“Hi, Mr. Brooks. I’m here to submit the resignation letter.”
Florence walked to Antony’s desk directly and handed over the envelope in her hands officially.
Anthony frowned. He didn’t take it over.
With a solemn tone, he said, “You don’t need to resign. Florence, you can distinguish the business and your privacy.”
Although Anthony didn’t say anything directly, he clearly implied that he had known what happened between Florence and Ernest.
However, for Florence, nothing was distinguished between the business and her privacy from the beginning in this company.
As an infamous designer at her downtime, she came to work in the Hawkins Group just because Ernest had opened the backdoor for her.
Now their engagement was called off, and she had fallen in love with Ernest.
She hadn’t let go of her disappointment in love yet. How could she afford to face Ernest in this company?
Florence shook her head. “I’ve made up my mind. I do want to quit.”
Anthony heaved a sigh. He stood up and bypassed his desk to stand in front of Florence.
He said sincerely, “Florence, though I don’t know what on earth has happened between you and Ernest, I could see you both love each other.
“You would always have arguments or even breakups when falling in love, which is normal among the youngsters. I do hope you could treat it reasonably. Just give you and him both another chance.”
He could tell that Ernest might look quite normal in recent days. He even worked harder, but he had changed a lot, emanating a cold and dark temperament.
Just like what Harold had thought, Anthony agreed that Ernest had a crush on Florence, loved her.
Florence even thought so herself.
However, it was just because that Ernest was too good at acting, making everyone have such an illusion.
He had never loved her. From the beginning to the end, he was using her.
It was totally different from the conflict between lovers. It was relevant to rock bottom. It was the gap that Florence couldn’t overcome at all. There wouldn’t be any possibility between Ernest and her.
Looking at Anthony, Florence bowed to him sincerely.
“Mr. Brooks, thank you very much for your kindness. I really appreciate your help and support to my work in the past few months.”
She was thanking him as well as bidding him farewell.
Anthony knew that no matter he spoke, it would be useless.
He heaved a sigh helplessly, taking over the resignation letter from Florence’s hands.
He added, “I can’t approve your resignation yet. Please take it as a long vacation. When you have thought it through and want to come back, you are always welcomed.”
Coming back? Florence asked herself faintly. She didn’t think so.
She said farewell to Anthony politely and then walked out of his office.
When she opened the office door and walked out, she saw a big and strong figure at the door.
She was taken aback.
It was Ernest.
She gaped at him. Her mind became completely blank. Only this handsome face that she hadn’t seen for centuries fully occupied her sight and mind.
He was in a neat suit, looking as elegant and handsome as usual. His handsome face was still so gorgeous, and his eyes were still so deep as if it was a deep whirlpool that would draw her in.
Seeing her at the door, Ernest seemed to be surprised as well.
He was a bit taken aback. His deep gaze fascinated her as well as frightened her.
They were standing face-to-face for a while as if the time had stopped.
It was long and weird.
Several mid-aged men in suits were following Ernest. When seeing Florence, they greeted her with smiles. “Good morning, Ms. Fraser.”
Their greetings brought Florence back to her senses.
She was too shocked when seeing Ernest and felt so complicated. She was in a daze.
Trying her best to keep calm, she looked at Ernest and greeted him politely, “Good morning, Mr. Hawkins.”
Ernest’s eyes were darkened.
She addressed him as Mr. Hawkins again. Such a distant greeting was just like their relationship.
His heart sank. He proudly switched his gaze from her and strode bypass her.
With his arrogance, he ignored her completely.
Florence stood at the spot motionlessly, her face becoming pale immediately.
Ernest was treating her the same way as they had met for the first time … cold and aloof. He completely ignored her.
It wasn’t until now did she realized clearly that their relationship had gone back to the very beginning … they had become total strangers.
What happened in the past few months were like an illusion that had never existed.
Only she was the nostalgic one.
She felt burning pains in her eyes. The emotion that surged in her heart made Florence suffered. Gritting her teeth, she trotted away as if she was escaping.
It turned out that no matter how much preparation she had done. After such a long time, when facing Ernest, she still felt so upset as if she was almost suffocated.
Florence’s figure vanished in the corridor shortly.
Standing in Anthony’s office, Ernest’s tall and strong back was stiffened. He tightened his face without turning back at all.
Florence was leaving like escaping with a hurry and fast pace, her eyes reddened. She felt that she would burst into tears at any time.
She felt so upset that she might explode soon.
“Bang!”
She trotted too fast that she didn’t notice someone was in front. All of a sudden, she bumped into a woman.
“I’m sorry,” Florence apologized in a hoarse voice.
She raised her head, only to find that she had bumped into a female coworker. Without looking at Florence, the woman looked at the big frame beside them.
“I hope it’s not broken.”
Another coworker immediately helped the frame up and checked up and down carefully. “Fortunately, it’s not broken. This is the poster that needs to be used later. If it’s broken, we’ll be doomed.”
They two breathed sighs of relief, and then they looked over at Florence.
“Be careful when walking. Now all the employees in the company are quite busy. If it’s broken, you can’t bear the consequences…”
Before she finished her words, she swallowed them back.
Then she exclaimed in surprise, “Hi, Florence?”
Florence didn’t know the two coworkers in front. However, because of her relationship with Ernest before, she was well-known in the whole company.
Florence nodded at them in response. “Yes. I’m sorry.”
“Nothing. It’s alright. It doesn’t matter if it’s broken. We can’t blame you for it. Please don’t take my words to heart seriously. If Mr. Hawkins knew it, I would be fired definitely.”
The coworker looked at Florence in worry, looking quite regretted.
Florence was a bit taken aback. Shirley even had known that she broke up with Ernest, but why this coworker didn’t know it. She wondered if the news that her engagement to Ernest had been called off was announced in the company.
A bit weird, Florence recalled Ernest’s aloof look just now and thought that it was not that important.
Sooner or later, the news would be announced. Since Ernest hadn’t informed the whole company, Florence guessed that probably he didn’t care about it at all.
For Ernest, he always did things with targets. He only cared about things that he aimed at and ignore other things that were unimportant to him, just like how he ignored her just now.