The noble lady always has a little intuition

After Edgar discussed with Olivia and Audrey, the engagement banquet was scheduled for November as Carl had expected.

Although Karl really hoped to hold the engagement banquet grander, by the way, let his good American friends and business partners also get in touch with British high society figures and expand their contacts in the UK. After the Queen, the Queen and Princess Mary and other younger members of the royal family will all attend their engagement banquet, he can only narrow down the list and only invite his father and a few close relatives and friends to attend. After all, for the royal family members For the safety of the royal family, the relevant security departments of the royal family do not want too many strangers to appear.

The visit of the royal family members is a big event. From the design of the invitation to the preparation of the banquet venue, there must be no sloppy preparations, so the preparations for the engagement banquet have been taken over by Olivia and Audrey, the only thing Carl needs to do. All they do is praise them after they've made a decision.

In this way, he had no room to intervene in his engagement matters, and he could only recite the notes about the royal title written by Olivia alone, which made Karl feel that the three months before the engagement ceremony were very long. Fortunately, he waited It was not in vain, and overall their engagement party was a great success.

Except that Olivia, who is one of the protagonists, left the venue with the queen for half an hour and went to the lounge on the second floor to accompany Prince John, who was only known by name, except that the two little princes once took advantage of Olivia When Ya was not around him, he used a volume that only the three of them could hear. He disliked him for being too old and not worthy of Olivia at all, except that the guests often gathered together in twos and threes to whisper, and it was obvious at a glance that they were not saying anything good. Besides, other parts are very good.

His father Nathan praised the marriage he found for him as an honor to the Hockley family. When he was in contact with royal family members, he was always envious and jealous. The princess's blessing, the queen personally invited him and Olivia to participate in the party held by the royal family before leaving with the princess and the prince, and most importantly, after the banquet, because it was too late, he was able to stay at Campbell's house After staying in the guest room for one night, he went to Olivia's room to say good night before going to bed, and got permission to kiss her, not on the cheek or on the forehead, but the most intimate kiss between lovers.

Obviously, he has had several lovers in the past, and has done many things with them that are more intimate than kissing, but such a simple lip-to-lip touch makes Carl feel that the taste is very sweet, and he is like an inexperienced kid Feeling inexplicably excited, he really wanted to deepen the kiss, just to prevent Olivia from feeling disgusted, so he could only suppress the urge, gave her a hug after the kiss, and then made her turn around as her cheeks began to flush back to the room.

After the two became an official fiancée, Carl began a series of high-profile pursuits, trying to make Olivia fall in love with him at the wedding in June next year.

He placed a long-term order with a florist in central London, asking the florist to deliver different bouquets to Campbell's mansion every few days, and each bouquet will be accompanied by a small card written by himself "To his beloved Olivia".

He would invite Olivia to go out every Wednesday and weekend, watching orchestra performances, operas, art exhibitions, stage plays, dining in high-end restaurants, riding horses in horse farms, picking books in bookstores, shopping in department stores and clothing stores, It's a pity that Olivia only accepts him to help her pay for the tickets for the show and the expenses in the restaurant, but she insists on letting the store charge the Campbell's account for the expenses of buying books, jewelry and clothes. He was frustrated that he wanted to please women with clothes and gems.

He began to let Lai Fujie pay attention to the major auctions held in the United States and European countries. As long as he knew which auctions had Renoir's paintings, he would go and buy them. Fortunately, Olivia was willing to accept such a price. Fei, and when he sent the painting to Campbell's house, Olivia showed him a bright smile and gave him a kiss. The only regret is that he has only found three Renoir paintings so far. .

Other than that, he was very considerate when he was with Olivia, pulling out a chair for her, wrapping her in his suit jacket, and covering her head with his hand when helping her get in and out of the car. Needless to say, I know that she doesn't like the smell of cigarettes, so when he is with her, he will try not to smoke as much as possible, and occasionally he can't help the addiction and will leave the table specially. If he arranges to smoke between men before meeting her In the case of drinking and chatting parties, he will change the clothes that smell of cigarettes before going to see him.

Although sometimes he still can't help the male chauvinism, when Olivia did something or expressed what he wanted to do, he said "girls shouldn't...", "girls are better..." Such words, but they were only limited to words, and in the end he still did what she wanted.

His various performances made Edgar and Audrey, who were still quite critical of their engagement, start to have a good impression of him, and many girls in the upper class also began to envy Olivia.

As for Olivia, the client he was chasing to please, even though Karl couldn't tell if she had fallen in love with him yet, he could tell that she was playing the role of fiancée very conscientiously.

On occasions where there are outsiders, she always cooperates with him to show the love between the two; if she doesn't like some of his speech or behavior, she will wait until there are only two people to express her opinion; When talking about people in high society, she will introduce him to the other party, and then secretly tell him whether the other party is worth making friends with, and what are the preferences of those who are worth making friends with; when shopping with him in department stores, she will also help him choose some Cufflinks and other accessories, suits and ties, of course, when she bought these things, she left him the opportunity to pay.

