Filed To Story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
Flossie stifled a smile and maintained a serious expression on her face as she nodded and assured Xavier, “Don’t worry, I won’t let anyone know about it. Boasting is not my habit anyway.”
She started to realize that although this idiot tended to have a potty mouth, he was actually quite an earnest guy and a loyal friend, which Flossie found adorable. Still… Why was this guy following her around like a weirdo?
“Tell me the truth,” she began to ask bluntly. “Why did you follow me like that? If you don’t give me a reason, I’ll make sure to start a habit of boasting around your friend Halston!
“Umm…”
Xavier briefly touched his nose in awkwardness. He was not so insolent now, and he acted rather uneasily and awkwardly.
Humph! After all, he had a favor to ask, and he had to beg the woman he looked down the most. Of course, he felt like he had lost face.
“Are you free now? I’ll buy you coffee.”
Xavier hesitated for a long while before he asked her that.
Flossie smiled and said, “Mr. Stuart, am I not your friend? Do you want to poison my coffee?”
She was well aware of Xavier’s attitude toward her. He never regarded her seriously, and he always found her an eyesore.
However, he offered a symbol of peace by taking the initiative to invite her for coffee. That was indeed strange.
Consequently, Xavier’s handsome face soon fell, and he said angrily, “Am I such a mean and vulgar man to you?”
Flossie raised her brows and asked, “Aren’t you?”
“Why, you!”
Xavier was greatly infuriated, and he flew into a rage. He exclaimed violently, “I’m a righteous man. I’m not despicable enough to use ush dirty tricks. I’ve long regarded you as an eyesore, and I hope you’ll leave Halston. But at most, I just curse you quietly. I’ll never use such a mean trick as to drug you!”
He was very angry but tried his best to suppress his wrath and explain it to her seriously. Hence, Flossie was rather amused.
She decided to stop teasing him and said generously, “Well, sure. I’ll force myself to give you a chance.”
They decided to go to Starfee next door.
“Miss Flossie!”
Margaret frowned and became vigilant as she glared at Xavier.
Smiling, Flossie assured her. “Margaret, just go home. He’s my friend. It’s okay.”
Friend?
That word sounded casual, but it felt like a great surprise to Xavier. Powerful emotions engulfed him in that instant.
He stole a glance at her with his slender and pretty eyes. When he noticed her gaze, he quickly averted his gaze as if he was caught red-handed. His heartbeat inexplicably quickened.
Flossie… addressed him as her friend.
He was so rude to her, and he always raised sarcastic remarks. However, she did not hold a grudge against him and treated him as her friend.
For a moment, he felt very embarrassed about himself.
“You’ve got to be careful even if he’s your friend!”
Margaret stared at Xavier with hostility. She stated, “People always frame their friends nowadays. What’s more, this person looks like a frivolous man. I’m sure he’s not some kind of good person.”
Xavier’s handsome face was distorted out of fury, but he could not vent his anger on an elder. Hence, he clenched his fists and hurriedly defended himself. “Madam, that’s not very nice. Why aren’t I a good man? Check out the charity donation lists these years. I’m always at the top of the list. I even helped old ladies to cross the road, saved the kids who were drowned, and helped stray cats find their homes. Of course. I’m a good guy. ■
“Umm…”
For a moment, Margaret did not know how to react to that.
She never saw anyone who was so serious like that. She wondered why he behaved like a child.
Flossie noticed him rolling up his sleeves to try and convince Margaret. She immediately held his arm and said, “Let’s go. I know that you’re a good guy!”
He was struck speechless.
He was rambling, but even that soon stopped.
He looked at Flossie’s fair and slim hand on his arm. He was lost in a daze, and he was rooted to the ground
Umm… What did Flossie mean? Why did she hold his arm for no reason?
Besides, her fingers were so slender, and her palm was so soft that it instantly softened his heart.
Xavier’s mind ran wild, and his thoughts went slightly out of control.
He quickly shook his head and forcefully withdrew his arm. He said rather unfriendly, “What are you doing? Men and women are different. Although I’m very charming, you’d better behave yourself and don’t touch me.”
Flossie became quite helpless, but she saw that as a joke. So, she hurriedly agreed, “Okay, I’ll behave myself. Mr. Stuart, please stop being so charming! ■
In the past, all she was aware of were his mean remarks. It was only now that she realized that he was actually rather amusing.
It seemed pretty beneficial to befriend such a person.
They went to Starfee and sat at a table by the window. Xavier ordered an iced Americano, while Flossie got herself a warm Cappuccino.
Flossie sipped her coffee and found that it was still the taste she liked. It instantly uplifted her spirits.
“Spill it. What favor do you need from me?”
She did not beat around the bush and questioned.
Xavier was shocked, and he almost spat out his coffee. He asked, “How… How did you know that I needed a favor?”
“I know you. Why would you be so polite if you didn’t have a favor to ask? You would have mocked me and never bought me coffee.”
Xavier soon had a new impression of her, given her analysis.
He narrowed his eyes slightly and sized Flossie up for a long time, scrutinizing her. He then said, “I didn’t have a good insight before and failed to notice how smart you are. I thought that you were just a mindless, pretty face who survived solely by clinging to the Guajardo family… No wonder! Halston is such a picky person, but he took such a fancy to you.”
She raised her brows and felt that he was just teasing her.
Humph! How would Halston take a fancy to her? He would just be angry.
“Stop flattering me. Just tell me what it is. As for whether I’ll help you or not, it’ll depend on my mood,” Flossie replied straightforwardly.
Xavier heaved a long sigh before he elaborated, “I’m in a very troublesome lawsuit. There’s only one person who can win this case in Beach City, and that’s Zack from Guajardos & Co. Law Firm.”
“Got it.”
Flossie snapped her finger. “You committed a crime, and you want Mr. Rosenwell to help you of it. Am I right?”
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