My One-month Marriage With Mr. Hawkins

Florence delved into her busy designing work once again after the competition’s rules were declared the next morning. Ernest no longer came to her room to read, yet he had allocated an assistant for her. “Hi, I’m your new assistant, Shirley Flores. You can call me Shirley.” Shirley was a fresh university graduate and she looked naïve and cheerful. Her professional skills were excellent and she was very respectful to Florence too. Florence did not mind having an assistant during her busy time yet Cooper was clearly unhappy. He looked at Shirley coldly and asked, “Why did the company send you here all of a sudden?”

As if she had memorized what she should answer beforehand, she replied smoothly without hesitation, “Hasn’t Florence just gotten the first place in the last competition? She has made our company proud, and now the company values her very much. That’s why I was sent here to help.” Having represented the company itself, Cooper had nothing else to say. Yet he was still acting unfriendly towards her. “Don’t you disturb Florence, I’ll arrange work for you.”

Florence was starting to get busy, and she indeed had no strength to care about Shirley. Since she trusted Cooper very much too, she allowed him to arrange it all. At last, it was Cooper who ended up doing the tasks that required close assistance while Shirley was the one who did all the crappy jobs. Shirley was dissatisfied, she argued and bantered with Cooper occasionally, lightening up the nervous working atmosphere.

It was soon the time for finals. Florence led the model into the working compartment she was allocated to and started changing clothes, making preparations before the competition. Just then, the door was pushed open by someone from the outside. Isabel walked in with a domineering attitude. Florence frowned and instinctively blocked in front of the clothes, staring at her with alert. “What are you doing? You have no right entering my working compartment before the competition, get out!”

Isabel was not affected by her words at all and she ordered the model to leave for a moment. The model hesitated and fearing the power behind her, she still chose to leave. She spoke to Florence before she left, “Miss Fraser, I’ll be outside, you can call me whenever you need me.” Florence frowned and did not say a word.

be that nervous. We already know each other so well and I won’t do anything to you.” It was her who did all the bad things,

in front of Florence. The photos spread and they were all about her contact with Cooper these days. There was the photo which Cooper picked dish for her during the bonfire festival, Cooper hugged her in the water when she was swimming, and also when Cooper protected her from being poured by the wine…Every photo was taken at such a tricky angle that

Ernest Hawkins?” Isabel leered. “Since you’re a woman who has a spouse, I guess it doesn’t look great being so intimate with other man? Or is it because you’re

and Cooper, and what you said is untrue…” Florence pulled down her face and clenched her fists; she slightly panicked and felt uneasy. Isabel sneered, “Is it up to you to

all to console Georgia. It was said that Georgia had a very poor health and she was unable to withstand any shock. Ernest’s marriage was the thing she cared about the most now, and if

mood was greatly lightened up. “Of course, don’t you think of telling the old lady about this with Ernest Hawkins first, because during the time I hand these photos to her, I would also tell her...” Isabel paused, and every word she said afterwards was full of evil intention. “That the engagement between you and

froze and her face went cadaverous. Her voice slightly trembled as she spoke, “Are you insane? How

fluke she thought

that, I’ll certainly have ways to make the old lady believe that, and also the intimate