Matriarch of the Hockleys

"By the way, Eden. I also invited her to live in New York for a while when she is free! I should be able to receive her reply in a few days." Andrea has always wanted to go to that manor in the countryside for a few days. .

"Really? Then we have to treat her well." Eden's heart skipped a beat when he thought of that beautiful smile under the moonlight.

"Eden, didn't you buy a manor in the country? Then we can live there for a while." She even invited Doris together!

"Well, it's July, when the weather starts to get hot. You can invite her to stay at our house for a few days, and then our family will go to the countryside for a week or two." Eden felt that it was time for him to show her chosen. "How long is she going to stay in America?" Eden almost missed the most important question.

"Should be staying for a long time! You're not in England, so I don't know much about the situation. Doris is gone, and her brother has been urging her to get married these years, always arranging for men to meet her. But Doris doesn't seem to want to Marriage always finds an excuse to avoid it. This time she finally came to the United States, and she will definitely stay for a long time." Thinking of Doris's complaint, Andrea said helplessly.Eden's previously clenched fist opened.

"Maybe it's because you didn't meet the right person." Eden lowered his eyes, "You can arrange it yourself when the time comes."

"En." Andrea happily replied, and she continued to eat dinner gracefully.

Looking at the food on the plate, Eden's thoughts slowly drifted away.

Two years ago

At that time, Eden had just made a name for himself in the United States, but his behavior of not returning to the UK for several years was unanimously condemned by his family.He had no choice but to put down what he was doing and go back to England to rest for a while.

It was a gray morning, and he went alone to meet a business friend.Just as he said goodbye to his friends and was about to get into the carriage and go back, Eden found that the horses in a carriage not far away were a little out of control.

Seeing this, he subconsciously stepped forward to assist the groom.Fortunately, there was no major problem, and the horse calmed down quickly.

"Sir, thank you for your help." A voice pretending to be calm came from the carriage.

"This is what I should do. Any gentleman who encounters this situation will lend a helping hand." Eden developed a good impression of the lady in the car, and would try to remain calm when encountering such a situation. A steady lady.

"I'm Doris William, thank you for your help." "Eden Bruce."

Just when Eden thought it was just a chance encounter, he saw the unruffled Miss William again.

"Eden, this is my friend Doris William, and her brother is Earl William." What a coincidence, that Miss William turned out to be his sister's close friend.

"Eden Bruce, nice to meet you, Miss William." Her appearance was not as good as Andrea's, but it was undeniable that she was also a beauty.However, the most eye-catching is not her appearance, but the bright smile on her face.

"Mr. Bruce, nice to see you again." Doris had a good impression of Eden because of the previous incident.

"Have you already met?" Andrea looked at her friend suspiciously.

"Mr. Bruce did me a favor before. I didn't expect to meet again after only a few days." Doris looked at Eden meaningfully.

"Eden, why haven't I heard from you?" Andrea's curiosity was completely aroused.

"It's just a small thing. Miss William is welcome to the ball." Eden said hello and left.

"Hey, why are you in a daze? My brother is handsome!" Andrea said narrowly.

"Handsome indeed," said Doris, making no secret of the excellent impression Eden had made on her.

After that, Eden met Miss William several times one after another, but each time he never stayed alone together.

Until that day, Miss William's 16th birthday dinner.

It was a moonlit night, and Eden greeted several guests and danced a few dances as usual at a banquet.

"Sir, a guest invites you to the garden." The waiter whispered. "Who is looking for me?" Eden was a little puzzled and curious, asking him out in the garden at night?What are you doing?

"It's Earl William." The waiter answered calmly as if he knew he would ask.

"Okay." Eden put the wine glass he had drunk on the table. He minimized his presence and walked quickly to the garden.

"Earl William, are you here? Earl William?" Looking at the empty garden, Eden felt that he was being played by someone.Just when he was looking unhappy and wanted to turn around and go back, he finally got a response.

"Mr. Bruce." A figure came out from behind the rockery, and under the moonlight, a familiar face appeared.

