The noble lady always has a little intuition

Although Edgar had previously promised Carl to give him an invitation letter to the Duke of Bedford's ball, the main purpose of the Duchess of Bedford's holding this ball was to let Olivia get to know more young talents, With a more traditional thinking, she didn't want Olivia to choose an American, so in order to prevent Carl from showing up at the ball with his group of business partners after receiving the invitation letter, she didn't give Ed any more money. Adding an invitation letter, just agreed that Karl can come to the dance.

Without an invitation letter, on the day of the ball, Karl had to ask Lai Fujie to drive him to Campbell's mansion in advance to wait, and then went to the Duke of Bedford's house with the Campbell's car.

They arrived very early, and Edgar took Carl to say hello to his uncle and aunt before there were too many people and the host didn't need to greet guests everywhere.

Although it can be seen that Carl is several years older than Edgar, but his appearance is quite handsome, coupled with his age and experience in the mall, he is more mature and mature than Edgar With a calm demeanor, Audrey, Duchess of Bedford's eyes lit up when she saw him for the first time, but the appreciation in her eyes faded when she heard his accent when he introduced himself.

She quickly remembered that Edgar had mentioned earlier that he would bring an American friend to the ball. With old-fashioned thinking and no good impression of Americans, she just returned the gift perfunctorily, and then turned to entertain others. guests.

His aunt's performance made Edgar very embarrassed towards Carl. Fortunately, Carl did not show offended emotions, and his uncle Henry also had a relationship with investing in the United States, so his attitude towards Carl was not bad. Also praised their company several times.

After they shared their American business experience back and forth, Edgar, who was listening quietly and smiling, suddenly asked, "Where's Li Wei? Are you still preparing?"

"It should be. She helped Audrey a lot with the preparations for tonight, so she went to change her clothes an hour ago..." Henry looked around while speaking, and then his eyes stopped at a certain place , and smiled, "Ah, she has come out."

Hearing what he said, Edgar and Carl looked at him at the same time. The former immediately showed a smile, while the latter looked at the girl who was talking to Audrey in shock. The girl was wearing a sea blue dress instead of violet, and even though the girl's hair was blond instead of black, he still recognized Darlene who he asked Lai Fujie to look for for almost a month but without any results.

After staring at her for a while, Karl came back to his senses and began to look at her. Her dress today is not as simple as the mask ball that day. There are many broken diamonds on her dress Her blond hair was adorned with light blue flowers, and around her neck was a beautiful necklace of blue diamonds.

Originally Darlene's appearance was already very beautiful, coupled with her attire, he believed that she must be the most eye-catching in the audience, and also the prettiest among all the ladies, because he noticed from the corner of his eye that there were many people in the audience. The men were watching her secretly just like him.

Logically speaking, he should be happy to see her who he has been looking for again, but now he can't even smile. There is no other reason. She didn't come to this dance alone. Her hand was on the arm of a young man, and after talking to Audrey, she looked at the man and chatted with him with a smile.

Looking at the smile on her face that was not lost to him before, he was annoyed but not surprised. After all, this ball was held by a duchess. Even if she was a nobleman, she might not be able to get an invitation letter. It was his friend Taylor who had already married a lady from the Viscount's family, and Ruth, whom he had planned to pursue, so as a commoner, she must have appeared here as the female companion of a powerful man, and If the conservative Duchess can be treated with a smile, it means that the man who brought her to the meeting also has a prominent family background and a high title. Moreover, her outfit of no less than 10,000+ pounds also shows that she is very worthy of that man. The favor of the nobility.

That’s right, compared to being the lover of a wealthy American businessman, it’s better to live a luxurious life with a powerful and wealthy British aristocrat... After saying this in his heart angrily, Carl asked curiously Asked: "Who is talking to the Duchess?"

"That is the Marquess of Bradford. He also has investment business in the United States. You can chat with him after the ball." Edgar answered his question very kindly, and he was still talking. He introduced the person next to the Earl of Bradford, "The one holding the hand of the Marquis of Bradford is his daughter Eleanor, who is also my fiancée. I believe you should have heard her name in the past few days. .”

Hearing this, Carl was stunned for a moment, because there are only two girls near Audrey right now, one is Darlene in a navy blue dress, and the other is a girl in a goose yellow dress holding the arm of the Marquis of Bradford. , if that person in the light yellow dress is Miss Eleanor from the Marquis family, then...

