Because he hoped to return to the UK as soon as possible, after the Olympic arrived in New York Harbor, Carl only spent one day rushing back to Pittsburgh for a rest, and then began to work with the original person in charge of the business his father had asked him to take over. After the handover, they rushed to the Navy Yard in Maine non-stop to discuss business.

It took five days, and Carl finally successfully defeated other steel mills and won a contract worth 200 million US dollars for the Hockley plant.

After returning to Pittsburgh with a signed contract, Carl originally planned to let Lai Fujie book the nearest ferry ticket to return to England, but was stopped by his father Nathan.

Nathan, who learned about Karl's two pursuits in England from Lai Fujie, kept him in the name of holding a banquet to celebrate the successful signing of the contract, and had a rare father-son relationship with him in the study two days before the banquet. dialogue.

He first praised Carl for giving up pursuing Ruth.Bookett's decision, after all, in Lai Fujie's narrative, she is not an easy lady to get along with, and besides the title of nobleman, the family only has a lot of debts. This is for the Hockley family whose industry is still growing It doesn't help much.

Not long after he finished speaking, he immediately changed the topic to Olivia. He expressed his appreciation for Carl's vision of changing the target to Olivia, who is more noble, but it was also written in the information provided by Lai Fujie that Olivia Livia propped up the entire Campbell and property by herself a few years ago. He felt that such a noble lady with outstanding talents and rich family property could not be controlled by Karl, so he expressed to Karl explicitly and secretly that it would be best to Choose another person whose family is not so prominent and cannot force the head of the Hockley family.

Carl didn't care about his father's instructions, or it should be said that he had a leftist nature in his bones, just like when he still chose Ruth as the object of pursuit when his companions who were also from the United States disagreed. , under Nathan's opposition, he was also very persistent in choosing Olivia.

In order to prevent my father from accidentally expressing displeasure when meeting Olivia in the future, offending her and Edgar who loves her, so when he talked about the situation with Olivia, he emphasized that Bei The Duke of Deford loves the niece Olivia very much, her brother Edgar has a marriage contract with the Marchioness of Bradford, and she is very familiar with the members of the royal family, and he also has an audience because of her The matter of the eldest princess.

As he expected, upon hearing that Olivia had a good relationship with members of the royal family, Nathan immediately changed his mind, but because he hadn't gotten Olivia to accept his pursuit and make a marriage contract, Nathan I still hope that he will get to know more people at the banquet two days later. At present, there are many ladies of the right age in the United States whose mothers are from British aristocrats. With them, they can also enter the upper class of Britain.

After finally letting his father let him go with satisfaction, Karl immediately said goodnight to him and quickly left the study.

As soon as he left the study, Karl asked Lai Fujie, who was standing by the door, to book the fastest ferry ticket to England after the banquet, and ordered the servant to deliver a bottle of red wine to his room.

When he was pouring himself some red wine before going to bed, Carl caught a glimpse of the small gift box on the desk out of the corner of his eye. He immediately put down the wine bottle, drank from the glass in one hand, and opened the gift box with the other, stroking the gift box with his thumb. With cufflinks set with aquamarines.

The pair of cufflinks were given to him by Olivia on his second afternoon tea at Campbell's, saying they were a return gift for the custom-made teddy bear he gave her, just to keep the rumors out of it. It's a good rumor that she asked Edgar to order the cufflinks for her.She also said that she deliberately chose aquamarine for decoration because he may travel between the United States and the United Kingdom from time to time for business in the future.

At the beginning, he didn't understand the connection between frequent trips to the United States and Britain and aquamarine, and Olivia just smiled and said nothing when he asked questions. Later, he learned that ancient sailors would use aquamarine when they sailed. Wearing aquamarine, they believe that aquamarine can guarantee the safety of the voyage and allow them to return safely, so this time he returned to the United States with this pair of cufflinks, although he didn't really believe that a gem could keep him safe Across the Atlantic Ocean, but no matter what, this represents Olivia's heart, and it is the only gift he has from her.

Looking at the cufflinks in the box, for some reason, Olivia's deep blue eyes suddenly appeared in his mind, obviously the color of aquamarine was so much lighter than her dark blue eyes, and then he didn't He consciously thought of her smiling face, which was so beautiful that almost no one could match it, but it didn't take long for him to remember the last words she said to him before he left England.

To be honest, when Olivia agreed to his invitations several times before and let Audrey and Edgar have dinner with him, he was actually secretly pleased with himself, and even felt confident that Olivia Ya also has a lot of affection for him, although it can't be called love, but at least he likes it to the extent that, after all, apart from the lack of a title, he is richer than Olivia's other marriage candidates. The industry is bigger and more profitable than them, and his appearance and figure are no worse than them. As for age, he personally doesn't think it's a big problem, it will only highlight other people beside him who have more life experience He was still a frizzy little boy who couldn't bear the responsibilities of marriage... But those words broke his beautiful fantasy.

Those words were too rational, so rational that it could be said to be ruthless. Instead, it seemed that a businessman was negotiating terms with another businessman.Even though he has only taken care of two or three lovers in the 29 years of his life, and has never had a good relationship, he also knows very well that a girl who has a lover will never start thinking about the other party before marriage. After marriage, she took care of her lover, had no heirs, and her husband suddenly took an illegitimate child home to support her.So he knew that Olivia didn't like him at all, she just thought he was a suitable marriage partner.

After a long sigh, Carl closed the box containing the cufflinks, drank the red wine in the glass and put the glass away, then put on his pajamas and lay down on the bed, and under the influence of alcohol, he started Some groggy, fell into sleep after a while.

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For the next two days, on the first day, he went to major department stores in New York to find suitable gifts, and on the second day, he had dinner with many friends to chat about the American economy, the stock trends of major companies, and the pursuit of women. Way.

