Florence sat and waited in her room changing her position time and time again but there was no movement outside her door. No one opened her window.
She frowned, depressed. Why didn’t he come to her?
Did he not have any plans to come to her?
This thought made her feel gloomy and even more flustered. She was full of words she wanted to tell him and she couldn’t wait.
She couldn’t wait for tomorrow.
Florence hesitated for a moment, then stood up decisively, walked to the door and opened it.
Looking outside, there was no one in the dark.
Perfect!
She turned off the light in her room, closed the door and walked towards the opposite door quietly.
When she reached the door, she raised her hand to knock the door but stopped right before her hand touched it.
The knock on the door in the middle of the night was a bit too much.
So, she reached out and twisted the door handle tentatively. Unexpectedly, the door was unlocked and she was able to open it.
The room was brightly lit. Clarence sat in a bathrobe next to the coffee table with a glass of red wine in his hand and beckoned Florence to come in.
“Come.”
His posture was casual and calm, as if he knew that she would come.
And he also had a glass of juice on the table, obviously for her.
Florence felt sweetness spread in her heart and she felt a little embarrassed. He was waiting for her to come over, but why didn’t he come to find her?
Clarence smiled as if he could see through Florence’s thoughts and said in a low voice, “There are many secret eyes watching in this house. If I, a man, snuck into your room in the middle of the night, then it would have caused a commotion in the house in less than a minute.”
At that time, even if he had a hundred mouths, he wouldn’t have been able explain clearly and would have been charged with vulgar criminal charges.
Florence thought about it and it did seem like the truth.
She blushed in embarrassment and walked towards him, “You are very thoughtful.”
As soon as she walked to him, Clarence stretched out his hand and pulled her to sit on his lap.
His fragrance attacked her recklessly.
Florence’s body tensed subconsciously but she obediently let him hold her.
She blushed and looked at him greedily.
“What happened to your face?”
She stretched out her hand and touched his cheek. The features on his face didn’t look like him anymore.
Clarence let her touch as he looked straight at her, nostalgic and affectionate.
“It is just fake skin. It was the only way to come see you.”
It turned out to be fake skin. It looked so real that if it wasn’t for him telling her, she wouldn’t have realized it.
The fake skin even changed his facial features. It was really advance in technology.
Florence was finally able to calm her heart down. If it was fake then it must be removeable. She had even been afraid if he had plastic surgery.
“Ernest.”
Florence stared at him. She called his name in a low voice and choked aggrievedly.
“Hmm?”
Ernest, who held Florence’s face, said softly as he looked at her patiently, “What’s the matter?”
Florence grabbed his clothes, not saying anything. After a while she whispered, “Will you leave again?”
Right now, he came here with Clarence’s identity. Although he was able to meet her, this identity couldn’t last very long after all. She continuously felt very insecure.
Ernest asked instead, “Do you want me to go?”
Florence immediately shook her head and her hands holding his clothes tightened involuntarily.
“Of course not.”
“Then I won’t leave.”
Ernest raised his hand and patted her hair, his eyes soft and almost greasy with love.
Florence was delighted but her eyes flashed with worry.
“But as Clarence, you can’t live here for long.”
Staying here for a long time was bound to make the family members suspicious and he was going to have to leave then.
Ernest rubbed her hair and said with a chuckle, “Florence, I don’t intend to continue loving you in secret for long.”
Florence was stunned for a moment. Her heart seemed to be hit by something.
She looked at him, her gaze flickering, “Do you have a plan?”
“Leave everything to me. It won’t be long before I make your family accept me as Ernest.”
His voice was very low but firm.
Obviously, he came fully prepared this time.
Although Florence didn’t know what he was going to do, her restless heart miraculously calmed down just looking at him.
He was going to do what he promised.
At the same time, outside the room, Benjamin stood straight looking darkly at the room Clarence was in.
Tonight, at the banquet he had felt a strong sense of crisis, an uneasy and strange feeling.
How could Florence be so nice to a man she had just met?
Emotions developed too fast.
He had a plan in his heart and he hid here at night trying to find something. In the end, he was able to see, Florence secretly walking into Clarence’s room.
In the middle of the night, a man and a woman secretly together in a room… What else could they be doing?
It was normal for people in the city to have a one-night stand.
But Florence’s nature was a bit stubborn and obstinate towards such emotions. It was impossible for her to fall in bed with someone she met for the first time.
There must be something fishy going on in all this.
Benjamin was never going to give up such an opportunity. Clarence had wanted to compete with him as soon as he came, it was not just a light thing.
Since they had to stay in the same room in the middle of the night, he was going to help them.
A sneer evoked at the corner of Benjamin’s mouth. He turned and walked towards Stanford’s room.
As he knocked on the door, Stanford appeared still wearing a suit. Clearly, he hadn’t gone to sleep.
He looked at Benjamin suspiciously, “It is so late, what’s the matter?”
Benjamin’s expressions were complicated and he looked as if the matter was really embarrassing for him to speak. After hesitating for a while, he said in anguish, “Stanford, I went to find Flory just now, but unfortunately saw her going into Clarence’s room alone.”
Stanford frowned slightly. He had deliberately waited for her to go to sleep before leaving. In the end, she still got up and went to him behind his back?
Why on earth would she go to find Clarence in the middle of the night?
However, Stanford still didn’t think too much of it, “Maybe Flory has something to talk to Clarence about.”
“I thought the same in the beginning…”
Benjamin looked ugly. He clenched his fingers tightly into a fist as if he had been hurt a lot.
“I waited outside for a long time, but she didn’t come out. And as I was outside… I heard strange noises coming from inside the room…”
He was euphemistic, but strange noises coming out from a single man and woman’s room… What else could it be?
Any adult would think about that aspect.
Stanford’s handsome face turned black in an instant.
Benjamin’s eyes were dim, “Originally, if you ask me, it is not really my place to say anything. But after all, Flory has just met Clarence a few hours ago and they already have gone so far. Also, Flory’s nature is also not like this. I am worried…”
After a pause, Benjamin said solemnly, “That Clarence might have deceived her by using some shameful method.”