Filed To Story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
The jade was bright green and translucent. There was no trace of impurities, and it was cool to touch. Judging from the exquisite carvings on the gemstone, she knew immediately it was a priceless antique.
Margaret stared at the ornament in confusion. “This is strange. Since when was such valuable jade buried in the backyard? Hasn’t anyone discovered this before? Could it be that someone sneaked in and buried this here after the fall of the Ellsworth family?”
Flossie frowned as she tried to figure out an answer, and that was when her eyes were drawn to the pattern carved on the jade.
She had a feeling that she had seen this pattern before.
“I don’t think so.”
Margaret carefully recalled the past. “I have been guarding this house diligently since the incident. It’s impossible that anyone got in. Even if someone took the opportunity of my brief absence to sneak in and bury this, I would have noticed it. Anyway. who would hide such a high–grade jade in someone else’s backyard? Has he nothing better to do?”
Flossie nodded in agreement.
Margaret was a meticulous person. There was no way she would not have found it if someone had touched the soil of the backyard.
So, a stronger possibility would be that this jade was buried in the backyard for a long time, but no one had ever found it.
“Margaret, I feel familiar with this pattern but can’t remember where I have seen it before. Do you have any impression of it?”
“Let me take a look at it.”
Margaret even put on her glasses to see it clearly.
She looked at it carefully for a while and then suddenly remembered something. “I’ve seen this pattern before. When you were born, you were wrapped in a quilt. The embroidery of the lining is exactly the same as this. It resembles a combination of the phoenix and the red spider lily!”
“Now that you’ve mentioned it, I remember it now.”
Flossie had superb visual memory. She could remember almost everything she had seen.
She had a glance at the quilt when packing up her mother’s belongings. She locked it in a box with her parents‘ stuff and carried it wherever she went.
“So it seems this belongs to Mrs. Ellsworth.” Margaret said. But feeling that something was off, she added, “But if this belongs to her, why did she bury it here instead of passing it on to you?”
“I am not sure either. But this jade should be very meaningful. I have to keep it well.”
Flossie clutched the jade tightly in her hand, hoping to figure out what it was as soon as possible.
She wanted to compare the jade pattern with the quilt’s embroidery to see if she could find any clue.
However, when she opened the box where she kept the quilt, it was no longer there.
“This is weird. I clearly put it in the box. Why can’t I find it?”
Flossie frowned as she tried to recall the past.
‘Could I have left it in Sunup Residence and forgot to take it? Or is it still in Guajardo manor?
Regardless of where it was, she had to retrieve it if she wanted to figure out the origin of the jade. This meant she had to revisit
Sunup Residence or Guajardo manor once more.
Flossie brushed away the dirt and weeds on her body and said, “Margaret, I have to go somewhere, so you don’t need to prepare lunch for me.”
“Where are you going. Miss Flossie? Do you need me to accompany you?”
Margaret had lived in the basement for four years as a ghost, all in the name of waiting for her young mistress to return.
When she heard Flossie say she wanted to leave, she feared that the latter would not return.
“Don’t worry. I will come back in the evening.”
Flossie put on a loose–fitting purple dress and a pair of canvas shoes and tied her hair in a high ponytail. This made her look like a lively college student.
And she went to Sunup Residence. Though she had moved out, she could still enter freely because she was still the owner of this place since Liam bought it in her name.
To avoid running into Halston, Flossie decided to act quickly and leave in ten minutes.
However, when the elevator door opened, she coincidentally ran into Halston getting off the elevator…
The man stood in an upright position as usual. His stunning face was expressionlessly haughty.
He feigned ignorance of Flossie and wanted to enter the elevator.
Flossie raised her chin. She wanted to ignore him at first, but the image of him drinking and howling with a group of handsome.
men came to her mind. Reminded of the way he acted when he refused to let her go, she burst out laughing.
Halston stiffened instantly. His tall figure turned into a freezing iceberg, and he asked, “What are you laughing at?”
Flossie forced herself to change her facial expression back to an indifferent one and said, “Because I am in a good mood!”
He looked at her disdainfully. “Hmph, what good thing can happen to you? You are rather optimistic.”
“I am divorced and have escaped hellfire. I am certainly feeling great!”
Flossie raised her delicate face slightly and sneered gaily, “I’m not like you, who went drinking and crying late at night. You did not only hire handsome men to soothe your wounded heart. You even shamelessly refused to let go of your ex–wife. Have you no shame to let the whole world watch how you blatantly try to get your wife back?”
Halston immediately lost his usual cold and arrogant temperament. He clenched his fists and wanted to refute but only to no avail because he found no words. He felt so flustered that he choked.
‘Damn it!‘
That video of his drunken madness was simply a stain on his life. No matter how pridefully he acted, or how suave he was in front of Flossie, he could no longer be able to intimidate her, since his exposed weakness had torn his godlike image.
He spent a fortune to completely get rid of that disgraceful video from the network and even destroyed several media platforms that tried to hype it. However, what good did it bring? He was just deceiving himself. There was no way he could remove the memories of the netizens.
Now, the whole world knew that he kneeled down and begged Flossie not to go. It was so damned embarrassing!
Flossie, believing that she would be intact no matter how much she teased him, continued her mockery. “It was so unexpected of you, Halston, that you loved me so much. Why didn’t you tell me earlier? I, Flossie Ellsworth, am indeed so attractive that I could charm the picky Master Guajardo’s soul to the point he cried so much…”
Hah! After living as a dog who always wagged its tail at its owner for four years, it was her turn to become the owner and enjoy being the center of attention. Even though she was fully aware that it was just an act of an intoxicated man, she still felt very satisfied!
The more she spoke, the more excited she was. She ruffled her hair gracefully and squinted her eyes at the man. “Halston, tell me honestly. How long have you been secretly in love with me? Have you been indifferent to me all this while to attract my attention?”
He pressed his lips and stared into her eyes with stony eyes. His aura was so overwhelming that his hostility could be felt even though he did not say a word.
She subconsciously felt intimidated and gulped. She waved her hand and said, “Um, I was just kidding. There is no need to be so serious, right?”
She was reminded of the thing she had to do. So, she did not want to waste her time with him anymore and prepared to leave.
But he took one step ahead of her and went in.
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