My One-month Marriage With Mr. Hawkins novel Chapter 218

He asked in a cold tone, “Why? Mr. Myron, don’t you agree to my toast?”

Nobody had the guts to refuse Ernest’s toast.

Moreover, it was on such an occasion. If Reynold refused it, it would be confirmed that he had bad intentions for Florence.

In that case, things would get worse.

Reynold returned to his senses, his eyes meeting Ernest’s sharp and threatening gaze, which contained a man's possessiveness towards his possessions and hostility towards his rival in love.

He realized that as a sensitive man, Ernest had already treated him as a rival in love.

However, Reynold hadn’t done any practical tactics to Florence so far. He felt a bit wronged as well as reluctant.

After all, he had been maintaining his network for many years. Immediately, he adjusted his mood, a trace of a smile appeared on his handsome face.

“I’m just too shocked. I didn’t know that Florence would be your fiancee, Mr. Hawkins,” Reynold explained, looking over at Florence with a silent complaint.

Under his gaze, Florence felt quite uneasy and a sense of guilt. Although nothing was going on between Reynold and her, at the very beginning, she still made Reynold misunderstand. They almost had a one-night-stand.

At the thought of it, Florence felt a bit embarrassed at this moment.

Putting on a wry smile, she explained with a blushed face, “I just came for a business trip, so I don’t want to be treated specially because I’m Mr. Hawkins’s fiancee. Hence, I didn’t tell anyone. I hope you... you guys could understand.”

Reynold stared at Florence with his sharp eyes. Noticing that she was awkward and uneasy and looking away from time to time, he found something unusual.

It seemed that she felt quite uneasy when standing next to Mr. Hawkins.

Also, she wasn’t so happy about being Mr. Hawkins’ fiancee.

Reynold was quite experienced in love, so he knew quite well about the thing between men and women. Looking at Florence now, he could tell that her relationship with Ernest wasn’t so kind as it seemed.

Something was wrong between them.

The team members in Riverside City were all smart. Shortly they returned to their senses and started proposing a toast to Florence with smiles.

“We certainly don’t mind. It’s your right to inform us or keep it secret, Ms. Fraser. But now we’ve known it. Congratulations, Ms. Fraser, for having such an excellent fiance.”

The way they addressed Florence had been changed to Ms. Fraser already.

Florence had known that her status would raise as soon as her identity was disclosed, and others would treat her especially because of Ernest.

Helplessly, she could only accept it. She raised the goblet in her hand with a smile.

After the toast, they should be seated.

Erica was an employee of Hawkins Group, so she was quite enthusiastic to the CEO of her company. Immediately, she invited Ernest respectfully, “Mr. Hawkins, please seat over there.”

In the direction where she was pointing, there was the host’s seat a few seats away from his current position, which represented his status.

However, after casting a glance at the unwilling woman, Ernest pulled her aside and sat down on Florence’s seat.

Then he made Florence sit next to him.

He answered casually, “I can sit here. It’s alright.”

Florence looked at him in a daze. It was her seat. Ernest snatched her seat openly. She wondered if he had realized it was inappropriate.

Reynold was sitting next to Florence originally. Since Ernest took her seat, Reynold was sitting next to Ernest, who had separated Reynold and Florence.

Looking at the tall, strong, and solemn man next to him, Reynold’s mouth corners couldn’t help but twitch.

As a man, he clearly knew that Ernest was deliberately displaying his strength.

Ernest looked quite calm. Casting a glance of others, he said as a king, “Please be seated.”

People who were standing sat down. Since everyone had interests in the gossips, their gazes swept among Ernest, Florence, and Reynold from time to time.

The more they looked at the three, the more they felt that the atmosphere among them was unusual.

Besides, Ernest was sitting between Reynold and Florence, which implicated more things.

Since Ernest was so superior, nobody dared to provoke him. Everyone behaved when having dinner, and they even lowered their voices when chatting, afraid of disturbing Ernest.