The noble lady always has a little intuition

Even if the boy in front of him is seven or eight years younger than him, even if the boy in front of him got along well with him not long ago, even if he has already obtained Olivia's approval and the boy in front of him cannot influence her decision, but standing still Carl, who was in the middle of the study, still couldn't help feeling nervous, and he even felt his back was sweating.

Should we be thankful that the previous Earl of Campbell has passed away, or should we be thankful that it was Olivia's brother and not her uncle... Just as Carl was silently slandering, Edgar, who was sitting in front of him, finally He said, "Sit down, Mr. Hockley."

"Thank you." At his gesture, Carl sat down on the chair in front of the desk, facing him.

Because of the tense relationship, Karl's sitting posture is very rigid, and his back is straight.In contrast, Edgar's sitting posture seemed somewhat casual. His elbows were even placed on the desk, and his intersecting fingers lightly touched his chin.

Not knowing whether he was thinking or looking, Edgar just looked at Carl without speaking, until Carl's body started to ache from the stiff sitting posture, and he was about to say something to break the silence, then he spoke slowly : "I know Olivia has already negotiated with you, so I don't plan to add anything more, but I want to modify the conditions she proposed."

Hearing him say that, Karl was a little surprised. After all, he thought that Olivia chose to negotiate terms with him instead of entrusting Edgar to mean that she didn't want Edgar to know, but he still replied quickly. God came, and straightened his back a little more, "Okay."

"Olivia...she is my dearest sister," Edgar adjusted his sitting posture while speaking, he leaned back on the back of the chair, and moved his hands from the desk to his lap, revealing With an aura that belongs to the superior, "Since she was born, my parents have tried their best to give her the best. Of course, she also deserves the best, so if one day you no longer love her, Please return her to me."

"I……"

Carl was about to say something to express his determination to love Olivia for the rest of his life, but Edgar didn't give him a chance, and continued to speak louder than his voice: "No matter how careful you are, as long as you marry If you keep a lover outside, there will definitely be rumors, like a countess who lost to a mistress from a low-born background...Our Olivia is the best, so I absolutely do not allow such rumors to slander her There is a chance. We won't ask for any property of the Hockley family. As long as you don't love her anymore, or if you love her but you still can't resist the temptation outside and plan to take a mistress to adjust, then please You immediately sign the divorce agreement and send her back to England."

Facing his serious eyes, Karl didn't know how to refute, but he really couldn't guarantee the future, and this condition did not have any disadvantages for him, so in the end he just lowered his eyes slightly, "We can Sign a contract, Earl Campbell, as long as you can trust Olivia to me."

"Glad we've reached an agreement, Mr Hockley."

Ignoring his current complicated mood, Edgar put his elbows on the desk again, and called the maid who was guarding outside the study to bring them tea and snacks, and then spoke again after taking a sip of black tea : "By the way, my aunt and I would like your engagement to take place in London. That should be all right, Mr. Hockley?"

Hearing about the engagement, Carl could only temporarily put aside the conversation just now, and replied with a strong spirit: "Yes, no problem."

Although it is troublesome to arrange hotels and boat tickets for my father and some important relatives, friends, and business partners, the Campbell family has contacts with many powerful and wealthy people in the UK, and those people will also come to the engagement banquet , so it is also a good opportunity for him to build a network.

"Then when do you want the engagement ceremony to take place?" Edgar asked while flipping through the notepad at hand, "It can't be in October, I have to visit the Campbell's property all over the UK for the whole month."

Carl naturally wanted to make Olivia his official fiancée as soon as possible. He tried his best not to sound so eager: "What about November? Although the weather was a bit cold at that time, three months should be enough time for us to do it. Get ready. Or is it early December?"

"Okay, I'll let Olivia and Auntie choose a date for high school between November and early December, but if they don't like being busy with things other than the Yule Ball and New Year's Eve on Christmas Eve, please do it too The psychological preparation may be postponed to January or February, Mr. Hockley." Speaking of this, Edgar suddenly remembered something, "By the way, Mr. Hockley, your respect for the current royal family members and their Are the titles familiar?"