"Miss William? I thought it was Earl William." In an instant, Eden figured out the reason for the incident, and it was just a trick of the lady.Considering the friendship between Miss William and Andrea and Earl William's status, Eden didn't show any obvious dissatisfaction.

"I'm sorry for deceiving you. But if it wasn't like this, would you still appear here?" Regarding what she ordered the waiter, Doris was very frank, without any embarrassment of being exposed.

Maybe it was because she was too frank, and Eden's originally not very strong anger gradually disappeared.

"Then Miss William invited me here alone so late, what's the matter?" Eden got straight to the point, he didn't want to guess the little girls' thoughts, and he couldn't see through their thoughts.

"Will you marry me?" Doris' straightforward question made Eden's face change.

"Why would Miss William ask such a question? If I remember correctly, we don't seem to have met a few times. This question seems inappropriate." Eden was also very confused about this question, and he was sure that he had not provoked William. Miss.

He began to wonder if Miss William had any design in raising the question.He would not be arrogant to think that his charm could attract Miss William's attention after a few short meetings.

"Why is Mr. Bruce so unconfident in himself?" Doris laughed with a 'puchi'.

"Did you fall in love with me at first sight?" Eden didn't believe in the so-called 'love at first sight'.

"That's not true." Doris pouted childishly. "I'm a good match, aren't I, Mr. Bruce."

Eden's expression became more serious, "Miss William, you are indeed an excellent lady, but that doesn't mean I have to choose you." He didn't understand what was going on in the mind of the noble lady.His sister was one, and this Miss William was another.

"Does Mr. Bruce already have a sweetheart? But why haven't I heard about Countess Bruce?" Eden, who originally wanted to use this reason to send Doris away, moved his mouth unnaturally.

"That's not true. But marriage is not a business, and mutual satisfaction is not the decisive factor in entering the marriage hall." Thinking that the other party is a good friend of his sister, Eden had no choice but to persuade him patiently. "When you asked this question, did you ever ask yourself this question? Would you marry me? To a man who is eight years older than you, whom you have only met a few times and who you have never been with."

Miss William seemed a little confused after hearing this, but soon she looked at Eden firmly, "I am willing, what about you? Why can't you give me a specific answer?"

"Don't you understand? Even if you want to, I don't want to marry a lady I don't understand." Eden felt helpless.

"Then we can spend some time together to get to know each other first." Doris said stubbornly.

"Miss William, you are Andrea's good friend. She is my sister, and at most I treat you as my sister." Eden couldn't understand why she was so stubborn. "Your brother—Earl William will seriously provide you with excellent husband candidates, and you can carefully screen them. Why do you insist on dragging me?"

"You are also excellent, so I will choose you, there is nothing wrong with that." Doris pulled the veil in her hand.

Inadvertently seeing her nervous movements, Eden began to make his voice as calm as possible. "You're only 16 years old, don't be in a hurry. What's more, your brother will help you, so don't worry too much about this kind of thing."

"Then can we be friends first?" Facing Eden's reticent attitude, although Doris was a little dissatisfied, she still said earnestly.

"Of course, it's a blessing to be friends with a lady like you." Eden finally breathed a sigh of relief seeing this. "So can I keep in touch with you?" Doris continued.

"Of course," he was going back to America soon anyway.

At that time, Eden only wanted to stabilize her first, so he said casually.Unexpectedly, shortly after he left, he received a letter from Miss William.

He only knew that Miss William didn't know his contact address, but he forgot that she was still Andrea's good friend. It was obviously easy to find out his news.

Since that day, Eden has received greetings from Doris every other month.Most of the letters are about her talking about some interesting experiences in her daily life, and occasionally about her mood. The one thing that remains the same is the sentence "I miss Mr. Bruce's Doris" at the end.

Over the past two years, dozens of letters have been sent on time.Even a stone would be warm, let alone in front of a charming lady.

Therefore, since last year, Eden has gradually begun to reply to the persistent Miss William.

It seems that because of the response, Miss William became more attentive.What used to be one letter a month has now become two letters a month.

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