My One-month Marriage With Mr. Hawkins

Chapter 108: Did the Crayfish Offend You?

At the crayfish shop of the night meal restaurant, Florence was holding a red crayfish. She jerked and separated the crayfish’s head from the body. She then crushed its shell brutally and plucked the flesh. Phoebe who was sitting opposite her looked at her with a frightened look. She was only eating crayfish, but it seemed like she was chopping and eating a gigantic meat.

“Flory, what’s wrong? Who’s made you unhappy?” Did she really need to go as far as releasing her anger on the crayfish? “Who else except that jerk? Ernest Hawkins, I only realize he’s actually such a bastard today.” Florence shoved the crayfish flesh into her mouth and bit it hard as if she was biting someone.

Phoebe’s face twitched as she watched her taking another crayfish, pulled the head and tore the shell. “What has he done?” With a crack, Florence directly squeezed and broke the crayfish’s head into pieces. She said indignantly, “Not only that he refused to cancel the marriage with me, he even wanted me to marry him on behalf of Gemma Marlon and become the surrogate mother for their child.”

“What? That’s too ridiculous!” Phoebe slapped the table with rage. “You mustn’t consent to this.”

“Of course I won’t, I only want to cancel the marriage as soon as possible and stay away from them.” Florence then crushed the crayfish’s shell. She had had enough staying between Ernest and Gemma all these time as an awkward third wheel.

Phoebe nodded in agreement. “Yeah, you should cancel the marriage as soon as possible. Didn’t he say the fake engagement only last for a month back then? Now that he had delayed this matter that long, you have to force him to cancel the marriage no matter how this time.”

Cooper came to the crayfish shop to look for Florence, wanting to say goodbye to her before he left, yet he never expected that he would hear such a thing. The engagement between Florence and Ernest was fake? Their engagement was fake?

He was instantly filled with a rush of joy and he was so happy that he jumped without caring for his image. He who had had a leaden heart was instantly brightened up with hope. He rushed over, dragged Florence up from her seat and asked her with excitement, “Is it true? That the engagement between you and Ernest Hawkins is fake?”

Florence was not aware of his sudden action and she was so shocked that the crayfish dropped from her hand onto the ground. She stared at Cooper with a dumbfounded look. Why was he that excited? Or was he angry because she had lied to him back then? Since he had already heard their conversation, Florence could only explain. “It’s true that our engagement is fake, but since it’s meant to be a secret, so I didn’t tell you back then.”

To Cooper, Florence’s words were the most delightful thing he had heard in this world. “Awesome!” He hugged her with surprise and whirled her around with excitement. Florence lost her balance abruptly and she put her hands instinctively on his shoulder, leaving oil stains the size of a palm on his shirt at once. Her face twitched and she quickly spoke, “Let me down, Cooper.”

Cooper only let her down after whirling for a few times. He was reluctant to let go of her when he hugged her but Florence forcibly pulled his arms apart. She plummeted onto the couch and threw the gloves that were full of oil stain away after taking them off. She looked at him with an upset look and asked, “What is wrong with you?” She felt dizzy from the whirl and she was nearly scared to death.

Cooper sat down beside her with a grin. His eyes seemed to fill with stars that appeared at night when he looked at her. “I’m happy.”

“Are you mad?” Florence shot him a glare. She raised her hand and pointed at the two stains on his shoulder. “It’s you who come close to me, I’m not responsible to compensate for that.”

“I don’t need you to compensate.” Cooper did not care about the stains at all and his eyes were still brimmed with happiness when he looked at her. A smile uncontrollably broke upon his lips. Luckily he

had come to say goodbye to her before he left, if not he would not hear her words.

Florence was stunned to see him smiling so happily. She suspected he was drunk or he had had a fever. She then extended her hand and touched his forehead. His forehead temperature was normal. Could it be something had gone wrong in his brain?

Seeing her baffled look, Cooper grabbed her hand and said with a gentle tone, “I’m alright. I’m really happy. I’m really happy to know that your engagement is fake.” Florence looked at him in a daze. Why was he so happy when her engagement was fake? Was he gloating over her misfortune?

Phoebe was watching both of them. Her reaction was faster than Florence and she was sensitive enough to discover something. She smiled and teased, “This handsome guy over here, could it be that you like Flory?” Cooper’s ears inevitably went red. Florence quickly argued, “Stop it, we’re only friends…” NôvelDrama.Org copyrighted © content.

“It’s true, I really like you.” Cooper interrupted with a low voice. He held Florence’s hand and gazed at her. His eyes were determined and full of love that almost made one’s heart moved. Florence was totally dumbfounded and she looked at him incredulously.

If Ernest liking her was the most impossible thing she thought, then Cooper liking her was another. After all, she knew about his relationship and love with Evelyn, and she had even seen both of them hugging together beside the road back then.

“Cooper, I know you’re really kind to me. Although my engagement is fake, and I’m probably worth being sympathized, you don’t need to console me like that, really.” Cooper was startled. He did not expect she would answer him like that. Phoebe stared at Florence with an awkward look. She was afraid that only she would think other’s confession was just to console her.

Yet Cooper was not annoyed, he looked at Florence with eyes filled with love and said slowly in an exceptionally serious way, “Flory, I’ve actually liked you way back then, it’s just that I thought you’re Ernest Hawkins’ fiancée and I thought you both love each other, therefore I didn’t dare to say it all the time.” Seeing him that serious, Florence was startled. She said, “I saw you being drunk that night, and you were hugging with Evelyn Wallace by the road.”

“I was drunk because of you.” Cooper’s reply was straightforward without single hesitance. Florence was completely stunned, she then finally realized that Cooper’s confession might be real. What was going on today? She was proposed by Ernest first. Although it was fake, she was still proposed. And then without even finishing her night meal, she was confessed by Cooper.

Cooper was holding her hand and gazing at her. “Flory, I like you, could you give me a chance?” Florence stared at him in a daze. She found it slightly hard to accept when her friend suddenly became her admirer. She had never thought of being with Cooper before that. She shook her head with an awkward look. “I always treat you as a friend.”

“Friends could become lovers too. Don’t worry, I can give you time to adapt to it.” There was a gentle smile on Cooper’s face and he looked cheerful and handsome.