This sudden question made Carl stunned for a moment, and he replied with some puzzlement: "I know all the main royal family members, but after King Edward V ascended the throne last year, the titles of the royal family members have changed, and I don't know all of them. .”

"Then you'd better use the next few months to figure it out. If you have any questions, you can ask Olivia. And the guests you plan to invite, be sure to let them know the etiquette when meeting with royal family members. Oh , By the way, after you confirm the guest list you plan to invite, please hand it over to me or Olivia as soon as possible, the head of the royal family will hope to have a look at it in advance.”

Hearing what Edgar said, it took almost a minute for Karl to realize what Edgar meant. Great joy and tension filled his heart instantly, and he asked in a somewhat hasty voice: "What do you mean? Members of the royal family will also come to our engagement banquet?"

Edgar, who had been trying hard not to be mean to him, couldn't help but twitched his eyebrows. After taking a deep breath to suppress his anger, Edgar picked up a pen and wrote it on the notepad. I wrote some related matters about the engagement banquet, and replied in a natural tone while writing: "Her Royal Highness Princess Maud of Fife is Olivia's classmate at the Royal Women's College. Although Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra and Olivia Livia is in different grades, but they have a good relationship at school. If the two Princesses of Fife are present, I believe that Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess will also attend.”

"His Royal Highness and the two princesses?" Carl nodded understandingly, remembering how he got along with the princess at the Opera House, "Yes, I once saw Ollie in the Opera House. Via talked to them and they seemed to be on good terms."

"Not only that, Princess Mary of York and Olivia are also good friends, so Princess Mary will definitely attend..." Edgar suddenly raised his hand to his forehead when he thought of something at this time, "No, every time Olivia Prince Henry and Prince George also like to have Livia with them when they enter the palace, so their Royal Highnesses may also attend. And if Prince George attends, he may also want to bring Prince John with him, so The queen may also come together, so we must prepare an exclusive rest room for the queen and Prince John..."

Every time he mentioned a member of the royal family, Carl opened his mouth slightly, and when he heard that the queen might also attend his engagement banquet, he was so surprised that he could not speak until Edgar said to himself When he said he wanted Olivia to go to the palace to ask as soon as possible, he came back to his senses, and asked in a probing tone: "Olivia has a good relationship with members of the royal family other than the eldest princess's family?"

"Of course, after all, we are also fourth cousins. Olivia and I are the No.20 and No.20 heirs to the throne respectively." Seeing his stunned expression again, Edgar felt a little bit Confused, "Mr. Hockley should have asked someone to investigate the information about me and Olivia before officially signing a contract with us. Didn't these things be written in the report?"

After hesitating for a while, Carl, feeling ashamed, said honestly: "In order to win your favor, when I sent people to investigate, I especially focused on the property of the Campbell family and your preferences..."

After frowning at him for a while, Edgar said: "About the previous conversation, I will find time to tell Olivia and our aunt this week, you can go back today, Ollie Weiya should accompany you to the door, so I won't go out, and please forgive me, Mr. Hockley."

After finishing speaking, he immediately called the butler who was guarding the door, and ordered the butler to take Carl to Olivia. Almost at the same time that Carl got up from his chair, he took the documents that had been put aside and started to process them. .

Seeing him busy with work, Carl, who wanted to ask him something, could only keep his mouth shut, and left the study with the housekeeper to find Olivia.

When he stepped out of the study and the door of the study was closed again, he belatedly remembered that this conversation in the study was the final test of whether he could succeed in proposing marriage, but he still wanted to stay in the study just now to discuss the topic. Continue, this made him feel annoyed, but soon that annoyance turned into the joy of a successful proposal.

As soon as he arrived at the side hall on the second floor, he didn't care that the butler was still standing at the door and didn't leave, and he didn't care that Olivia was holding the book in her hand before she had time to put it down, so he walked up to her quickly and took her hand. He squatted down with his hands, and then raised her hands to his lips and pressed a deep kiss.

