Now, even the skin behind Florence’s ears was blushed.
“Okay. Gotta go. Bye!”
After finishing her words, she immediately tabbed on the button to hang up the video call.
The screen went dark without Ernest’s extremely handsome face.
However, Florence’s heart was still hammering. Things and the scenes about Ernest kept flashing through her mind.
“Ding-dong.”
Right then, she heard the message tone on her phone.
Florence unlocked the screen immediately, only to find a message from Ernest.
Ernest: “Close your eyes and go to bed. Good night, my good girl.”
His words were full of his care for her in a domineering manner.
Reading the line, Florence felt so sweet that her heart was full of pink bubbles. She was so joyful as a teenager in her first love.
She rolled back and forth on her bed excitedly for a long time before sleeping with the smile written all over her face.
The next morning.
When Florence opened her eyes, she subconsciously picked up her phone. Taking a look, she found a message from Ernest.
Half an hour before she woke up, he sent her: “Good morning, Florence.”
Reading the message, Florence couldn’t help smiling sweetly. It turned out that such an aloof man like Ernest would also greet her in the morning and at night.
She felt so lucky to be his love.
With happiness, Florence typed a message and sent it to Ernest: “Good morning, Ernest. I just woke up.”
Soon, Ernest replied to her.
Holding her phone, she was about to tab it and read. Right then, she heard a click from her door, which was opened.
“Good morning, Flory. Why haven’t you got up yet? Are you not feeling well again?”
Speaking in a caring tone, Stanford walked in from the door.
Florence was startled suddenly. Looking down at her old cell phone, she immediately pressed it under her quilt with a sense of guilt.
However, Stanford was quite sharped-eyed. He noticed her reaction.
With a slight frown, he asked, “What are you doing?”
“No… Nothing,” Florence answered in a panic. She looked away with her twinkling eyes guilty. Now she could only get in touch with Ernest through this cell phone. She was afraid that Stanford would find it and take it away from her.
As an overbearing sister-addicted man, Stanford would probably do it.
Hence, she had to hide it from him.
Stanford walked to her bed in confusion. He looked at Florence, who was in pajamas, up and down. Then he reached out a hand to her.
“What are you hiding, Flory? Give it to me.”
He looked at her sharply, pretty sure that she had hidden something secret from him.
Florence looked guiltier. Under the quilt, she hid the phone inward again.
“Stanford, I’m not hiding anything,” Florence answered affirmatively. Then, she decisively changed the subject. “By the way, Stanford, I’m a girl and grownup. I’ll be quite embarrassed if you always break into my room like this.”
Stanford frowned. “But you are my younger sister…”
“What if I were not decent?”
Stanford was choked up. His handsome face blushed in embarrassment.
In fact, he would always knock on the door before coming in. However, he still felt not uneasy because of what had happened last night. Plus, Florence got up so late this morning, so he was worried if she was sick again and broke indirectly.
“Okay. I’ll enter after knocking on your door next time.”
Florence nodded in satisfaction, secretly breathing a sigh of relief.
In that case, when Ernest was in her room, he wouldn’t be found by Stanford so easily.
Meanwhile, she always distracted Stanford’s attention from her hidden cell phone.
Florence felt quite delighted. Immediately, she lifted the quilt and got off the bed.
“Stanford, I’ll go downstairs for breakfast after getting dress. You can wait for me in the dining room.”
Seeing that Florence was so spirited, Stanford confirmed that nothing was wrong with her and nor with her room.
He felt relieved a bit. He nodded in agreement and walked out.
After closing the door, Florence hopped on her bed and took out the phone again. Immediately, she tabbed Ernest’s message open to read.
Ernest: “Hurry up and go for your breakfast.”
It was another line of caring words.
Florence felt warm again. She replied to him: “Okay. I’m on my way.”
After sending the message, she trotted to the cloakroom in happy paces. She found a pink dress and put it on.
She looked young and vivid.
After tidying herself up, Florence went to the dining room for breakfast. When she arrived, her parents and Stanford were waiting for her at the table.
She knew that her parents were quite busy with a lot of things every day. However, they would always make time to have meals with their children together.
They always maintained a harmonious atmosphere at the table, proving Florence with the feeling of being home.
“Good morning, Dad and Mom.”
Florence walked over with a smile, sitting down on her seat.
Alexander looked at Florence who had a bright smile, stunned. Since Florence came back home, she had always been down and depressed.
Even if she smiled, she forced it, making him quite concerned.
However, Florence was in a pink dress and looked ruby. When she smiled, her eyes twinkled as if there were a galaxy in them. She looked gorgeous.
Being a father, Alexander surely liked to see her in this mood, but he couldn’t help getting confused.
He wondered why Florence had changed so much after just one night.
He asked, “Flory, any good news? Why don’t you share with me?”
The good news was that Ernest and she were in deep love.
However, Florence couldn’t share it with them.
She shook her head and answered, “Nothing special. I just had a sound sleep last night, so I’m in a good mood today.”
Alexander squinted. Good mood? In his eyes, she looked extremely happy.
He was sure there must be good news for her.
Noticing Alexander’s gaze and Victoria’s faint glances, Florence felt a bit guilty.
She was so joyful, which couldn’t be hidden at all.
After a hesitation, Florence took a glance at the table and decisively changed the subject. “Isn’t Benjamin Turner in our house? Why didn’t he come out for breakfast? Has he already left?”
She sounded quite expectant when asking the last question.
Indeed, she wasn’t willing to deal with Benjamin more. She wished that he’d better leave her house as soon as possible so that he wouldn’t impact her relationship with Ernest.
However, Benjamin wasn’t that kind of sensible man.
Victoria answered, “Since you had skipped meals when he was eating with us, we asked him to have meals in the kitchen and eat alone. He won’t eat with us.”
It was kind of impolite to treat a guest. Obviously, Victoria cared about Florence more, even it was just such a trifle that she skipped meals.
Florence was quite touched. She didn’t want to put her parents in a dilemma.
She said, “In fact, I don’t hate Benjamin Turner much. I just don’t have a crush on him. We have the infant matrimony, and I don’t feel quite easy when talking to him. From now on, I’ll try to adjust my mood and treat him as a normal guest.”