Feeling upset, Florence found it difficult to keep calm. She was about to leave, but accidentally saw the poster’s content.
It was a project of an amusement park, and the spokeswoman was the famous model, Anna.
She didn’t appear in any commercial of the Hawkins Group before, so Florence guessed that she was a new model hired.
Seeing that Florence was confused, the coworker immediately explained to her, “This is the project poster of our latest project, Coastal Amusement Park. It has just finished. We’re going to hang it up. In the past few days, the whole company has been super business. We trot everywhere.”
“Indeed, it was proposed by Mr. Hawkins all of a sudden. Everyone worked overtime. Even Mr. Hawkins has been staying in the company. All of us are so busy.”
Upon hearing it, Florence was surprised ... did Ernest almost stay in his office?
It seemed that he cared a lot about this project of an amusement park. Now he was fully concentrated on his work and not distracted by her at all.
Florence guessed that it was because for him, although he failed to marry for convenience this time, it was just like a called-off order in the business empire ... once an order was canceled, there would be a lot of other new orders.
He was different from her, who felt so upset about it. She had been down for such a long time as if her world had collapsed.
Sure enough, the words online were quite correct ... your heart wouldn’t be broken if you didn’t have a crush.
Florence smiled ironically, mocking herself.
...
After quitting the job, Florence had nothing to do completely. She stayed in Stanford’s luxurious house, quite idle.
Stanford forbade her to work at night. Every night, he would sit next to her bed and read her bedtime stories.
Florence also bargained with him ... as long as she had fallen asleep, he must go to sleep in his bedroom. Although Stanford was still worried, he had to agree as Florence insisted.
As the day passed by, nothing special happened.
Stanford had never mentioned asking her to go back to Europe again, but Florence knew that he had been waiting for her.
Florence was quite curious and uneasy when thinking of the unknown life in Europe and her parents, who were just strangers to her.
She still felt quite hesitant, unable to make a decision.
Probably she knew it quite clearly. As long as she had gone, she wouldn’t be able to come back to City N all her life. That was a forever farewell to people and things here.
Even she had nobody that she cared about on this land, it was a place where she had been staying for over twenty years. She needed courage and time to bid it farewell.
One morning, after breakfast, Stanford stopped Florence from going back to her bedroom.
“Hey, Flory, let’s go to a place.”
In the past few days, Stanford always tried to make excuses, such as having a walk, going shopping, or walking the dog, to drag Florence out from her bedroom for a while.
Florence had been used to it, so she nodded in agreement.
Much to her surprise, Stanford took Florence to Carnival Amusement Park, the most famous amusement park in City N.
It was the weekend today, so there were a lot of tourists. The whole park was quite lively.
Florence asked in confusion, “Stanford, why did you take me over here? I don’t want to play any of them.”
She was quite peaceful and calm recently as if she were an old lady in her fifties or sixties. She lacked passion.
Hence, places such as the amusement park didn’t suit her.
Stanford reached out his hand and grabbed Florence’s hand, dragging her forward.
With a smile, he said, “In other’s families, when kids were young, the older brother would take his younger sister to the amusement park. I didn’t have such a chance, and I could only envy them. Now finally I have found my sister back. Please let me have the fun!”
Florence pressed her lips. He used the same excuse again, but she couldn’t refuse.
She didn’t have a family all these years, and neither did Stanford have a sister. As an older brother, he should be made up and comforted.
Florence could only satisfy him.
“But, please wait for a moment.”
Florence stopped Stanford. She looked around and found a grocery store.
“Wait for me here. I’ll be right back.”
As she spoke, she trotted over to the grocery store.
Shortly, she came out with a newly bought facial mask. Handing it over to Stanford, she said, “Wear it. Otherwise, you’ll cause traffic.”
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