The noble lady always has a little intuition

Since there are still many things that need to be dealt with in the United States, and Karl hopes to make friends with some figures from the American elite when he is currently famous and prestigious, so he went to the White House to meet with the president and went to Congress to accept the award issued by the speaker. After receiving the gold medal, he continued to stay on the east coast of the United States, while Olivia and the others returned to England with Edgar and others who came to the United States specially.

Except for Olivia who had seen some rough seas, Eleanor and Audrey felt a little afraid of boarding a ship after experiencing the Titanic, so Henry stayed with Olivia all the time after boarding the Lusitania. Deli, and Edgar stayed by Eleanor's side as much as possible after confirming that his sister didn't need his company.

Since her female companions are accompanied by others, Olivia spends most of the time in her room and uses telegrams to deal with matters, and when she eats in the restaurant, she sits with Joseph, who is also alone, and listens to him The current views of the British public and other European countries on the Titanic incident, the ups and downs of the British stock market, and the reactions of the royal family and the Parliament.

On their last night on the Lusitania, Olivia received a telegram from Carl asking how their trip was going and telling her he had booked a boat for a week's time and would definitely be able to. Come over to help Edgar's wedding.

Don't know if Carl bribed the telegraph operator behind the telegram to her, because the telegraph operator was eager to ask if there was a reply after she read the telegram, and he could send her a telegram back to the United States immediately, but she just let love Li gave some tips to the telegraph operator, and then casually put Carl's telegram on the table.

Her reaction made Ellie, who had seen Karl greet her with all kinds of care and consideration before, couldn't help but act like a telegraph operator, and began to persuade her to at least send a short telegram to Karl to let him rest assured.

Hearing her say that, Olivia just gave her a smile, and then asked her to go out and get some hot tea back.

After she pursed her lips and went out with some unhappiness, Olivia, who was sitting at the desk, took another look at the telegram she had folded and put aside, then got up and sat on the sofa by the window instead. Propping his head on the back of the chair, he stared at the dark seascape outside the window in a daze.

The reason why I don't want to telegraph Carl back is because Olivia is currently taking his anger out on him.

Although it was said that they were all safe and sound from Carl's telegram, on the third day after they arrived in New York, Carl's father Nathan came to visit them from Pennsylvania, but I don't know if it was mentioned in the morning report. Did most of the credit for the Titanic's disaster relief work go to her, Carl's relationship described as being the executor of her advice, or did she directly deny Carl's offer to help Titanic to Nathan's face? The relationship between the plan of the third-class passengers on the No. [-], and Carl not only does not mind but also accepts her advice, Nathan's attitude towards her is not as enthusiastic as he was at the engagement banquet a few months ago, and he used it together afterwards. During the lunch chat, they told her inside and out that it is better to leave the work to the men, and it is good for the women to take care of the housework.

Even though people from our American branch knew that Nathan was a very arrogant person, and he didn't respect women very much in his private words and deeds. Mrs. Hockley had many lovers outside when she was still alive. But his attitude still displeased Olivia.

She didn't express her dissatisfaction with Nathan, because she knew that even if she talked about him, there would be no change, and she didn't want to waste her time arguing with a stubborn and arrogant person, so she could only transfer her dissatisfaction to After all, Karl pursued her and proposed to her after knowing her ability and character, and she also told him before she agreed to his marriage proposal that she did not intend to focus only on In terms of housework, but he didn't handle his father well, so of course the fault fell on him.

After lunch, Olivia got up and went back to her room on the grounds that she wanted to rest. Before leaving, she simply nodded to Hockley and his son as a farewell.

Just as she went up the stairs, she heard Carl's voice coming from the dining room, but she was not interested in eavesdropping on other people's conversations, so she walked to her room without stopping.

Afterwards, when Nathan stayed in New York, she mostly stayed in her own room, or went to the rooms of Eleanor and Audrey, and one day she went out with them to meet the Countess Rosser for tea.And after Nathan left, she didn't take the initiative to say a word to Carl, and even when she left the United States, she just kissed him on the cheek perfunctorily.

