Our Love Story: Hard to Guard Against the Sudden Love Strike-Chapter 349 - 332: Alpenberg (Part 1)

After dinner, the winery sent the wines selected by Simon Forrester to the room. Simon Forrester tasted each one and chose a high-alcohol Cabernet Sauvignon and a standard-alcohol one, ordering one hundred and fifty bottles of each.

Early the next morning, they headed to Silverwood Estate on the right bank of Veridia. Besides ordering a hundred bottles of the 1947 vintage ChBlanc offered by the winery, they also selected several bottles of other premium red wines.

On the third morning, they went to Latour Winery, selected the final batch of expensive red wines, and Simon Forrester and Sienna Thornton departed for Nice in The South of France that afternoon.

Nice has the world’s bluest coastline, Bay of Angels, and is the warmest region in Franland.

At this time, its temperature is a bit higher than Lumeria, with daytime temperatures in the teens. Being a Mediterranean climate, the air is humid and feels extremely comfortable, making it a famous holiday resort and one of the world’s most beautiful and romantic bays.

Sienna Thornton, who was almost catching a cold in Veridia, was instantly cured upon arriving at the pleasant climate of Bay of Angels. She boldly donned a swimsuit and headed to the beach with Simon Forrester to play in the water.

They stayed in Nice for two days and on the third day, they proceeded to Provence.

In December, Provence offers no lavender to see, leaving Sienna Thornton slightly disinterested. After two days of wandering through Roussillon, the Lavender Museum, and Beaufort Castle, they headed to their final stop in The South of France, the City of Perfume, Grasse.

Grasse is home to several famous perfume museums, and perfumes are a must-have accessory for fashion-forward professionals like Sienna Thornton. During their two days in Grasse, she observed the perfume-making process and, along with Simon Forrester, participated in creating a personal fragrance for each other.

When she received the bottle of perfume Simon Forrester crafted for her, Sienna Thornton sprayed some on her wrist, waved it to disperse, and placed it under her nose to take a subtle whiff, closing her eyes to savor it.

After a while, Simon Forrester asked, "How’s the scent?"

Sienna Thornton slowly opened her eyes, chuckled twice, and said, "So this is what straight men like..."

Intrigued, Simon Forrester raised his lips and asked, "What kind of scent?"

"It has a bit of a baby powder scent, feels quite cute." Sienna Thornton said, extending her wrist under his nose, "Have a sniff, is this the scent?"

Simon Forrester bent down to sniff twice, then laughed, "It’s not that straight men like this scent; it’s more that this scent is the essence you give me."

Sienna Thornton smiled wryly, "A baby-like scent?"

"Yes."

These days, Sienna Thornton, first praised by Simon Forrester’s friends as looking under twenty, now again felt the compliment as Simon Forrester claimed she had a baby scent.

At her age, receiving such flattering remarks time after time, her girlish heart surged, and she held Simon Forrester’s arm, tilting her face, her voice coyishly drawn, "Then you must treat me like a baby."

Simon Forrester was momentarily taken aback by her tone, noticing the mischief in her eyes. He cleared his throat and seriously said, "Treating you like a baby is fine, but that presumes you respect me like an elder."

Sienna Thornton could no longer keep up the act and burst into laughter, the two of them laughing together.

Later, Sienna Thornton made several more fragrances for herself, intending to bring them back home as gifts.

Since Simon Forrester had respected her opinion when purchasing red wine the previous days, she discussed this matter with Simon Forrester too: "I think it’s quite meaningful to craft perfumes myself, so I’ll take two bottles each for Maeve, Aurora, and my sister. What do you think?"

In fact, self-made perfumes only cost twenty to thirty euros per bottle, far less than imported branded perfumes on the market. Even if she took ten bottles, it would only be about two to three thousand yuan, but she especially mentioned it to Simon Forrester. Aside from their intimate relationship that made her want to share everything, it also represented her determination to, like Simon Forrester, consult him on everything.

Yet after speaking, to her surprise, Simon Forrester, who usually indulges her in everything, surprisingly had an opinion this time: "It’s fine to gift Lawyer Buckley and your sister, but not The Great Lester, alright? That person is a superstar now, do you think they’d appreciate a brandless perfume you made?"

His opposition left Sienna Thornton slightly dumbfounded. She gradually realized that since their romance began, Simon Forrester’s attitude towards Maeve was always sour. Whenever they were present, he either openly or subtly sarcastically mocked Maeve or remained silent. Previously, they had even teamed up to rescue her from her hometown. So why was their relationship now so peculiar?

While Sienna Thornton was lost in thought, Simon Forrester suddenly asked, "Why don’t you also make a bottle of perfume for your mom?"

Sienna Thornton snapped out of it, "My mom doesn’t deal with these things."

"You can teach her."

Soon, in less than two months, Sienna Thornton is going to reunite with Quentin Thorne, at which point Melinda Linton is likely to meet her first love from thirty years ago.

Quentin Thorne is now a high-ranking, well-paid deputy minister, always self-disciplined and well-maintained, looking as young and charismatic as someone in their forties despite being over fifty. Not to mention he was originally tall and handsome, always greeting people with a smile, the overall air of elegance is unmistakable.

If it weren’t for being married and personally restrained, he could easily attract a crowd of twenty-something girls, competitively not much less sharp than his elite counterparts in their thirties who are successful in business.

But Melinda Linton, though the traces of her youthful beauty are still faintly visible on her weather-beaten face, and her figure remains slender due to lack of good food in the countryside, her hands and feet are rough and swollen from years of hard work, her facial skin coarse and dark from sun and wind exposure, without knowing care.

Meeting Quentin Thorne in such a state, it is unimaginable how self-conscious and saddened Melinda Linton might feel.

But these are things that the current Sienna Thornton couldn’t foresee. Thus, at Simon Forrester’s request, Sienna Thornton also crafted two bottles of perfume for Melinda Linton to take back, and even at the local duty-free store, bought a set of natural anti-aging skincare products and several rejuvenating face masks for Melinda Linton to take back.

After Nice, they planned to drive to Valois, Switzerland.

The distance from Provence to Valois, Switzerland is only three to four hundred kilometers. They set off in the morning, took turns driving, and chatted along the way, arriving in the evening.

Sienna Thornton, having visited Valois several times previously due to work and being relatively familiar with the city, was not interested in sightseeing this time. They planned to stay one night in a hotel, visit two watch shops Simon Forrester likes to select watches the next day, and then fly to Italora the morning after.

Primarily visiting Switzerland for watch shopping. Besides the couple’s rings they bought in Azure Harbor, Simon Forrester generally wears no other jewelry, hence taking a keen interest in experimenting with watches.

In his apartment’s wardrobe, there’s a large watch cabinet filled with men’s watches priced in the seven-figure range, in various styles and colors, which he rotates daily according to the season, outfit, occasion, and mood.

Enjoying watch collecting personally, Simon Forrester also loves picking out watches for Sienna Thornton. When designing the new apartment’s wardrobe, he proactively suggested creating a watch cabinet for Sienna Thornton too.