My One-month Marriage With Mr. Hawkins

Chapter 958: Mercy

The female doctor looked at Ernest in shock. She didn’t expect herself to have... escaped death.

She nodded in agreement, "Yes, Mr. Hawkins, don't worry. I'll tell Master exactly what you said."

She was smart and naturally knew what Ernest meant by this.

For such a big news as his wife's pregnancy, even if he was busy, he should have told his grandfather himself, but instead, he let her do so, which was nothing more than giving a notice.

A prefunctory notice.

It meant that Theodore, even though he was the Master, had no say in the matter.

It was also more of a warning.

The female doctor knew she would have a hard time as she went to inform Master, but she was lucky to have survived.

She didn't dare to delay, and after respectfully bidding Ernest farewell, she hurried away.

It was only when she saw that the female doctor had left the door of the house, and that there was no longer any possibility that she could overhear anything, that Florence turned to Ernest and asked, "What's wrong with Yuna? Why is she kneeling here?"

Seeing that Yuna was shivering, Florence knew that she must have been punished for doing something wrong.

Ernest's originally soft eyes, upon seeing Yuna, instantly became cold and harsh again.

He said coolly, "Dereliction of duty."

"Dereliction of duty?"

Florence was puzzled and looked at Yuna again, "Yuna, what's wrong?"

Normally, Florence wouldn't ask about these things, but Yuna had been looking after her for the past few days. She somehow felt that Yuna was kneeling here because of her.

Yuna lifted her head slightly and looked at Florence with teary eyes. With guilt, she apologized repeatedly.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Fraser. It's my fault. I haven't been taking care of you for the past few days. You were sleepy and ate little, and I didn't notice anything unusual, making your health worse by the day. Luckily, nothing happened to you or the baby in your belly, otherwise, I can hardly absolve myself from the blame even if I die."

Only then did Florence realize that it was because of this.

She couldn’t believe it had scared Yuna like this.

Florence bent down, then took her arm and tried to help her up.

"It's okay. It's not all your fault. I'm the one who didn't let you say anything. I didn't even notice, so how can I blame you?"

Yuna looked at Florence in surprise. She didn’t expect her to say that.

But she still didn't dare to get up, "It was my fault. I should have had the doctor come and check you out before I made you faint."

Florence was even more at a loss whether to cry or to laugh.

"It has even less to do with you that I had fainted. It was something else that stimulated me. All right, I don't blame you. You just get up."

Yuna had done her best to look after her over the past few days, and Florence had forced them not to tell Ernest. Even if he was to blame someone, it really wasn't Yuna's fault.

Besides, nothing really happened to her or the baby.

"But, but ..."

Yuna's eyes twinkled as she looked at Ernest. She was still in fright.

Florence was soft-hearted enough to not blame her.

But she had failed in her duty of taking care of Florence, and Mr. Hawkins would not let her off the hook.

Florence turned her head to look at Ernest and said softly. Text © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.

"I'm the one who threatened them not to say anything. Will you stop punishing her? Okay?"

The soft voice was like a feather sweeping over his heart.

How could Ernest refuse her request?

Now, even if she asked him to take the stars off the sky, he would literally send rockets into the sky.

He put his arm around her waist to keep her from bending over too much and said reluctantly, "Okay."

Florence immediately smiled.

She turned to Yuna and said joyfully, "See, Ernest doesn't blame you either. It's all right."

Yuna was so relieved that she burst into tears.

She choked with sobs, "Ms. Fraser, thank you for pleading for me. Mr. Hawkins, thank you for your mercy."

She knew very well that if things had gone according to the rules today, she would have been punished and eventually thrown out of the Turner family.

A servant thrown out of the Turner family would be marked as a criminal and no one would dare hire her again.

Her life would be ruined.

After a little more talk, Florence sent Yuna down to work.

She and Ernest walked downstairs alone.

Florence looked in the direction Yuna had left and teased.

"Mr. Hawkins, from Timothy down to the maids, they're all your people. Everything you say matters, but they won't listen to me ."

Ernest raised an eyebrow and snickered.

"What? You want your own trusted followerss?"

Florence's eyes lit up, "Can I?"

Although she and Ernest were family and Ernest would never hurt her, it felt good to have someone who would only listen to her.

"Sure."

Ernest said cheerfully. At Florence's joyful and expectant look, he placed his broad palm on her flat belly.

"This is your trusted followers."

Florence was suddenly speechless and slapped his hand away in exasperation.

He was teasing her again.

...

In Theodore's study.

At the moment, the atmosphere was as chilling as the winter, and the roof seemed to be pressed with dark clouds.

The female doctor stood stiffly in place, and cold sweat ran down her forehead. She straightened up and lowered her head without even daring to raise it.

She reported what Ernest had said, and then saw Theodore's face turned livid, and the air pressure in the room was terribly low.

Master was really irritated by Ernest's attitude.

Or rather, Master didn't seem to be looking forward to the arrival of this baby either.

She guessed that the Turner family would be in for another fight.

"What are you still doing here? Get out!"

Theodore scolded grumpily.

The female doctor shuddered, even didn’t dare to look up, and hurriedly retreated.

Theodore was the only one left in the room.

He swung the computer on his desk to the floor in anger.

Damn it.

How could she have gotten pregnant with Ernest's baby now?

He hadn't got the Fraser family's antidote yet and wasn't absolutely sure it would work for the time being, so he couldn't hurt Ernest just yet, the only one left in the unique bloodline, even if he was so arrogant that it almost drive Theodore mad.

But at least he had three years. If, during this period, he got the Fraser family's antidote in hand, Ernest would no longer be the only one, and he would have no further use.

Then Theodore could dispose of him.

If something were to go wrong and he did not take the Fraser family, or if he did not get the antidote or failed to do so, he could take the second-best option and keep Ernest alive to open the vault.

But both options were still up in the air, and Theodore would have to see what happened before deciding what to do with Ernest afterward and whether to let him live or let him die.

But Florence was now pregnant, and the baby to be born was the antidote to Ernest, which threw all his plans out of whack.