However, Benjamin seemed to notice nothing, still walk by Florence’s side with a smile.
Florence was quite annoyed. She wasn’t in the mood to talk to him. So she ignored him and fastened her pace, trying to get rid of him.
However, Benjamin was quite tall. He lifted his long leg and strode over, still keeping up with Florence’s pace.
From where they were to her bedroom, it would be a long distance. If Benjamin kept walking with her, not only there would be rumors that they were walking in the garden, but also Florence would feel quite tortured.
She suddenly stopped and frowned at Benjamin.
“Mr. Turner, what on earth do you want by following me?”
Benjamin answered naturally, “I’m sending you back.” He paused and recalled something. Then he continued, “If you still have a walk, I can accompany you.”
Florence had wanted to tell him that she was not going back to her bedroom yet, but now she was choked up.
She wondered if he said that on purpose.
Looking at him in anger, she said seriously again, “I believe I’ve told you quite clear about my opinion. I won’t marry you. Please don’t waste any effort on me again.”
Even Benjamin was trying to be a gentleman, when he was rejected by Florence again and again, he felt quite unhappy.
However, he didn’t show much emotion through his expression. He just put away his smile a bit.
Looking at Florence, he lowered his voice and said, “Florence, I didn’t plan to tell you something, but I believe you should know it.
“Have you ever thought why your parents engaged you with me when you were born? Our two families were not even friends. Since it’s a marriage for convenience, why did they arranged the infant matrimony to you when you were so little?”
Florence was taken aback. She hadn’t thought about this problem indeed.
She just thought that it was a normal marriage for convenience. Her parents and brother told her that as long as she didn’t like Benjamin, their matrimony would be called off.
Hence, she thought that it was not an important engagement at all.
Benjamin continued, “Every generation of the Turner and the Fraser families would have a marriage for convenience, which was a tradition from our ancestors. There are a lot of interests in it that you could never imagine. Do you know there would be a huge loss for the Fraser family if you called off the engagement?”
Florence’s parents had never told her how huge the loss would be after calling off the engagement.
Suddenly, she felt her hands cold, and she was shocked and moved.
Her parents had hidden all those matters away from her just because they wanted her to be happy and they let her choose her own husband.
Now she had known it, and she didn’t have the heart to disappoint her parents.
Florence’s eyes twinkled. She gazed at Benjamin.
“Mr. Turner, thanks a lot for you telling me this matter. Now I’ve known how much my parents love me and why I must continue the marriage between the Turner and the Fraser families.”
Upon hearing her words, Benjamin breathed a sigh of relief. He thought that he had finally convinced Florence.
With a smile, he said, “Good if you could realize it. After we get married, both families would be benefited…”
“Said who we’re getting married?” Florence interrupted his words.
With gentle smiles in her eyes, she added, “Since the marriage for convenience is a must, and Ernest is one of the Turner family, I will certainly marry him.”
In that case, both her love and the family interests would be met.
Benjamin’s face turned livid in anger. He couldn’t keep his smile any longer. He looked gloomy and furious.
Gritting his teeth, he said, “Florence Fraser, do you have to be like this? If you insist on doing so, it would hurt a lot of people’s dignities.”
Dignities? Florence snorted. Her love and marriage had nothing to do with any so-call dignity.
She nodded with lit-up eyes.
“I’ll certainly marry Ernest. In the future, you should call me Aunt Florence.”
Benjamin looked more annoyed.
He squeezed a few words between his teeth, “You’ll regret it.”
Noticing the vicious and gloomy look in this man’s eyes, Florence was more determined. No matter if Ernest would have shown up, she wouldn’t consider marrying this man who looked gentlemanly but quite vicious.
There had never been any possibility between them.
Unable to convince Florence, Benjamin was quite angry. His chest was fulfilled with fury and he could hardly suppress it.
If he continued to stay with her, he was afraid that he would strangle Florence.
Pressing his thin lips, Benjamin pulled his business card and pressed it in Florence’s hand forcibly.
“You will surely regret it. This is my phone number. Call me when you do.”
He had already taken off his gentleman’s mask, so he acted fiercely and aggressively.
Florence was quite offended.
Looking at his angry receding figure and then the business card in her hand, she wanted to toss it away.
She would never contact him.
When she raised her hand and saw the phone number on the business card, Florence paused. Suddenly she recalled something.
She couldn’t go out now, but she could call Ernest, couldn’t she?
She didn’t have his phone number on her new phone, but she saved it in her old one. She couldn’t help blaming her for being so stupid. How could she have forgotten about it?
Florence rushed to her bedroom excitedly, feeling so happy and uneasy. She just wished that Ernest hadn’t changed his phone number yet.
Running in her room and gasping, Florence pulled her old cell phone from the bottom of the suitcase.
She pressed the button – the phone was dead.
Immediately, she found the charger and charged the phone, sitting and waiting.
She felt quite nervous, wondering if she could be able to get in touch with Ernest right away.
After he picked up the phone, what should she talk to him about?
Florence was lost in thought. After a long while, when the phone had been charged a bit, she immediately turned it on.
As soon as the phone was one, countless missed calls, text messages, and WeChat messages popped out on her screen, all were more than a hundred.
Except for a few friends of hers, the caller was Ernest.
She checked the time of the earliest calls and messages, which was from the very first day that she had gone away from City N. It was continued every day.
Florence looked at those logs, and her eyes were reddened.
It turned out that after she had left, Ernest had been trying to contact her and missing him. However, she didn’t know anything. She just shut herself down and hid from him.
She felt bitter and moved. Rubbing her eyes, she immediately dialed Ernest’s phone number.
After just a single beep, the phone was answered.
From the other end of the line, she heard the man’s sexy and magnetic voice, pleasant to the ear. “Hello, Florence?”