Stanford was stunned.
It suddenly occurred to her that he would see Phoebe if he went there.
He had thought that they would never see each other again
Somehow, he had an unusual feeling. It was hard to tell whether he was nervous or anxious.
He straightened his neck and said stiffly, “It’s about Florence’s lifelong happiness, so I have to deal with it myself.”
Hearing this, there was no sound from the other end of the phone.
The phone went into a weird silence.
Florence looked at her brother and felt a little hesitant when she thought of the relationship between him and Phoebe.
She could see how sad Phoebe had been before. She knew how hard Phoebe had made up her mind to give up.
Now that Phoebe had returned to City N and hadn’t seen Stanford for three months, she might have just recovered from the sadness of being lovelorn.
Now that Stanford had gone, even Phoebe didn’t know how to face him.
Not wanting Phoebe to be sad to see Stanford, Florence hesitated and said, “Brother, since that person is in City N, which is also the territory of Ernest, we are familiar with that place. Then Ernest and I can go there.”
“No.”
Stanford said resolutely, “you were hurt and wronged by Sophia because I wasn’t there. I won’t let you take the risk alone this time.”
Florence was speechless and didn’t know how to retort.
Just as she was struggling, Stanford had already made the decision.
“That’s it, Phoebe. We’ll go to your home tomorrow night.”
Florence’s temples throbbed. She had never thought that such an emergency would happen again.
After a few seconds of silence, Phoebe’s low voice came from the other end of the line.
“Tomorrow night, I may not be able to pick you up at the airport. Tomorrow night is my father’s birthday party, and I promised to be that man’s female companion.”
Stanford seemed to become gloomy in an instant.
He looked at the phone coldly and asked in a low voice, “what else did you promise him?”
Phoebe hesitated and said in a low voice, “After the party, go for a walk with him.”
After a pause, she added, “you can stay at my house and wait for my news. I planned to get some information from him tomorrow…”
“No need.”
Stanford said coldly, “don’t do anything before we come.”
“But…”
“I’ll be there before the party.”
Stanford said irresistibly and hung up the phone.
With her phone in her hand, Florence looked at her angry brother in a daze.
Why was he so angry?
Before she could figure it out, Stanford ordered the bodyguards who were still eating with a long face, “Three minutes. Get in the car. Let’s go.”
The bodyguards were all stunned. They looked at the food in their hands and put it away in despair.
After getting on the car, Florence felt a little hungry.
She thought it was her who said she didn’t want to eat, so she didn’t have the nerve to say it out.
When she was about to take a nap, a small cake was handed to her.
With a gentle smile on her face, Ernest said, “it is made just now. Eat it.”
Although they were on their way, the car was almost equipped with all living equipment and all kinds of food materials. It was normal to make a small cake.
Looking at the small cake in front of her, Florence took it happily.
“Honey, you are so kind.”
She didn’t need to starve anymore.
Raising her eyebrows, Ernest smiled and said, “If you don’t eat regularly next time, I won’t care about you.”
“You will take care of me.”
Florence rubbed her head against Ernest’s chest, opened the small cake box quickly, picked up the fork and ate it with satisfaction.
The sweet taste instantly melted in her mouth and satisfied her stomach.
After knowing where Cocos was, she changed her route and didn’t go back to the Frasers’ Mansion anymore. Instead, she called her parents to tell them that they were safe.
On the way, they hardly had a rest, and they drove in shifts.
In the afternoon of the second day, they finally arrived at City N.
Getting off the private plane, Florence saw the familiar Hawkins’ Mansion from a distance.
There was also an old man with silver hair who was standing not far away to welcome them.
She had more wrinkles on her face, and there was still a familiar smile on her face. She looked very kind.
Florence’s eyes suddenly turned red.
She hadn’t come back to City N or seen Georgia since she left.
“Grandma.”
Florence walked towards her with a lump in her throat.
Georgia also walked quickly towards them. With a kind look in her eyes, she opened her arms and hugged Florence.
“Florence, you’re finally back. I miss you so much.”
“Grandma, I miss you too.”
Tears streamed down Florence’s cheeks.
A sense of belonging warmed her heart.
Back then, she had almost escaped from City N, and had never thought of coming back. Now, she returned again, and the overwhelming sense of familiarity made her moved.
There were still people she liked and cared about here.
This land was the most familiar place for her, she grew up here.
When she came back, she felt that even the air was warm.
“Good girl, stay with me for a while. I have prepared a lot of food you like.”
Georgia looked at Florence with satisfaction and liked her more.
Although she was good to Florence and liked Florence from the bottom of her heart, she did make use of the identity of Florence as the daughter of the Frasers’ Mansion to make Ernest marry her.
Now Florence knew everything and didn’t blame her at all. She was a really broad-minded child.
She was a good girl.
Florence really wanted to catch up with Georgia and accompany her. But now she had something important to do and had no time.
Florence said awkwardly, “Grandma, we have to go to Phoebe’s house to do something. We don’t have much time. We’ll come back to accompany you after we finish our work, okay?”
“Are you busy?”
A trace of disappointment flashed across Georgia’s face, but then she said briskly, “then go ahead with your business. I’m fine. I’ll wait for you at home.”
Looking at the reasonable old lady, Florence felt warm again.
Standing next to Florence, Ernest said, “grandma, we’re leaving now.”
“Okay, okay,” Georgia looked at Ernest lovingly and nodded. “The car has been arranged.”
Several luxury cars were parking not far away.
Stanford then walked towards, politely nodded to Georgia, and walked towards the convoy without any delay.
It was already past four o’clock. When they arrived at Phoebe’s house, it would probably be five o’clock.
The party was about to begin.
He wasn’t sure whether the rich second generation would go to find Phoebe again.
Thinking of this, Stanford quickened his pace and impatiently urged his subordinate, “hurry up.”
Florence behind him was speechless.
She looked up at Ernest and asked in confusion, “why is my brother so anxious?”