.
His posture was overbearing, which indicated that Florence’s was the one he wanted to protect.
He gazed at the two women coldly and then glanced around the banquet hall, “Florence is the most valuable gift for me.”
His voice was sexy, low and charming and it fully showed his affection towards Florence, which made people feel touched.
All the women at the party screamed in low voice when they heard his words. They felt so jealous and wished so much that they could be Florence.
No one had expected that Mr. Hawkins, a prince charming who had always been superior, indifferent and unapproachable, would confess his affection to Florence in the public. His words were so touching.
When they heard the words, their hearts all thumped wildly.
Florence looked up, only to see Ernest’s handsome face. When looking into his unfathomable eyes that were like two vortexes, her heart instantly skipped one beat.
This man was damn charming.
Ernest’s words caused them to feel jealous. Although the two women felt reluctant to accept this, they didn’t dare to go hard with Florence.
Apparently, Ernest was protecting Florence – even a fool could perceive it.
Although they were unwilling to resign, they didn’t dare to challenge Ernest’s authority.
It was fine when they simply provoked dissension, but if they really antagonized Ernest, they would die miserably no matter how powerful their families were.
Florence slightly frowned when she saw their reluctant looks.
She felt touched when she saw Ernest standing out for her. Since Ernest could do this for her, she should do something for him too.
She didn’t want this woman to speak ill of her behind her back.
Florence looked up at Ernest and said in a voice that could be heard by everyone in the banquet hall, “Originally, I planned to give you the gift privately after the ending of the party. It might be a surprise. Now that they’ve brought up this topic, I’ll give it to you now.”
Florence opened her handbag and took out a gift box that was exquisitely packaged.
Ernest was a bit stunned when he saw the gift box.
He hadn’t expected that Florence would prepare a gift for him.
Florence felt a bit unease when her gaze met with Ernest’s burning gaze in the air. Her face flushed slightly. She then handed the gift to Ernest.
“It’s a pen. Although it’s not that valuable, I’ve found many stores and finally found one that could inscribe an image on the pen. I hope you will feel happy when you see the smiling face.”
It was not valuable, but it showed her care for him.
Ernest’s gaze became more affectionate and he said in a charming hoarse voice, “So you’re late because you went to buy the pen?”
Florence felt a bit awkward. She left the company when it was time to get off work and didn’t inform Ernest of that. If Phoebe didn’t remind her at that time, she still didn’t know that today was Ernest’s birthday.
She nodded gently, “Yeah.”
Ernest curled his lips into a charming smile.
He was in an unprecedented good mood now.
Florence also cared about him. Otherwise, why did she still go to several streets only to buy a pen for him even if she knew that she would be late?
Florence felt unease under Ernest’s gaze and her heart throbbed wildly like there was a rabbit in it.
“I like it as long as it’s sent by you.”
Ernest said without hesitation and his tone of voice was full of pampering.
Florence felt moved.
Her heartbeat became even quicker as if it was about to jump out of her chest.
She almost lost control of herself in front of this man.
Other people who watched the show felt hurt by this PDA. They hadn’t expected that Ernest, who looked graceful and unapproachable in usual times, would act like this when he was in a relationship.
It seemed that Florence would definitely marry into the Hawkins family and other women would not have the opportunity any longer.
Everyone fixed their eyes on Ernest, but Ernest only had his eyes on Florence and the gift she sent him.
He took the exquisite box and opened it with his slender fingers.
There was a black pen in it. It looked simple and decent, and it was like the other types of pens that he used in usual times.
He pressed his lips together and the smile on his face became brighter.
Florence had noticed the details and knew his preference.
Absolutely she also cared about him.
Florence felt nervous and perturbed when seeing Ernest taking out of the pen.
Would he like it?
When she was hesitating about whether to ask him, a woman in the crowd said, “This is the pen of KT, right? Almost everyone has one. KT is a brand, but it’s not a high-end brand. I’m afraid that it’s not in the league with Mr. Hawkins’ identity.”
They all shifted their attentions to the pen when hearing the words and they could see the brand clearly.
Although they didn’t say anything, their gazes showed that they agreed with that woman.
The guests here were all famous rich people in City N, not to mention Ernest. Even they seldom used the pen of KT Brand.
They would use the pen to sign their names and it was a symbol of their identities. The more valuable it was, the better.
Florence stiffened and looked towards Ernest with worried.
She seldom used a pen, but this pen was an expensive for her and she thought that it could match with Ernest’s identity.
But she hadn’t expected that it would be distained in the party.
“Erm… If you don’t like it, I can send you the other gift.” Florence felt embarrassed and reached out to the pen, wanting to take it back.
But before she could reach the pen, Ernest naturally clamped the pen to the pocket of his suit jacket.
Only the pen hat and the gold clamp were exposed. There was a simple smiling face on the clamp.
The small smiling face seemed not to match Ernest’s temperament, but it seemed to relieve his sharpness.
Ernest curled his lips into a light smile and said in a sexy low voice, “I will sign my name with this pen in the future.”
Everyone was stunned and the banquet hall was enshrouded in deadly silence.
Although they didn’t have too many chances to meet Ernest in person, they hadn’t seen a thing that was not from a top-class brand on Ernest.
Therefore, the gifts they selected were all of the top class.
But they hadn’t expected that Florence chose an ordinary pen and Ernest liked very much and decided to use only this pen to sign his name in the future.
The gifts they selected were all of top class, but Ernest didn’t even take a glance at them.
Only at this moment did they understand that it didn’t matter whether if the gift was valuable or not was not important, what mattered was who the person who sent the gift was.
Those who originally thought that the pen was not valuable enough for Ernest all felt embarrassed.
Florence was also a bit stunned. She glanced at the pen that was clamped on his pocked and a gush of weird emotions surged in her heart.
Maybe he said that to protect her reputation or maybe it was simply because he liked the pen, but no matter what the reason behind was, Florence felt moved and warm.