He thought that I was still that little girl who could smile and forgive him with a little coaxing. He also didn't believe that I would give up on him just after giving up the opportunity to study abroad for him. I immediately returned the flower to him.
“This is what your mother gave to Jocelyn, Maximilian. It's not appropriate for me to accept it. I won't apologize and I won't marry you.”
An inexplicable uneasiness welled up in Maximilian's heart. It seemed that something important was passing away.
Maximilian asked in his heart, ‘Didn't Pauline Moonstone give up so much just to marry me? What did it mean to keep saying she wouldn't marry now? It couldn't be that she was really angry, could it?’
I could see anxiety flashing in his eyes. His hand subconsciously wanted to hold me.
“Pauline, I just …”
Maximilian's mother hurriedly coughed a few times. It made Maximilian immediately change his words. “I am more generous, Pauline. As long as you behave yourself, I will definitely marry you!”
But I smiled indifferently. “Oh, you should accompany your girlfriend quickly.”