Chapter 378 So Close

Book:Contractual Marriage Published:2024-5-1

The appointed meeting place was in Farnfoss City, known as a romantic city.
Florence knew that besides meeting her fiancé, Stanford also took her for a trip to delight her. Hence, when they arrived, she took the initiative to tell him that she wanted to shop.
Coincidentally, there was a masquerade carnival in this city.
In the evening, all the main streets were decorated with different kinds of colorful lamps. All people would dress in different costumes and hang out, singing and dancing. It was quite lively.
Since she was going to join the fun, Florence also put on the makeup. She asked others to buy them the costumes and asked Stanford to put on the makeup as well.
Looking at the costume, Stanford gaped at it, which was a rarely seen expression on his handsome face.
“Is this for me?” he asked again with uncertainty.
A blue and white ancient robe was hanging in front of him. There were large pieces of feathers on its collar, and on one side, there was a wig with long blue hair.
He wondered which character of the ancient movie was he going to costume play.
Anyway, he had no idea. Since he had been living abroad when he was born, Stanford had never worn an ancient robe from China before.
Florence nodded, with a rare smile on her face.
“This character is White Phoenix from The Legend of Qin, my favorite cartoon character. Stanford, I’m sure you’ll be extremely handsome in this costume. Hurry up and put them on. I’m looking forward to seeing it.”
White Phoenix was quite handsome in the cartoon, way too good-looking that he didn’t like a real human. Florence had never thought that anyone could custom play this character.
However, Stanford’s appearance was extraordinary. Although he didn’t look like White Phoenix, his handsome face was quite charming.
Florence indeed longed to see how he looked after putting on the custom.
Stanford had never done such a thing before. However, seeing that Florence looked at him expectantly, he couldn’t refuse her at all.
Well, as long as his younger sister was happy.
He took the custom and wig, decisively putting them on in the dressing room.
Soon, Stanford came out in the costume, stunning Florence a lot.
She gaped at him and stunned in a daze.
Her brother looked more handsome than White Phoenix in her imagination. His every expression and move emanate all his charisma.
With the costume, Stanford felt quite uneasy. However, when he saw Florence’s obsessive look, he was quite happy instantly. With a feather in his hand, he curled up his lips into an evil smile.
“Miss, you think I’m so handsome, don’t you? Do you want to be my date?”
Florence nodded. “If you weren’t my brother, I truly want to be your date.”
Stanford looked so charming in the costume. No woman could resist him.
He shook in regret. “This is the first time that I don’t want to be your brother.”
“However.”
He strode to Florence and pulled her into his arms. “Let’s costume play lovers tonight. I can be your most handsome date.”
If White Phoenix could be her date, Florence would be so delighted that she would smile even in her dreams.
However…
“Behave yourself. I’m Priestess of birth.”
She pulled out a set of costumes for a girl, which was also from a character in The Legend of Qin. However, in the cartoon, she hadn’t had any ambiguous relationship with White Phoenix.
Florence just favored Priestess of birth’s costume. She had a layer of the veil, looking mysterious and noble.
The night was lit up by the firework. People put on various costumes, walking out of their houses, and melt into the crowd on the street.
The most bustling were the floats on the street every day, on which young boys and girls dressed up were sitting, dancing all kinds of dances enchantingly.
As soon as Florence and Stanford in the costume came out of their hotel, they saw the floats driven towards them.
On the floats, boys and girls were dancing. A group of people were following them, quite lively.
Florence immediately was immersed in such a vivid scene. Pulling Stanford, she joined the crowd. “Stanford, let’s follow the floats.”
Stanford wasn’t used to the crowd at all. Whenever he was touched by others accidentally, he felt quite uncomfortable. However, when seeing that Florence was quite happy, he felt that all the effort was worthy.
He was indeed a sister-addict.
Stanford’s handsome face also soon attracted others’ attention.
Girls kept looking over at him from time to time, amazed by his appearance. Even the girls who were dancing on the floats were attracted by him.
A man who costumed as the cart driver directly stopped the float. He looked over at Stanford and said, “Hey, Handsome, come up to our float! If you are on the float, this street would become the most lively one!”
He knew clearly what influence a handsome man could bring.
Stanford frowned slightly. He was unwilling to be looked at as a model.
When he was about to refuse, Florence pulled him over.
“Stanford, I’ve never been to this kind of float before. Let’s go!”
Stanford had to swallow his refusal at the tip of his tongue. He agreed, “Okay.”
On the other end of this lively street, one man looked quite misfit to this lively scene.
He was in a black suit. With his hands in the pockets, he emanated an aloof and indifferent aura. His expressionless handsome face looked cold. Looking at the scene in front, he felt quite disgusted.
Timothy was standing next to the man nervously. He whispered, “Mr. Hawkins, this is the carnival in Farnfoss City, which might last to the second half of the night. All the streets are quite crowded. If you want to pass, you need to squeeze in the crowd. With your current identity, it’s not suitable…
“Since we’ve known that Ms. Fraser has arrived Farnfoss City, we can meet her when she is going to the Turners’ tomorrow. It wouldn’t be late.”
Ernest frowned deeply, his eyes sharp and cold.
He gritted his teeth. “I can’t wait even for one second.”
He came to Farnfoss City and back to the Turner family. All thing that he had done was to meet Florence.
Now finally he got the news about her location, how could he hold on? All he wanted was to meet her as soon as possible.
He wanted to explain the misunderstandings between them.
“Give me my mask.”
Ernest reached out.
Timothy knew that his words would be in vain if he continued to convince him, so he could only pass the eagle mask that could cover almost his whole face to Ernest.
Ernest put on the mask and hid his handsome face behind. Only his sexy thin lips and chin with the perfect arc were exposed.
However, he still attracted attention.
He didn’t care about anything at all. Looking straight, he strode over to the street in front.
Timothy was leading the way for him in a hurry, trying his best to separate the crowd from Ernest. However, some of them still bumped into Ernest from time to time.
As they were getting closer to the music, they found that the street in front was more crowded.
Timothy looked at the float that was driven slowly towards them. With a frown, he reminded, “Mr. Hawkins, the float is coming over. Let’s wait for a moment. It’s way too crowded.”
Ernest pressed his thin lips. He raised his head and looked up at the float coldly.