His sudden action frightened Olivia, but she still remembered what he misunderstood just now because she didn't finish a sentence, so she suppressed the reflex to pull her hand back, just lowered her head Smiling at him, "Did the conversation with Edgar go well, Mr. Hockley?"

"Yes, so you should call me another name, Olivia," Carl couldn't help but kiss the back of her hand while speaking, "No fiancée calls her fiancé by her last name. "

"Carl..." Although it wasn't the first time that he was called by his name directly, Olivia couldn't help the heat in her ears, and then changed the subject unnaturally, "I don't think Edgar asked you to stay for dinner. Well, then I'll take you out and see if I can help Edgar share some work."

Seeing that she stood up from the chair after withdrawing her hand, Carl could only stand up, but at the same time, he also took the velvet box that had been placed on the table before, and then opened the box and took out a smaller Under her gaze, he took her left hand and put it on her ring finger.

Seeing that the size of the ring was just right, Karl was very satisfied with his previous guess and judgment, and then he put the larger ring into Olivia's palm.

Facing his expectant eyes, Olivia, who felt very embarrassed, had no choice but to put it on for him bravely, and flexibly avoided his hand before he wanted to hold her hand back, and put her hand on it instead. On his arm, "Come on, I'd feel guilty leaving Edgar alone with work."

"As you wish."

Karl bent his arm as she wanted, making it easier for her to put it on her. With the other hand, he held the hand on her arm tightly, and then walked with her to the first floor.

When the two stood at the gate and waited for Lai Fujie to drive over to pick up Karl, Karl suddenly remembered the conversation with Edgar earlier, so he asked: "Your brother...Earl Campbell, he said that he wants to change your previous proposal. condition, do you know about this?"

Olivia nodded, "Yes, I know."

"So... you don't object to his revisions?"

"I have no objection."

Even though he said so, in fact those amendments were proposed by Olivia herself.

During Karl's departure from England, she took time to think over what she had said to Karl, and found that she hadn't thought through when she put forward those conditions.

There are always many dark and ugly things in high society. Although she has not seen much, she has heard many from various channels, so she also knows how cruel a man can become after he does not love a woman, like a viscount In order to get rid of a down-and-out noble lady who had been with him for a long time and marry a rich merchant's daughter instead, he spent money to find a few street gangsters to pester and hurt the noble lady, so that the lady who lost her innocence and reputation could only choose suicide……

The same thing could happen to Carl and her, not to mention that Carl is a mercenary businessman.When he no longer loves her, what will he do to maintain the Hockley family property, what will he do to make her make room for the person he loved at that time and his children, as a fan of mystery novels She can think of several ways.

For the safety of her, who was far away in the United States at that time and had no dear brother and aunt’s family to turn to for help, she thought it would be better to modify the conditions, but the reason could not be told to Carl so bluntly, so she could only change it to Let Edgar propose for her.

Seeing her natural smile, Carl thought that the modification of the conditions was Edgar's idea alone, so he could only put his depression aside for a while, and then he held her hands and asked seriously: "May I also propose to you?" Is it a condition, Olivia? It doesn’t need to be included in the contract, it’s just an agreement between you and me.”

Hearing what he said, Olivia frowned strangely, "Do you believe in an agreement that is not legally guaranteed?"

"Because this is not something that can be judged by the law." At this moment, Carl slightly increased his strength in holding her hand, "In the next few days, please try to open your heart to me, like I love you." Do you love me as much?"

His request made Olivia stunned, because a lot of conditions that he might raise flashed through her head just now, but she never thought that what he thought would be this. "I'll give it a try, Karl..."

Carl, who has been in the mall for many years, knows that this sentence does not mean anything, but getting her promise to try is already a good start, so he couldn't help but let go of her hand and embrace her in his arms , and whispered in an imperative tone as he tilted his head to kiss her hair: "Remember your promise, Olivia, and I will work hard to make you fall in love with me."

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