Just as she was recalling Karl's hesitant expression when she said goodbye, Ellie came back with a tray containing teapots and cups, and Eleanor followed behind her.

Knowing that Eleanor was definitely invited by Ellie to be a lobbyist, Olivia couldn't help but glared at Ellie, then sat up straight, and said in a joking tone: "I'm not afraid of taking a boat anymore, Don't you need Edgar to accompany you?"

Eleanor's cheeks were flushed by her teasing, but she still pretended to sit calmly on the sofa in front of her and drank a sip of tea before asking, "Did you quarrel with Carl?"

"No quarrel." Seeing that she was dissatisfied with her answer, Olivia could only continue, "But his father was very dissatisfied that I made a big splash in the rescue of the Titanic. His father was dissatisfied with me, But I was too lazy to argue with his father, so I could only vent my anger on him."

As for Nathan, there was only their engagement banquet and the few quick meetings in New York. Eleanor didn't know much about him, but she could also understand his dissatisfaction with Olivia stealing Carl's limelight, but She is also a very eccentric person. After knowing that Nathan made Olivia unhappy, she not only had a bad impression of Nathan, but also became dissatisfied with Carl just like Olivia.

"If this is the case, then there is no need to return the telegram." Eleanor immediately gave up persuading, and said in a natural tone, "Karl knew about your outstanding ability, and he should have done it before he proposed to you." Take care of everything and don't let you suffer any grievances!"

Olivia couldn't help but smile when she saw how angry she was for herself, and raised her eyebrows at Ellie who was beside her. After knowing the reason why Olivia didn't want to return the telegram to Carl, Ellie Like Eleanor, Li was only concerned with anger, and didn't notice Olivia's small movements at all.

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The day after she returned to England, Olivia received an order from the palace, saying that the king and queen wanted to summon her.

Even though they had already learned about the Titanic accident from the newspapers, the king and queen asked her about all the details in detail. After listening to all the narrations, their faces were solemn for a while, and then Only then did the queen express her gratitude to her, and promised that her title would be raised soon, and the captain Luo Shiqiang would also be knighted. Although Karl was not British, they would also grant him an honorary title.

After thanking the king and queen, Olivia went to the side hall with the queen, chatted with the queen and Princess Mary about household chores, played with Princess Mary and the three young princes for a while, and then returned to the Campbell House.

As soon as he got home, Edgar handed over all the telegrams sent by Carl to Olivia, but because he heard from Eleanor why Olivia ignored Carl, he didn't let She telegraphed Carl back, only to inform her that he had sent a telegram back to Carl that they were safely back in England.

After quickly reading all the telegrams, Olivia took Edgar to the study to deal with business. After all, Edgar and Eleanor's wedding will be in more than half a month, and they will go to Sweden together after the wedding. Honeymoon with Norway, and after their honeymoon came back, it was changed to her and Karl's wedding, so she and Edgar must deal with all urgent documents and major decisions now, lest Edgar After her and Carl's wedding there was a flurry of activity.

A week before Edgar and Eleanor's wedding, Carl, who had finished his business in the steel factory and made friends with the dignitaries in Congress he wanted to make, finally arrived in England.

As soon as he arrived in England, Karl, who had washed up on the ship, handed over all the luggage to the servants, and he took gifts and took the car driven by Lai Fujie to Campbell's house.

When he learned from the butler that Edgar had gone to the house of the Marquess of Bradford to discuss the wedding, and that Olivia was reading a magazine in the side hall on the second floor, Carl gave Lai Fujie the snacks he bought on the street when he came over. Then he went upstairs quickly.

Although a servant had already informed Karl of his arrival, when he entered the side hall, Olivia was still reading with a magazine in his hand. Seeing her like this, he could only make gestures to let Ellie, who was guarding beside her, go out , while walking towards Olivia, leaned over and kissed her cheek while taking away the magazine in her hand, "Honey, miss me?"

Since this time the magazine published the last issue of a mystery novella, Olivia had only read half of the instructions explaining the method of committing the crime, and she was still angry with Nathan's bad attitude, so after seeing When he was there, she just turned her head to avoid his lips that continued to ask for a kiss, and asked blankly, "Is the matter in the United States finished?"

