This man was very difficult to deal with. She shouldn’t be in the same space with him at all, otherwise it would cause a war in every minute.
While Florence was thinking, Hector stumbled to her.
He reached out to grab Florence to check her wound, but before he could touch Florence, an arm appeared in front of him and knocked his hand down.
Standing between the two, Stanford asked coldly, “who are you?”
Hector was injured and didn’t have much strength, so he stepped back uncontrollably.
Bonnie held him up immediately.
Before Hector could stand firm, he looked at Stanford and felt a strong sense of crisis.
Like Ernest, this man was as powerful as a king.
He was definitely not an ordinary person.
But he had never heard of this person’s name in Raflad. Was he also from outside?
Hector’s heart suddenly rang with alarm.
But he tried his best to keep calm on his face and smiled, “I’m Hector, Duke Hector, and also Florence’s future husband.”
Ernest, who was lying on the stretcher with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes. His eyes were as cold as ice.
Florence’s heart sank.
Hector was courting death.
When she was thinking about how to break the awkward atmosphere, Stanford said coldly, “My sister has already had a fiance. If you continue to talk nonsense and destroy her innocence, I will pull out your tongue.”
His cold words were a threat.
Even if it was Duke Hector, he didn’t take it seriously. His natural arrogance showed his powerful strength.
However, what Hector noticed was another key point.
He looked at Stanford in astonishment and asked in disbelief, “What? Are you Florence’s brother?”
Looking at Ernest, he was even more uncertain. “Are you Ernest’s brother?”
Hector was about to explode.
One elder brother was so difficult to deal with. If she had another elder brother, wouldn’t he have to pass three more tests?
He marrying Florence would be postponed.
Stanford frowned and looked at Ernest doubtfully.
Florence’s mind was in a mess. Afraid that the scene here would be out of control, she quickly said, “There is some misunderstanding. Let’s talk about it later. Ernest is still injured. He has to go to his room to have a rest.”
As she spoke, Florence wanted to ask the bodyguards to carry Ernest away.
The current situation was too bad.
On the one hand, if Stanford knew that Ernest and she pretended to be brother and sister these days, he might think that Ernest was not sincere to her, then maybe he would fall out with Ernest here.
On the other hand, Hector might know the true relationship between her and Ernest if they continued to talk about it. And the next person to be pissed off would be Hector.
He was a Duke and maybe would make trouble like Samantha. Florence couldn’t afford it.
She just wanted to live here for the last few days and then leave as soon as possible.
However, as soon as she touched the stretcher, her hand was grabbed by Ernest’s big hand.
He looked straight at her and said in a low voice, “Help me up.”
Florence refused without hesitation, “you can’t move now.”
Holding Florence’s hand tightly, Ernest said in a gentle but firm tone, “just a moment, honey.”
His doting tone was extremely intimate.
Florence’s firm attitude wavered in an instant.
Ernest’s eyes seemed to have magic, making her subconsciously believe that he was really fine, and she didn’t have the heart to refuse his request.
Florence gently held Ernest’s arm and carefully helped him sit up from the stretcher.
It took him a lot of time to do just a small movement.
Hector looked at the two of them with a complicated look in his eyes. He seemed to realize something in his heart.
He took a deep breath and said with concern, “Brother, why are you so seriously injured? Have you treated your wound well? Do you need me to call a doctor from the court to check on you?”
Brother?
Stanford raised his eyebrows playfully and looked back and forth among the three doubtfully.
It seemed that a lot of stories had happened before he came.
Florence felt numb all over and her body tensed. She always felt that something was wrong.
Ernest looked at Florence and patted the back of her hand.
He comforted her in a low voice, “it’s okay. Just leave it to me.”
What to do?
He was seriously injured now and should have a rest
Florence was so depressed that she wanted to say something, but she saw that Ernest looked at Hector sharply and said clearly word by word, “Let me formally introduce myself to you. I am Florence’s fiance.”
“What?”
Hector widened his eyes in astonishment and shook his head subconsciously. “Brother, don’t be kidding. You are Florence’s brother. How could you be her fiance?”
Ernest said coldly and cruelly, “This is Florence’s brother, Stanford Fraser.”
Hector was dumbfounded.
Florence Fraser，Stanford Fraser…
Their surname was same.
Raflad didn’t care about the surname. Because of the different names, the surnames were also different.
So he thought it was normal that Florence and Ernest were brother and sister in different surnames.
But when Stanford suddenly appeared, it became the biggest bug.
Only then did he realize that in the outside world, most of the families had the same surname, and only a few special circumstances would be different.
Obviously, Florence and Stanford were not in a special situation.
Thinking of Stanford’s protection for Florence just now, no one could doubt his identity.
As for Ernest…
“You, you have been lying to me all the time?”
Hector’s face was deathly pale. He staggered back a step, as if the sky had collapsed.
Florence looked at Hector apologetically. If it weren’t for the misunderstanding, Hector wouldn’t have so much feelings for her.
And for so long, Hector had really helped a lot. He was a good man.
Florence felt heavy and uncomfortable.
Andrew looked at the situation with a headache. He didn’t expect such a thing would happen when he lied.
This was really annoying.
He hurriedly explained, “Duke Hector, don’t be angry. I didn’t mean to lie to you. That’s because Mr. Hawkins was pestered by Princess Samantha as soon as he came to the court. You know that Princess Samantha’s temper. She will ruin all she can’t get. Mr. Hawkins has something important to do in the court, so I had no choice but to make up that Mr. Hawkins is single and said that she is his sister. It’s my fault. I didn’t expect that you… You would fall in love with Florence.”
Andrew’s explanation was like the last straw to crush a camel.