My One-month Marriage With Mr. Hawkins

Chapter 37: Better Than All of You

Florence was not full so when she saw a table of delicious dishes, she was instantly tempted.

But she still asked in a very reserved manner, “Mr. Hawkins, is there anything I can do for you?”

Now only then Ernest noticed that she had come. He took a glance at her graciously with a little coldness.

He spoke in a cold tone, “Taste the dishes.”

“What?”

Florence was bewildered and did not understand what he meant.

The waiter standing at the side immediately said with a smile, “These dishes are newly created by the chef and Mr. Hawkins perhaps won’t like to eat all of them. So, Ms. Fraser, please give each dish a try first and then you recommend the good ones to Mr. Hawkins.”

Florence froze. She was exceptionally flabbergasted.

This was the first time she heard of such a way of testing whether the dishes were delicious. Moreover, why did she feel that it was like in the ancient era in which the eunuch tasted the dishes to see if there was poison before the king ate them?

Florence felt a bit strange and wanted to refuse, “Mr. Hawkins, we have different tastes. The one I find delicious may not be delicious for you, so…”

“The dishes you brought up that day were fine.”

Ernest interrupted her in a faint tone.

Florence was stunned for a moment, the lunch box from the canteen that day? She said all of the dishes were her favourite…

So, his taste was similar to hers?

“Mr. Hawkins, why don’t you eat it yourself? Give every dish a try and if you like it, that’s good but if you don’t, it isn’t a big problem too.”

Florence looked at Ernest in confusion. What was not said was, why did he let her taste the dishes? Timothy had been his subordinate for a long time so he should know what his taste was.

However, Timothy was just standing outside the door. But she, a person who had nothing to do with Ernest…

Ernest gazed at her and uttered some words that she could not refuse in a low tone.

“This is the part of a fiancée’s responsibility.”

Florence was speechless. Fiancée’s responsibility again!

Florence swallowed her saliva and was speechless. Now, she wished that she could strangle herself during the banquet that night. Why did her mouth blurt out shit in which she said the fiancée’s responsibility?

Helplessly, Florence could only obediently pick the chopsticks and started to taste the dishes.

Although she was quite reluctant, the deliciousness of these dishes was beyond her imagination. The dishes were very much to her taste and they were so delicious that she still wanted to continue tasting after tasting a little.

Timothy, who was standing not far away, was watching Florence taste the dishes. He could not help but admire his own master very much.

This was because Ernest was so smart that he managed to find a good excuse like tasting dishes to let Florence eat with him together.

After the dishes are tasted, Florence should have been full.

What Timothy thought was true. After Florence tasted all the dishes once, she was already full and satisfied.

Besides, these dishes were really delicious. Their tastes were still lingering in her mouth, making her felt like she had had an extremely scrumptious and delicious meal.

Now, her discontent was gone.

Seeing her beaming happily, a trace of light flashed in Ernest’s eyes and then he said expressionlessly.

“Continue tomorrow.”

Florence looked at the table of dishes that comprised of more than a dozen of styles and asked in puzzle.

“The dishes for you are different every day?”

Was he having a team of chefs in which each of them had hundreds of recipes so they could make the dishes without repeating?

Ernest kept his cool, “Yes.”

Florence complained in her mind. He was indeed the richest person in City N as he could be so lavish even when having a meal.

The names of participants of the Ovi Fashion Design Contest were announced.

As soon as the announcement was made, it immediately caused quite a stir. After all, this meant a direct entry into the semi-finals.

After entering, as long as one put in a little effort, one would be able to be remembered by others on the world stage. From then, one’s future would be immensely bright.

“How come Florence’s name is there? What gives her the confidence to participate in it?”

When Elise saw the list, she spoke in displeasure and showed a distasteful face.

And, her own name was not on it.

The designers who had a good relationship with Elise also went along with her.

“Yeah, she has just stood out from the identity of being a newbie. She’s actually still very new and is completely not qualified to participate, let alone these are the semi-final places.”

“This place definitely shouldn’t be given to Florence. With such little capability, she will put our company to shame.”

“True, why can Florence get the place? She isn’t eligible to participate in it.”

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A group of people said discontentedly. Their names were not on the list. They said in a manner as if they were taking the moral high ground, and also as if they were green with envy so their behaviours were sour grapes.

The more they said, the angrier they were. All of them looked discontentedly at Florence who was not far away.

Elise gazed at Florence sharply. Her tone was mean and sharp.

“Florence, have you heard that? You’re not eligible to participate in this competition at all, you hurriedly give up the place to let others have it. Don’t disgrace our company, otherwise, none of us will let you off.”

Florence had known the names much earlier. She originally did not intend to involve in the discussion but they unexpectedly still went to provoke her.

And none of them had seen her designs and known how her design ability was, yet they dismissed her right from the start.

On what basis?

She stopped doing her thing and looked coldly at them.

“Since I’ve gotten the place, I’ll try my best in this competition. As for whether I’ll disgrace the company, you guys can wait and see the result of the competition.”

All the arguments now were meaningless.

However, these people did not intend to let go of Florence. Several women walked over and surrounded Florence.

Each of them had a fierce and vicious look.

As if representing everyone’s opinions, Elise first pointed at Florence and accused her harshly.

“Florence, don’t you know your self-ability? You’re just a trash newbie who doesn’t even have any work, how dare an ineligible person like you stand on the stage of the Ovi Fashion Design Contest? You don’t mind feeling ashamed but we do.”

Having no work had always been Florence’s Achilles heel.

Therefore, Elise also used this fact to prevent Florence from having the opportunity to come out with her own work. That was why even after Florence had worked in the company for a year, she was still in the state of newbie without any qualifications.

Now, Elise wanted to use this fact to suppress her again.

Florence was boiling in rage and she was so angry that she clenched her hand tightly into a fist.

If she had a work, she would not be humiliated and suppressed by them now.

“Who says that Florence has no work?”

A clear and warm voice sounded and it was as pleasant as the sound of spring in the mountains.

Cooper walked over with a pictorial. He opened and placed it in front of the crowd.

“This is the clothes designed by Florence for the CEO, the official production process of it has already started.”

This meant that this design had been finalized and had become Florence’s qualification and achievement.

This was a refined and enlarged pictorial. To be opened and placed here like this, its strong point was being shown enormously.

When the crowd looked at this pictorial, they were fascinated and amazed.

This was design by Florence?

They really could not believe it as it did not look like the level of a newbie at all.

“And as far as I know, this design has the best score in the professional assessment ever, better than all the designs of you guys in the past years.”

Cooper curled his lips and looked at the crowd provocatively.

His arrogance was totally undisguised.