Filed To Story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
She collected her thoughts and began to search in every nook and cranny for the quilt. Unfortunately, it was nowhere to be found. So, there was only one possibility. Her quilt must still be in Guajardo manor.
She left in too much of a hurry the last time Jessanna moved in, so there was, indeed, baggage she had left in the villa.
The quilt must be there!
With this in mind, she could only bite the bullet and take a cab to Guajardo manor.
It was noon, and the sun beat down on the ground mercilessly.
Jessanna was laying on a recliner under the sunshade like a noblewoman when she shouted at the servants. “Why do all of you look so lazy? Move! Get rid of all the flowers and trees Flossie planted and replace them with my favorite roses. If you can’t get this done before noon, don’t think about getting your lunch!”
A few servants toiled under the sun like beasts of burden, not daring to rest even a moment though they were worn, parched.
and on the verge of passing out.
“This new mistress is such a pitiless person. She does not even treat us as human beings. The yard is so big, and there are so many plants. How can we clear them in such a short time?”
“You bet! She looks soft and gentle, but her heart is more vicious than a wicked witch. Comparing the two mistresses, the former is ten thousandfold better!”
“I really miss her. She usually listened to us and never acted cocky. She would even cook for us sometime. Should I know this would happen, I would have treated her better…”
The servants who were clearing the plants in a far corner of the yard gossiped out of irritation.
In the heat of the excitement of badmouthing Jessanna, they failed to realize her standing behind them. She angrily kicked them and shouted, “I can see you are in good spirits! It seems that the task is too easy for you. Well then, run laps for me, a hundred laps each!”
The servants paled. They were too terrified to even breathe.
“What are you waiting for? Go and run, now. If you don’t want to, you can pack your stuff and get out of my house!” barked Jessanna fiercely.
She was already jealous of Flossie, thinking she was no match for the latter. Now, even the servants thought that she was inferior to Flossie. This was something she would never allow to happen!
“Miss Miss Ximenez, the sun is so strong now, and we are old. I’m afraid we won’t be able to run a hundred laps…” Lydia, the housekeeper, said cautiously.
“Haha, you can’t bear it?”
Jessanna crossed her arms against her chest and said with a peevish voice, “But why didn’t you think of it when you were badmouthing me in secret? I don’t care. In a nutshell, those who don’t run enough laps today will have to get the hell out!”
The servants were reluctant to give up such a well–paying job, so they could only start running laps.
The more they ran, the more they missed the time Flossie was Mrs. Guajardo.
There was no such thing as a master–servant relationship at that time. They even dared to walk all over her and bully her as much as they desired.
Flossie was never a two–faced person like Jessanna, domineering them on the one hand while acting like a dainty woman and complaining to Master Guajardo on the other.
The few servants were already in their forties. They could lose their lives from just running a few laps, let alone a hundred.
One of them had already collapsed from exhaustion.
But Jessanna had no intention to stop this punishment. “Those who collapse are scums. They don’t deserve to stay in Guajardo manor.”
“Miss Ximenez, we really can’t run anymore. We will die if we keep on running.”
Lydia cried miserably and begged Jessanna pathetically. “We have worked diligently for the Guajardo family for so many years. Even if we don’t have many contributions, we have worked hard. You can’t just treat us like objects and simply throw us away. Please, Miss Ximenez, spare us this once!”
As the servants collapsed one by one, Jessanna did not feel the slightest sympathy and sneered. “Weren’t you the one who said that the previous mistress was better? If you are that capable, ask her to be your savior!”
“Um…”
Lydia’s face turned gloomy.
Nobody noticed that Flossie was slowly approaching them.
“Yo, since when Miss Desoriers stopped being the b*tch and found a new hobby as the coach that forces people to run laps?” As if seeing her savior, Lydia shouted in tears, “Ma’am, please save us!
Please!”
Jessanna sprang out of her recliner as if she was facing a strong enemy and shouted fiercely. “What are you doing here? Don’t you know that trespassing is illegal? I can call the police to arrest you, you know!”
“You want to call the police?”
Flossie smirked. She took out her phone and dialed 9-1-1, and handed it to Jessanna. “Go on and ask the police to come so they can see how abusive you are.”
“When did I abuse anyone? As the mistress of this villa, I have the right to beat and scold my employees at will! These people should be punished when they make mistakes.”
She raised her chin, emphasizing the word “mistress” with a sense of smugness.
The few servants who were beaten up from the torture cowered in a corner, not daring to say a word.
“The mistress of this villa?”
Flossie sneered and asked in return, “How can you prove that? Is your name on the title deed?”
“If you can’t prove your ownership of this villa, the employment relationship between you and the servants will be non–existent. and your so–called punishment can easily be constituted as a crime. As long as they want to, they can file a lawsuit and send you to jail. A sentence of three to five years will not be a problem.”
Flossie’s casual remark, which could bring Jessanna big trouble, subdued the latter instantly.
Jessanna clenched her fists and gritted her teeth. “I am now pregnant with Halston’s child. This villa will eventually be mine. Everything in the Guajardo family will also be my son’s in the future. A few servants are nothing!”
“Hah, you are being naive again. Miss Ximenez.”
Flossie looked at Jessanna as if she was an idiot and savagely poked her sore spot. “First, without my agreement, this villa will never be yours, as I own half of this property. Secondly, as long as you are not married to Halston, your child will forever be illegitimate, and his right to become the heir of the Guajardo family will be uncertain.”
This villa was a bride price given to Flossie by the Guajardo family back then. She was supposed to be the only owner of this villa, but she insisted on adding Halston’s name to the title deed.
Though they were now divorced, she still had not transferred her ownership to Halston. Therefore, she was still, technically, the rightful owner of this villa.
“Shut up, you b*tch!”
Jessanna went crazy after hearing this and pounced on Flossie. “You are just an abandoned woman. How dare you gibber in front of me? So what if Halston and I are not married? Halston did not even want to touch you. You don’t have the right to even have an illegitimate child!”
Flossie grabbed Jessanna’s wrist and said coldly, “I don’t fight with you simply because I am too lazy. I’m warning you: you better be kind to me, or don’t even think about joining the Guajardo family. Even the thing in your belly won’t be invited, not to mention you!”
After saying that, she flung Jessanna’s hand away, causing the latter to stumbled and nearly fall.
“You!”
Jessanna was stunned by Flossie’s cold and unyielding gaze.
This was the first time she realized that the woman standing in front of her was not as weak as she appeared to be.
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