Unaware of the blank expression on his face because he hadn't digested the results of his guess, Edgar continued to explain: "Beside Eleanor is his elder brother Joseph, he is only two years older than you, believe me You must have many common topics to discuss, and the one who is talking to Joseph is..."

Before he finished speaking, Henry suddenly greeted: "Edgar, it's almost time, we should pass, we can't let the ladies wait for us."

"It's time for us to dance. Excuse me for now, Mr. Hockley." Hearing what he said, Edgar could only show Carl an apologetic smile, and after he finished speaking, he quickly but gracefully followed Henry Let's walk together to where Audrey is.

When Edgar walked towards Audrey's group in a daze, and when he did not reach out to his fiancée Eleanor but Darlene, Carl was truly sure of his identity. The guess was correct: the woman was not called Darlene at all.Thompson, but Miss Campbell's family, Olivia.campbell.

This kind of cognition made Karl feel very complicated. He was very fortunate that she had not accepted anyone's pursuit at present, and her identity was not an ordinary commoner that her parents could not accept, but the younger sister of an earl.At the same time, he also felt very annoyed and regretful, because not only did her family have no financial problems, but her total assets were ranked among the top ten in the UK, and her elder brother was a popular candidate for the next session of the House of Lords, like this It is impossible for the noble lady to be willing to marry him, an American businessman.

After the first dance with Edgar, Olivia danced with her uncle Henry, the Lord of Bradford and his son Joseph one after another, while Carl stayed at the Chatting with Henry and the Marquess of Bradford we just met outside the dance floor.

Originally, when Olivia finished the dance with Joseph, Edgar planned to take Carl to find her and introduce him to her, but Audrey stopped her halfway, and then took Lead her to meet several noble young talents.

"Sorry, I seem to have to wait a little longer, Mr. Hockley." Seeing this scene, Edgar smiled apologetically at Carl, "Shall I introduce some of your dance partners first, you haven't danced tonight Bar."

"It's okay, I'm not very good at dancing." Carl smiled and waved his hand that wasn't holding the glass.During the performance of the previous few dance songs, he took advantage of the gaps in the chat to think about it. At the masked ball more than a month ago, he had already left Olivia with a snobbish, frivolous, and a lot of love. The impression of his lover is gone, he doesn't want her to have more negative comments about him.

Since Olivia danced another dance with the nobles she just met, it was already the second half of the dance when Edgar led Carl to her side.

Edgar first handed her the drink that he had brought for Olivia before, and then said with a smile: "Olivia, this is Mr. Calden Hockley that I mentioned to you earlier."

Carl felt a little embarrassed when he met Olivia's eyes, but Olivia acted as if meeting him for the first time, and smiled naturally, "Yes, I remember, Mr. Hockley , currently the sole heir of the largest steel plant in the United States, my brother admires your business philosophy very much. Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Olivia Campbell."

"Kalden Hockley." After saying this, Carl habitually wanted to reach out to shake her hand, but within a few seconds he remembered that he was in front of a lady instead of a business partner, so Hastily put down his hand again.

Seeing his embarrassment, both Edgar and Olivia couldn't help raising the corners of their mouths, but the former quickly restrained his expression, and said to the latter, "Have you considered the matter of cooperating with the Hockley family?" How's it going, Levi?"

"My aunt reminded me just now that you must not talk about any business-related matters at this dance. I think it's better for us not to go against her wishes." At this moment, Olivia suddenly turned her head to look at Carl. , "If you don't mind, Mr. Hockley will come to our house tomorrow to have afternoon tea and have a good chat about business matters, okay?"

Facing her beautiful smiling face, Karl couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and after a few seconds he realized and replied, "Of course, it's my honor!"

Probably because he regards Karl as a friend who can make friends, so Edgar seemed very happy when he heard Olivia agree to cooperate with him in disguise, "Since we can't talk about business tonight, how about you and Li Wei?" Mr. Hockley, let's have a dance, anyway, he is also my guest, and I can't let the guests go down the whole ball without dancing."

Olivia didn't answer, she just handed him the glass in her hand, and then smiled at Carl, after all, it's up to the man to ask for a dance.

This time Carl was quick to respond, gesturing toward her and leading her onto the dance floor as her hand was on his arm.

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Previously, I only watched the Thor series + Avengers 1 for Tom Hiddleston (Avengers 3 was afraid that I would cry at the beginning so I didn’t dare to watch it)

Last Saturday, in order to go to the cinema to contribute a movie ticket for Avengers 4, I spent a week off work to make up the first 17 movies, and there was almost nothing to write (you can obviously type while watching Japanese dramas!!!)