When the topic was changed to the last one for some unknown reason, he did not make any comments. He just drank wine and listened to other people sharing their experiences. He opened his mouth and used a few words to perfunctory the past, after all... now he can't be sure of anything.

When recalling what Olivia said the night before, he who had been in the excitement of her promise to marry him before finally calmed down, and began to hesitate after careful consideration.

Even though he has long decided to be faithful to his wife after marriage, he is not sure how long he can stick to such a marriage if his wife doesn't love him, and if he finally decides to divorce, he doesn't think it's like O A shrewd woman like Livia would sign a property distribution agreement in his favor, and the Campbell and Bedford families would not let him off easily.

Once this marriage fails, part of the Hockley family's property may be divided, and the Hockley family's business in the UK may also be hindered by this marriage. The most important thing is, what is the emotion and energy he put into the marriage? It is impossible to get it back.

He still remembers how disappointed he was when he searched for Olivia who was named Darlene at first but failed, and how strongly he wanted to make Olivia, who he thought was just a commoner, his lover , How anxious he was waiting for the answer of whether Olivia would accept his pursuit, when he knew that Olivia was dating him and at the same time agreeing to the invitations of other noble men, his heart was full of jealousy and anxiety How tormented he feels... So even though he has been in the mall for many years and has gone through all kinds of storms, he dare not make up his mind to play this game.

He likes Olivia very much, and he sincerely hopes that she can become his wife, but he doesn't know whether he can bear the negative emotions caused by her not liking him, and he doesn't know, if one day he turns to love If he fell in love with someone else, would everything he did when he fell in love with her become an embarrassing memory for him... With such entangled feelings, at the celebration ball held by his father, Karl was introduced by his father and followed him. Greeted one by one by the ladies of American high society, and danced with several of them whose mothers were of British aristocratic origin.

I don't know whether it's pure curiosity or to win his favor, when dancing, his dance partners will always ask him how his trip to England is, and such questions always remind him of Olivia on the other side of the ocean, and make him Unconsciously, he compared the dance partner in front of him with Olivia in his heart.

Some of them were good-looking, but he just couldn't feel the surprise he felt when he saw Olivia for the first time; he could read some emotions from the eyes they looked at him, some were flattery To please, some are forced smiles, some are admiration, and some are inevitable, but he feels that such eyes are not at all more attractive than Olivia's blue eyes that are always smiling and probing; Some of them had a good voice and spoke with an English accent, but he just thought Olivia's voice was the most beautiful and elegant...

He found that as long as he faced these dance partners, things about Olivia would keep coming to his mind, so after dancing with the last lady his father let him know, he retreated directly to the long table where the food was placed. At the table, chat with the gentlemen at the ball instead.

Among the men he chatted with was an older man named Bullock.Hammill, that was his father's business partner, and it could be said that he had watched him grow up, so he had no scruples when chatting with him, and asked after a few words: "How was the trip to England, Karl?" , have you found someone you like?"

I don’t know if it’s because his attitude towards him is not as strict as his father’s all the time, or because he knows that he is not the kind of personality who will spread the content of the conversation between the two at will, so Karl lowered his voice a little after hesitating for a long time. Volume replied honestly: "Yes, I found it, but although she is willing to accept my pursuit and get engaged to me, she doesn't love me. Bullock, should I choose her?"

"Oh, yes, I remembered. Nathan told me a while ago that you seem to be in love with an English countess." After seeing him nodding, Bullock raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder. "Since she is willing to agree to your pursuit, it at least means that the lady has a certain affection for you. Moreover, even if she doesn't like you now, you can work hard to turn that affection into love after marriage."

Olivia has a crush on me...?This kind of conjecture made Carl suddenly feel great joy in his heart, and before he could react, he heard Bullock continue to say: "Sometimes couples who are married because of love don't last long, you should You know James Brown and his wife Margaret. Margaret chose James, who was almost impoverished, because of love when she was young, and the two of them signed a separation agreement just two years ago. On the contrary, I and Fanny just got married because she thought they were right for each other, and in two months we will celebrate No.30's eight-year wedding anniversary together. I dare not say that we love each other deeply, but there is a deep bond between us family and friendship, well, there should be love among them, I think..."

Almost at the moment when he finished speaking, Carl, who had been opened up to new ideas, couldn't help but reached out and hugged him, and patted him on the back twice, "Thank you for your suggestion, Brock. But don't Don't tell my father everything you just told me, he really doesn't really want me to choose a countess."

"Don't pay attention to him, boy," Brock also patted him on the back twice, "Just do what you want."

"Thank you, I will definitely invite you and Fanny when we get engaged and married..."

At this moment, Karl saw Nathan waving at him not far away, so he could only say goodbye to Brock, and then walked in the direction where Nathan was.

While chatting with the business partner introduced by Nathan, Carl was distracted and made a list of the most famous jewelry stores in New York, but after thinking about it for a while, there were only three names of jewelry stores on his list Finally, he decided to let Lai Fujie collect the list after the dance.

He hoped to buy a ring with Olivia's favorite blue or pink diamond before returning to England, after all... a ring is absolutely necessary when proposing.

The author has something to say:

Calvin, the very stuck kind

I suddenly felt that it was very difficult to choose Carl as the male protagonist to write the article, because I seemed to have been unable to show his arrogant personality, who only wanted to use money to throw people at people to solve problems. The article (the kind that has been completed), but it seems that I haven't found the trick yet...

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I don’t know if it’s due to lack of exercise recently or poor sitting posture. This week, my waist was very uncomfortable, and because I had flashed my waist twice before, I had to put on the sore patch frequently, and I didn’t dare to sit in front of the computer for a long time. Codeword

Under such circumstances, only a thousand words were born this time, I am really sorry everyone m(___)m...

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