To tell you the truth, Carl especially likes her when he picks out clothes for him and tells him how to match them together, or rather, the way she takes care of the trivial things in her life for him allows him to imagine how they will be when they get married. The picture of getting along with each other made him feel very happy.

In order to see more of her participating in his own life, and to let her, who is obsessed with the world of books, find something else to do because she has handed over half of the family business to Edgar, he sent him to London. The newly bought real estate in the suburbs was entrusted to her to take care of. He bought it after the two got engaged. It was a three-story house with a backyard. After all, he would stay in the UK for a long time before getting married. He only returned to the United States last month to check the financial report of his family’s business, and after he got married, he also needed to accompany Olivia back to the UK to visit relatives. Eleanor, the Mistress of the Campbells, wouldn't mind either.

Although Karl gave Olivia the full power to take care of the whole house, she, who has not yet become Mrs. Hockley, still guarded the division. She left it to him to handle the hiring of cooks, servants and drivers. I also asked about his preferences and habits when arranging his bedroom and study, and asked for his opinions when choosing furniture and furnishings.

It was already the end of January 1912 when the whole house was well decorated and the smell of paint had almost dissipated. Karl immediately moved Lai Fujie from the rented house.

Olivia occasionally visits in the afternoon with snacks made by her own chef. If Carl is not busy when she goes, they will have afternoon tea in the backyard and talk about what happened in recent days; When I went there, Karl still had some work to deal with, so she would sit on the sofa in the living room and read the books brought from home, while Karl would move the documents and pens from the study to the living room, although the two People do their own things, but the atmosphere is very relaxed.

When Olivia came to visit, Karl had just finished work for the day, but it was raining lightly outside, so the two had afternoon tea in the living room instead.

After the maid delivered the refreshment tower to the two, Karl gave an invitation letter he received earlier that day to Olivia who hadn't started enjoying refreshments yet, "The maiden voyage of the Titanic, just two Would you like to come with me in a few months, dear? Of course, if you want Edgar or others to join, I can also get enough first-class tickets."

Seeing the name of him on the invitation letter, Olivia frowned slightly, "Are you a shareholder of White Star Shipping?"

"Yes," Carl seemed a little puzzled, "I thought you already knew, when you heard that I was going to cooperate with White Star Line."

"I thought you only had some odd shares, but I didn't know that you were an important shareholder who holds a large number of shares and was able to receive the invitation letter during the maiden voyage." Olivia said as she returned the invitation letter in her hand. He gave it to him, then picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Will there be any bad influence if I don't accompany you on the maiden voyage of the Titanic?"

"No, but...why don't you want to go? Being invited to participate in the first voyage of the Titanic is a sign of status!"

"Although the Campbell family was promoted to become the third largest shareholder of Canard Shipping in the past three years, they also held a lot of shares before that. As one of the shareholders, the Campbell family was in Lusitani five years ago. I didn't take part in the maiden voyage of the Mauritania and the Mauritania, so there is no reason to attend the maiden voyage of the largest competitor in the business. Most importantly, I don't like White Star Lines, and I don't like their current chairman. Bruce Ismay, if I accompany you on board, Mr. Ismay will come to talk to your business partner from time to time, and I can't avoid talking to him." Having said that, O Livia suddenly put down her teacup and smiled at Carl, "I don't like talking to people I hate. If I can avoid it, I will try to avoid it. I should have told you earlier, sorry."

Hearing her take the initiative to confess her shortcomings, Karl was happy but also felt a little funny. After all, her words and deeds are always very mature and polite, not like a 16-year-old girl at all, but as he said just now. The childish act of talking to someone you hate is something a teenage girl would do.Surprisingly, he didn't think it was a shortcoming, but rather a cuteness.

"I'm glad to know that because it means I didn't make a bad impression on you when we first met."

After putting the invitation letter on the table, Karl got up from his original seat and sat beside her, took the cup in her hand and put it on the table lightly, then raised his hand to wrap around her waist, He tilted his head and kissed her hair.

Since the two got engaged, he began to use his mouth and hands with Olivia from time to time, testing the range of her tolerance and at the same time getting her used to intimacy with him, so he has experienced this many times. She didn't dodge the kiss, but tried to let herself ignore her heart that started beating wildly because of his kiss while bearing it.

Seeing that she didn't have any repulsive reaction, Carl began to push forward. He raised his free hand to support her face, made her turn to him, and then lowered his head to cover her lips.

Because of the previous guidance, Olivia has already begun to respond to his kisses. Although she is still young and reserved, she has already made Carl very satisfied.

After leaving her lips, Carl hugged her into his arms instead, and said in a tone of reward: "Since my fiancée doesn't like Ismay so much, I won't go on the Titanic's maiden voyage either. "

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