Her reaction made Carl scream badly in his heart. From the day his father arrived in New York, when she suddenly said that she wanted to go back to the room to rest and left the table, he knew that what his father said had angered her.He quarreled with his father to show his support for Olivia, and then he wanted to explain to her and calm her down, but she avoided him and did not reply after leaving the United States his telegram.

He was afraid that if he didn't do something, it might cause her to postpone the marriage, or even terminate the engagement, so Carl quickly picked her up, took her to sit on the long sofa beside him, and then kept kissing her bruises The back of the left hand that has almost receded, "Olivia, you can't blame me for my father's fault..."

"Aren't you wrong?" Olivia was very disapproving of what he said, "I thought you had explained to your father that I would continue to manage my own property after marriage, and even if you couldn't convince me If he accepts it, then you shouldn't let him tell me that those women just need to focus on housework!"

"Okay, it's my fault, I apologize to you, don't be angry..." Seeing the anger in her eyes, Karl hugged her to comfort her, "But don't worry, I have already talked to my father , he will never say those things to you again, and we will live in New York after we get married, and we won't see him often..."

After he kissed one after another and continued to comfort him with good words, Olivia, who was half relieved, looked at him and said the main guess in her heart: "Tell me the truth, Carl, your father What you said to me is really not your idea, it’s just that you don’t want to speak up yourself in order to let me accept your marriage proposal, so you can only say it through your father’s mouth?”

"Of course not!" In order to make his answer more credible, after struggling for a while, Carl said slowly, "When I was 16 years old, the capital chain of our steel factory suddenly There was a problem, and the wages of the workers could not be paid out. If it is not handled properly, it may cause the workers to go on strike, and even the factory must be closed... At that time, I had just been in contact with the family industry for a short time, so I could only help me as much as possible. My father took care of some chores and reduced his various expenses, while my mother was the complete opposite. She didn't pay attention to the way my father and I were busy with the loan every day. A set of diamond jewelry worth more than 9 US dollars... This made me and my father go crazy, and when my father returned the set of jewelry regardless of face, my mother was still complaining that my father was stingy, and even such a stingy I don't even want to give her gifts..."

Because Carl's mother died of illness seven years ago, Olivia had never seen her. Although it was immoral, after hearing what Carl said just now, Olivia told his mother The thing that has passed away is very fortunate. If his mother is still there, no matter how much she likes Karl, no matter how hard Karl pursues her, she will never agree to be with Karl.

"Although it took less than half a year for my father to solve the funding problem and restore everything to the original state, that incident left a shadow in my heart." I don't know what she was thinking, and after a pause, Carl continued Said, "My mother is very good and has always been gentle to me, but I don't want my future wife to be like my mother. I hope she is a sensible person who can go through difficulties with me. At first, I will The object of looking for a wife among the down-and-out nobles is not only because they are the only ones who are willing to marry a commoner businessman in the United States, but also because their family's financial situation is also in trouble. They can also understand and accept the sudden reduction in living expenses..."

Thinking about the exaggerated expenses of the few poor aristocratic ladies she knew who married wealthy businessmen after marriage, Olivia felt that Karl's thinking was too naive. Even though he was once poor, after living a rich life, No one will be able to quickly accept that their life will return to the way it was when they were poor.

"Thank God for letting me meet you, a woman who is more beautiful than I thought, Olivia." At this point, Carl suddenly bowed his head and gave her a kiss, "So I don't mind at all if you want The idea of ​​continuing to manage the property, and if necessary, I can assign some of my work to you, or give you some of the property under my name to manage."

Although it was strange what kind of thinking he had gone through to come to such a conclusion, Olivia still felt a little moved at the moment.

"So," seeing that she was no longer stern and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, Carl hugged her into his lap and put his forehead against hers, "Can you give me a kiss, my fiancee?"

Before Olivia could answer, Carl put his hand on her head and gave her a passionate but long kiss.

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I'm sorry, it's too late. I watched the game on Friday and Saturday. After the game on Saturday, I cried because of the unfair scoring.

Thank you Candy Angel for mine