Ernest slowly reached out his hand and put it on Florence’s face, wiping the tears on her face.
His action was always gentle, and his tone was a little domineering, “Listen to me. Hurry up. I’m waiting for you to save me.”
Ernest’s palm was always warm, which made her cold skin warm. But now, she couldn’t feel the warmth passing through her skin to her heart.
She only felt the coldness that made her scared and flustered.
Florence’s eyes were blurred with tears. She shook her head and sobbed, “no, I don’t want to go with you.”
How could she leave the injured man alone here?
All of a sudden, Ernest pulled her hand back and gave Florence a heavy push on the shoulder.
Caught off guard, Florence fell to the ground and even felt a slight pain in her shoulder.
She was stunned. Ernest had never treated her so rudely before.
Looking at Florence sitting on the ground, Ernest felt a little flustered, but was quickly suppressed by him. With a dark face, he snapped, “Florence, if you don’t leave, the two of us will die here. Isn’t it good for you to find reinforcements for the sake of my life?”
His reproachful tone made Florence’s face turn pale, as if there was a big stone pressing on her heart.
He was right, but…
Tears were welling up in Florence’s eyes, and she felt extremely uncomfortable.
At this time, Samantha’s voice came from not far away. “Is Ernest dead? Go and find him for me to see him alive or dead.”
Then they heard the sound of footsteps walking towards this direction.
They were only a short distance away, so they will find Ernest in two or three steps.
Florence got nervous.
Ernest’s eyes were cold and fierce. With a gun in his hand, he put his arm around his neck and fired three shots behind his back.
All of a sudden, the guards behind them were in a mess and quickly hid themselves.
Someone exclaimed, “he took the gun away. Your highness, be careful of being hurt by the bullet.”
Samantha said excitedly, “Ernest, is that you? Are you still alive?”
“Of course I’m not dead.”
Ernest replied coldly. His voice was low, but it seemed that he had used all his strength. His voice was very loud.
There was obvious happiness in Samantha’s tone.
“Are you hurt? Come out quickly. I’ll ask someone to bind up your wound, okay?”
Ernest sneered, “if I come out, won’t you kill me again?”
Samantha explained in a hurry, “I didn’t mean to kill you. I really didn’t ask anyone to shoot at you. Ernest, as long as you give up Florence, I promise you won’t be in any danger again. Come out, okay? You will bleed too much if it goes on like this.”
There were still heartache and worry in her tone, but at the same time, she didn’t give in. She must kill Florence.
Ernest was not interested in Samantha’s explanation. While she was speaking, he looked straight at Florence and urged in a low voice, “Did you see that? She won’t kill me. I can stall her. Run faster, and I will be saved.”
Florence stared at Ernest blankly, her mind in a mess.
The Royal Botanic Garden was large, and the court was large. It was far from Andrew’s house. It would take her at least half an hour to rush all the way at the speed of eight hundred meters.
‘Ernest, can he stall for more than an hour?’ Florence was not confident at all.
“Florence, you have to trust me.”
Ernest looked at Florence seriously and said firmly.
Every time he asked her to trust him, he never let her down, and this time, he did the same.
Florence calmed down.
At this moment of life and death, she could only believe in Ernest.
He was so powerful that he would definitely do what he said!
Florence took a deep breath and made a decision. “I’m going to find Hector for help right away. You must wait for me to come back. You must hold on.”
Hearing Florence’s words, Ernest breathed a sigh of relief.
With a faint smile on his handsome face, he said, “Okay, I’ll wait for you.”
Florence felt something was wrong, but the current situation didn’t allow her to think too much.
Only when she broke out could Ernest have a chance of survival.
Florence didn’t dare to waste any more time. She glanced at Ernest worriedly, turned around and rushed into the forest behind her.
She needed to move around and get out of here.
Behind her, Samantha was persuading and explaining.
The moment Florence left, Ernest, who had been sitting straight, suddenly lost all his strength as if his tendons had been pulled out. His face was deathly pale as he leaned against a tree trunk.
His arms drooped feebly, and he couldn’t even hold the gun steadily.
Behind him, the suit was riddled with holes. Blood kept gushing out and stained the suit as if it had just been taken out of water.
And the soil on the ground had changed color.
He was badly injured. Even if he could keep himself awake, he couldn’t hold on for long.
Letting Florence go was just to keep her alive.
This time, he lied to her.
“Your Highness, I just noticed the tree forest behind us moving. Did Florence run away?”
One of her men suddenly shouted.
Samantha’s face changed dramatically and she went crazy.
“Ernest, are you talking to me on purpose to ask Florence to leave?”
No wonder it was the first time that Ernest had talked so much with her and listened to her for so long.
Ernest’s eyes became dimmer and dimmer, but he stared at the direction in which Florence left.
As long as she was safe.
Hearing no answer, Samantha was even more furious, thinking that Ernest had also run away.
She roared angrily, “go after them! Whether he is alive or dead!”
Ernest had lied to her once or two times. She had lost all her patience. If she couldn’t get it, then everything would be ruined!
After he died, she could keep Ernest’s corpse every day. He would still be hers.
After receiving the order, the guards immediately rushed into the grass.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Suddenly, there were several gunshots.
They were caught off guard and two guards were shot.
“Someone else, retreat!”
The guards were about to retreat, but Samantha scolded coldly, “Can’t you defeat a person? You must go over there even if you are shot!”
This was a dead order.
The guards’ faces turned pale, but they didn’t dare to disobey Samantha’s order. They braced themselves and rushed forward.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
There were a few more gunshots. The people in the front was shot down.
However, the other guards didn’t retreat but continued to rush forward.
Expressionless, Ernest leaned against a tree trunk, pulled the trigger with his fingers, looked coldly at the group of people and rushed over.
Bullets flew in all directions.
It hit his shoulder, but he didn’t seem to feel it.
Florence was safe now. It didn’t matter how he was.