Filed To Story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
“No way!” Halston rejected the first step straight away. “I’m not that free.”
“Then why bother to learn the tricks? Just stay single forever,” Xavier said and then added. “You may not have time to date, but you’ll always have time to chat, don’t you? Can’t you do it over toilet breaks? You can send her a message saying you miss her. Will it really take so much time?”
Halston fell silent.
“You can’t even do that?”
“That’s not the main issue.”
“So what’s the problem?”
“The problem is… She blocked me!”
“Huh? Flossie blocked you?”
Xavier could not stop laughing when he heard this. “Hahahaha! No way! Seriously? Halston, I didn’t know this would ever happen to you!”
“Shut up!”
Halston held his forehead, feeling deeply embarrassed.
Xavier bit his lip and tried to hold back his laughter. At last, he said seriously, “It’s okay. It’s okay. We can still fix it!”
Xavier went on.
“If she blocks you, use a different number. Whenever you’re free, flirt with her and make her happy. Then, you move onto Step 2
– romance.”
“All women like romantic things, especially dreamers like your ex–wife. If you’re romantic enough, she’s as good as yours.”
Halston pushed his glasses into place and recorded everything carefully in his notebook. He was very serious the whole time.
He even raised his hand and asked, “How do I be romantic?”
“That’s an entirely different lesson. I won’t go into that today because there’s simply not enough time. You can try watching some romantic dramas, especially Korean dramas, and see what the male protagonists do. I’ll find the time to make some PowerPoint slides to teach you the specifics.”
“Okay.”
Halston nodded. “Go on,” he ordered like he was Xavier’s boss.
“Step 3 is relaxing. After a period of fierce pursuit, you have to stop for a bit. This is called emotional push–and–pull. It’s a very important stage. You must control how much you push and how much you pull. If you do it well, you can take back the initiative. If you don’t, she might run away.”
“Step 4 is investment. You must be willing to invest your feelings. No amount of skill in the world can match this thing called ” sincerity“. When she can see your sincerity, you’ve already won. Step 5 is to pull the net. If you successfully reach this stage, that means it’s time to enjoy the fruits of victory.”
Xavier breathed a sigh of relief and said. “That’s about it. Digest all this information and ask me if there’s anything you don’t understand. The most important thing is to practice. Theory is useless!”
Halston browsed the notes, looking thoughtful.
He was naturally cold and extremely rational, so he had no experience in courting women. He only had experience in rejecting women.
Xavier’s lesson sounded very practical. He felt like he had opened the door to a whole new world. He hoped the lesson would be useful!
When Xavier saw that Halston’s mood had brightened somewhat, he decided to strike while the iron was hot. “Halston, don’t forget what you promised me. Now that I’ve taught you the techniques of courting women, you have to do me a favor.”
“What is it?”
“It’s the thing I told you about last time. A woman died in my club. Now, the woman’s family wants me to go to jail because I’m the person in charge. They wouldn’t settle for money so I have to go to court. The evidence is very unfavorable against me. Only Zack Rosenwell has ever won a case like this. Can you think of a way to let Zack Rosenwell represent me?”
Xavier said that with a worried look on his face.
There’s no way a person of his status and background would go to jail for something like this, but if news of it spread, his old man would lock him up, which was like going to jail anyway. Therefore, he could not lose this case.
He went to many top lawyers, but all of them said the case was impossible to win. He had no choice but to seek out Zack Rosenwell.
He had already delayed the first hearing of the trial several times and it was impossible to delay it any longer. He must acquire the service of Zack Rosenwell, pronto!
“I can’t help you with that.”
Halston said, “I told you, I’m no longer the boss of Guajardos & Co. Law Firm.”
“I know, your ex–wife is!”
Xavier smiled bitterly. “You two have such a unique relationship. Surely you can pull some strings for me?”
“If I could do that, I wouldn’t need to learn how to court women from you.”
Halston sighed helplessly.
His ex–wife was really merciless. Xavier wanted him to use his connections to pull some strings, but he had not even solved his own problem yet!
If he had known that the “useless lawyers” in Guajardos & Co. Law Firm were actually that amazing, he would not have given her the law firm that easily.
In less than a month, those lawyers had done a lot of things to help Flossie out.
“Oh, right, I forgot. She blocked you. There’s no way you can pull any strings. Even I would have a better chance. At least I’m not blocked…”
Xavier rubbed his chin and pondered seriously, “Maybe I should try going after her too. If I make it, surely she’ll let me borrow her lawyer, right?”
Halston stared daggers at him and said, “Piss off!”
Halston’s murderous intent made Xavier take three steps back. He quickly said, “It’s just a joke, man. I wouldn’t dare. Besides, she’s not the kind of woman I would touch. She’s trouble.”
Now that Xavier knew even Halston could not help him, he was at wit’s end.
“Never mind. I’ll figure it out myself.”
He sighed. As he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something. He turned back and said tentatively, “By the way.
there’s something else I need to tell you about. Chris is getting engaged to Cecy next week. Are you going?”
Halston’s handsome face was calm. He merely raised his eyebrows slightly and asked the cautious– looking Xavier, “Why not?”
Christopher and him, as well as Xavier, became sworn brothers a long time ago. They were even closer than real brothers.
Now that the eldest brother was getting engaged, as the younger brother, there was no reason for him not to go.
Xavier thought Halston was just putting on a brave face. He comforted Halston, “It’s okay, bro, Christ said if you don’t want to go. you don’t have to. He understands. After all, the relationship between you, him, and Cecy is a bit complicated…”
“It’s nothing complicated.”
Halston said nonchalantly, “One’s a brother, the other’s an old friend. They’re getting engaged. I’ll definitely go to the engagement.”
“But… alright!”
Xavier heaved a long sigh with an even stronger look of sympathy on his face.
In his opinion, Halston was obviously just acting nonchalant.
Cecilia was Halston’s first love. Now that his first love was getting engaged to his brother, one could imagine how painful it was for Halston!
Alas. Halston had the perfect family background, career, and appearance, but in the matter of the heart, he had always been struggling. His first love ran away, his wife ran away… Poor guy.
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