My One-month Marriage With Mr. Hawkins

Chapter 185: Dressed up to Attend

Ernest whispered to answer, “Nothing special.”

It was an ordinary banquet but Ernest had ordered such a luxurious dress for her. Florence couldn’t help but think that he was way too wealthy.

While bitching about him, Florence circled the dress for few rounds, appreciating the work from the famous designer.

Then she thought of something and turned around to look at Ernest in worry.

“Mr. Hawkins, if I come home to do my hair and makeup after knocking off, would I be too late for the banquet tonight?”

Ernest pressed his lips. “You still can catch up with it. You can take the dress to the company. The stylist could do your hair and makeup in the company’s dressing room.”

After a pause, he added in a deep voice, “Actually you don’t need to work today. You can take a rest in the morning. In the afternoon, after your modeling is done, we can go there together.”

Such a plan sounded quite good as well.

Florence hesitated for a moment, but she shook her head. “I still have something to deal with in the company. There’s nothing to do at home. I’d better go to the company. Mr. Hawkins, are you going to the company?”

As she said, Florence wondered if Ernest didn’t get up early this morning because he didn’t have the plan to go to the company.

If she went to work alone, she wondered if there would be any transportation.

Looking at Florence’s face, Ernest understood what was on her mind.

The banquet tonight was quite important for him, so he had the plan to take one day off without going to the company. He even had called the stylist to come over for Florence’s modeling this afternoon.

However, Ernest naturally nodded. “Of course, I’ll go to work.”

Florence breathed a sigh of relief. She said with a smile, “Then let’s set off from the company after knocking off, shall we?”

“Sure,” Ernest agreed, nodding.

As usual, after Florence and Ernest arrived at the company, they started working.

After the release, Florence had become a famous designer, so as a consequence, she got more work to do.

However, she still had much freedom. After she made a work plan for the whole day, she tried her best to finish her tasks so that she could go to Anthony for the modeling.

In that case, as soon as they knocked off, she could leave with Ernest directly without wasting his time.

Florence had planned everything well, but there was always an unexpected accident.

“Ring... Ring... Ring...”

Suddenly, her cell phone rang. She checked the caller ID and saw it was Phoebe.

She wondered why Phoebe was calling her.

Confused, Florence swiped to answer the phone. “Hello, Phoebe?”

“Boohoo... Flory, help me! Come over...”

Phoebe’s cry in pain was heard from the other end of the line.

Florence was shocked. “Phoebe, what’s wrong with you? What happened?”

“My belly hurt so much. I’m sweating all over my body. I can’t even stand up. The pain almost killed me. My parents are on a business trip now. I can’t find someone else, so I called you...”

“Don’t panic. I’ll go to find you right now. Tell me. Where are you now?”

As she spoke, Florence packed up her handbag, rushing out in a hurry.

Shirley saw Florence leaving, so she followed her hurriedly and asked in confusion, “Florence, what happened? Where are you rushing to?”

“Something happened to my friend. I’m going to find her,” Florence answered casually.

She left her office without looking back.

When she stepped into the elevator, she recalled Ernest’s banquet that she agreed to attend with him. It seemed that she couldn’t make it tonight.

In a hurry, she called Ernest.

“Beep... Beep... Beep...”

She waited for the call to be connected for a long while, but nobody answered the phone.

Florence hesitated. Then she could only press the button to the floor of the CEO’s office.

After arriving on the floor, before entering the CEO’s office, she saw that Ernest was in a meeting through the half-transparent window of the meeting room.

The attendees in the meeting seemed to be all the important directors in the company.

It seemed that the meeting was quite important.

Hence, she couldn’t disturb Ernest at this time. After thinking for a moment, she turned around and walked back to the elevator.

She wanted to call him after his meeting was over.

Florence hailed a cab as soon as walking out of the company building, heading directly to Phoebe’s home.

When she arrived, Phoebe was huddling up in her bed, looking quite pale with cold sweat on her forehead. She looked extremely painful.

“Phoebe, what happened?” Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

Florence rushed over and helped her up.

Phoebe only felt her whole body weekend without any strength.

She said weakly, “I don’t know. Suddenly I felt pain. It might be appendicitis. Flory, could you please take me to the hospital?”

“Sure. Hold on, Phoebe. I’ll take you there right now.”

Florence carefully helped Phoebe get up from the bed and walked out.

Arriving at the hospital, Phoebe was sent to the emergency room.

Florence was waiting outside the surgery room anxiously, walking back and forth. She was afraid that things would get worse for Phoebe.

Although Phoebe was a girl from a rich family, she was always easy-going without any bad temper. In middle school, she and Florence were classmates. They got along with each other so they became friends.

All through these ears, they were besties.

“Ding--”

After a long while, the door of the surgery room was finally open.

Florence rushed over and saw the weak Phoebe lying on the bed.

She asked the doctor, “Excuse me, Doc. How’s my friend doing?”

“She got appendicitis. We’ve done the surgery for her. She’ll be fine after being taken good care of.” After finishing his words, the doctor took off his mask and went away.

It wasn’t until then did Florence feel relieved. She followed the nurse who was pushing the sickbed to the ward.

The ward was a VIP ward, clean and quiet.

After listening seriously to the dos and don’ts from the nurse, Florence walked the nurse out of the ward.

Then she turned around and went back, meeting Phoebe’s half-closed eyes.

Florence immediately walked to her bed and asked with concern, “Are you awake? How are you feeling now? Does it hurt?”

“The anesthetic still works. I don’t have any feeling yet.”

Phoebe’s voice was weak, but her lips were curled up into a casual smile.

Comparing to the person who was almost killed by pain, she had returned to the lively and vivid Phoebe again.

“Flory, thank you so much. I called you so suddenly but you still sent me to the hospital.”

“Please don’t mention it. That’s what a bestie for, isn’t it? I must be the first one coming to when something happens.”

Florence walked to the side of the bed, tucked Phoebe in the quilt, and sat down finally.

Phoebe smiled. “You are indeed my bestie. I’m quite moved. I’ll compensate you with a kiss after I’ve recovered.”

As she spoke, she looked around the ward but didn’t see a clock on the wall.

Then she asked, “Flory, what’s the time now?”

Florence checked her watch. “Half-past seven. What’s wrong?”

“It’s already half-past seven!”

Phoebe was surprised. Looking at Florence, she felt a bit regretful. “If I would know it earlier, I would have called the ambulance instead of calling you over. I’ve wasted so much of your time, would you still be able to make it?”

Florence was confused. “Make it for what?”

“Ernest’s banquet. Isn’t today his birthday? You are his fiancee. I’m sure he has invited you.”

Florence was startled all of a sudden.

She couldn’t think properly for a moment. ‘Is today Ernest’s birthday?’

‘So it turns out that the banquet is his birthday party, isn’t it?’ she thought to herself.