“I don’t have any feelings for him,” she said bitterly. “This time it is because of Florence, so I have to meet you. For me, Stanford is just my best friend’s brother.”
“That’s all?” Collin asked.
Phoebe tightened her fingers and said firmly, “That’s all.”
Seeing the determined look on Phoebe’s face, Collin frowned and couldn’t help worrying about someone.
It seemed that Phoebe had made up her mind.
But judging from the current situation, it seemed that Stanford liked Phoebe more and more, but he didn’t know it yet.
After thinking for a while, Collin put on a playful smile again.
Suddenly, he put his hand on Phoebe’s shoulder.
He said playfully, “since you have nothing to do with Stanford, he couldn’t pay it for you. My instrument is priceless, and you can’t afford it. Let’s change another way. You owe me a condition. When I think of it, you can compensate me. ”
One condition?
Phoebe looked at the man in front of her warily. A crafty look came to his eyes.
She wanted to refuse instinctively, but the hand on her shoulder seemed to be gently placed, but there was an invisible strong force.
As long as she tried to break free, her bones might be broken in the next second.
It was obvious that the smiling fox was threatening her.
Seeing that Phoebe was hesitating, Collin approached her with a smile.
He said in a low, playful and dangerous voice, “Miss Jenkins, you want to go back on your words?”
Suddenly, Phoebe felt a gust of cold wind on her back.
She knew that Collin was not as harmless as he looked. He was unruly and killed people without blinking her eyes.
Although she was Florence’s best friend and Collin would have some scruples, he was a cunning man and always wanted to kill her. Maybe one day he would suddenly kill her.
Phoebe felt a chill down her spine. She gritted her teeth and nodded, “As long as it’s not harmful or unreasonable, I will do it within my ability.”
After introducing a lot of restrictions, Collin agreed more readily.
“Okay, it’s a deal.”
He looked at her playfully and smiled like a fox that got what he wanted.
What he wanted her to do was not harmful. He completely ignored her request.
Phoebe couldn’t help but feel nervous when she looked at him.
She felt as if she had fallen into a trap.
At this time, at the corner, a pair of eyes secretly saw the interaction between the two.
From his point of view, she could see the man’s happy smile, and Phoebe was almost in his arms. They looked very intimate.
“Judy, who is that man? What’s the relationship between him and Phoebe? Why haven’t I seen him before?”
Roan Jenkins’ eyes lit up with delight.
He had heard from the servant that there were guests at home. As the master of the family, he came up to greet them, but he didn’t expect to see such a hot scene.
It turned out that her daughter had already had a boyfriend.
This young man looked handsome and elegant. He was indeed a good husband.
Judy smiled and replied, “He is a friend of Florence’s. He is here to attend your birthday party. Florence knows that you want to find a husband for Phoebe, so she must want to introduce him to Phoebe. Florence is with Mr. Hawkins. So the people she brought must have a good family background and personality that can match Phoebe. ”
Roan was even happier to hear that.
They must have already loved each other and were together.
Today, Phoebe would introduce Collin to him.
“Great! My daughter’s marriage is finally settled.”
Judy looked at Roan’s relieved face and complained helplessly, “Master, why do you feel like Phoebe can’t get married? She is not a leftover lady and many handsome young men chase after her.”
“So what? She doesn’t date with them and she will be single.”
The more Roan looked at Collin, the more relieved he felt. “This young man is so good that he can even get my daughter’s heart. When you have the chance later, you can ask him who his surname is, where he lives, and how many families he has…”
“Master.” Judy stopped him immediately. “Phoebe will be unhappy if she knows that you investigate him.”
“You’re right. It’s not worth scaring such a good young man away later.”
Roan nodded in agreement, totally different from Judy’s thought.
Judy looked desperate.
Two shelves of clothes were sent to Phoebe’s room.
Since the two of them were there, they didn’t ask the maid to come in to help. The two stayed alone in the room, and they could help each other to put on the dress.
Florence and Phoebe chose their favorite dresses respectively.
Florence chose a floor-length light blue dress, with small diamonds decorated on it. At a glance, it looked like the bright starry sky all over the sky.
It was beautiful and generous, which was in line with her temperament.
Phoebe looked at the clothes on the shelf and fixed her eyes on a long red dress for the longest time. Finally, her hand fell on a silver gray dress.
This dress was very beautiful, but it was low-key in temperament.
Florence looked at Phoebe suspiciously. “Why don’t you wear that red one? That red one suits you better.”
In fact, Phoebe used to be flamboyant and lively. She liked to wear bright clothes for banquets, and red was the most suitable color for her.
Phoebe’s hand holding the silver gray dress froze and forced a smile.
Pretending to be relaxed, she said, “red is too flamboyant. I prefer low-key colors now.”
Silver grey was very low-key.
If she didn’t show it on purpose, she wouldn’t be eye-catching in the party.
“Phoebe.”
Florence walked up to Phoebe and held her hand tightly. “Are you okay? My brother is here…”
“It doesn’t matter. I’m fine.”
Phoebe interrupted Florence with a smile, “it’s been a long time. I’m already in a good mood. Even if I was sad before, I’ve already recovered. I’m not affected at all now. I’m still chasing after handsome men. Now facing Mr. Fraser, I’m in a very calm mood. I’ll just treat him as an ordinary friend and won’t be sad. Don’t worry. ”
Was three months enough for her to give up a relationship and face him calmly?
Florence was not sure. She only knew that she couldn’t forget Ernest in three months and get along well with him.
She might not be able to be friends after breaking up with Ernest for the rest of her life.
But Phoebe, maybe she was pretending to be strong, or maybe she treated life as merely playing games.