My One-month Marriage With Mr. Hawkins

Chapter 611: May I Please

After they wept and laughed with each other for a long time, they finally calmed down a bit and released each other.

Florence pulled Phoebe into the house.

As soon as she entered the entrance, Phoebe saw Ernest sitting in the living room. ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

She was stunned. Then, she felt quite relieved.

Ernest was also safe and sound.

She was so delighted.

“Hi, Mr. Hawkins,” Phoebe greeted him, nodding.

Ernest was holding a glass of soft drink. He took a sip slowly.

Pressing his lips, he said indifferently, “You look quite fragile. You need to be taken care of. Get better soon.”

Phoebe gaped in surprise.

She was wondering if she had overheard. How come Ernest took the initiative to care about her health?

In the past, Ernest even didn’t spare her a glance. He wouldn’t know it if she had lost one of her arms.

She wondered what happened to him.

Upon hearing Ernest’s words, Florence nodded in agreement.

She took Phoebe’s arm and said seriously, “I agree. Phoebe, you’ve lost a lot of weight. I’ll ask Collin to cook the medicated food for you. Then you’ll become healthy pretty soon again.”

Phoebe was grateful for her. Pressing her lips, she wanted to smile, but she casually saw Stanford walking towards them.

Before she curled up her lips into a smile, the smile disappeared.

With a slightly pale face, she shook her head.

She refused, “Now I know you both are fine. I’m relieved. I’m still busy with something. I should leave later.”

Although she indeed wanted to stay and keep Florence company, telling her what happened to her in the past few weeks and how sad she was, she also knew that it was quite nice for Stanford to pick her up and send her here. He wouldn’t like it if she kept staying here.

Nor would he like it if she stayed with Florence. She would negatively impact Florence, dragging her into the mere.

When Stanford was approaching, upon hearing Phoebe’s words, he couldn’t help but frown.

He gazed at Phoebe deeply and complicatedly.

He wondered why she wanted to leave so eagerly.

Immediately, Florence grabbed Phoebe’s arm and asked in a nervous tone, “What are you busy with? Where are you going?”

She couldn’t understand why Phoebe would leave as soon as she had arrived.

Looking at Phoebe’s depressed face, Florence felt that she was quite different than she used to be. She seemed to be bothered by something, quite lifeless.

Phoebe gripped Florence’s hand.

After a hesitation, she said with a lame excuse, “When I came here, I didn’t tell anyone. I must go back and pay for my accommodation the past few weeks.”

“That’s just a trifle. I’ll ask Stanford to send someone to make the payment for you. Besides, you also have left your suitcase there. They’ll pack them up and send them to you here. You don’t need to go there again,” Florence suggested right away.

Phoebe’s face was tightened more.

She shook her head and said, “Please don’t bother. Besides, I haven’t been home for a long time. My father is worried about me as well. I should go home.”

She made another excuse.

Upon hearing it, Florence frowned.

Phoebe didn’t want to stay at all. Obviously, she wanted to leave.

However, Phoebe had been always with her in the past, hadn’t she? Moreover, they just got reunited after experiencing those incidents and finally settled down. They should stay together.

She wondered what on earth was wrong with Phoebe.

Florence gripped Phoebe’s hand tightly, looking at her with a solemn face.d

“Phoebe, did something happen to you? Tell me about it. Don’t hide it from me, please.”

Florence believed that she could help Phoebe.

Phoebe’s eyes twinkled. Facing Florence, she felt guilty and uneasy.

However, she couldn’t tell Florence exactly what happened to her as before.

Pressing her lips, Phoebe smiled.

“Nothing happened, Flory. As long as you are safe, I’m relieved. I’ve been quite exhausted recently. I’m homesick now. I want to go home.”

Her voice was low and slow, and she looked quite tired.

She didn’t look like the vivid girl she used to be before.

Florence looked at her, feeling uneasy. Her intuition told her that she shouldn’t let Phoebe leave like this.

However, Phoebe was so determined now. Florence wondered how could she keep Phoebe staying.

She frowned, feeling annoyed, trying to figure out a method.

Right then, as if he understood what was in her mind, Ernest said in a clear and gentle tone, “Clarence has disappeared.”

Those simple three words made Phoebe’s expression change dramatically.

She gaped at Ernest in a panic.

“Mr. Hawkins, what do you mean? What happened to my cousin? How could he disappear?”

Ernest explained, “A few days ago, Benjamin Turner caught him and made him a bargaining chip to threaten Florence. Right now, we caught Benjamin Turner, but he refused to tell us where Clarence is no matter what means we’ve tried.”

“What? Clarence was caught by him. He must be in a danger!”

Phoebe was so shocked that she almost couldn’t think properly.

She knew Benjamin was a psychopath. If he didn’t kill Clarence, he would torture Clarence to death.

Clarence was her cousin. She had brought him here, and she must take him back safely.

Seeing that Phoebe was freaked out, Florence didn’t have the heart to look at her at all. She also understood why Ernest told her so.

Clarence hadn’t been found yet. Before he was found, Phoebe wouldn’t leave easily.

Florence hurriedly added, “Benjamin Turner still wants to make Clarence his bargaining chip, so he wouldn’t have killed Clarence. Stanford has a plan already. He would surely make Benjamin Turner tell us where Clarence is.

“All we need to do now is to wait patiently. After knowing where Clarence is, we’ll rescue him.”

Phoebe’s hammered heart finally slowed down a bit.

However, when thinking that Clarence disappeared and must be tortured, Phoebe felt extremely worried.

Clarence was her cousin. He took care of her since his childhood. They were quite close.

“Flory, please help us. Please rescue Clarence! Although he’s sharp-tongue, he’s a nice man.”

Back then, Ernest wanted to use Clarence’s identity. He offered a pleasant payment to Clarence, and the latter agreed out of kindness.

Later, he didn’t complain at all no matter his identity was faked or he was in danger.

Florence felt depressed, nodded her head solemnly.

“We’ll rescue him for sure!” she promised as if she was making a vow.

Even Phoebe didn’t emphasize it, she would rescue Clarence at all cost. Clarence was caught because of her. She owed him two lives.

Besides, she had already taken Clarence as a real friend.

Looking at Phoebe, Florence added, “We don’t know where Clarence is now. If you go home, we’ll be quite uneasy. Why don’t you stay here and wait for the news with us?” In that case, she could take care of Phoebe.

Phoebe wanted to stay indeed, and she wanted to nod in agreement.

However, when the words reached the tip of her tongue, she couldn’t utter any sound at all. Her eyes winkled. She hesitantly and uneasily looked over at Stanford, who was standing aside.