Filed To Story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
“Bro, did you watch your wife’s stream just now?”
Xavier rushed up to Halston with an excited look on his face and immediately asked, “Tell me honestly, are you the stupid top donor who fell for their trick?”
Halston appeared disinterested. While flipping through the documents in his hand, he said expressionlessly, “What stream?”
“Stop pretending. There’s no way you didn’t know about something that big. Moreover… it’s your wife’s live stream! There’s no way you would miss it!”
Halston didn’t even look up. “I’m busy.”
What he meant was: Shut the hell up!
Xavier knew Halston would not admit it. After all, the guy had always been proud.
Therefore, he snatched the phone that Halston had placed aside before Halston could react.
‘Your phone is turned off. That’s even more suspicious. I have to check it!”
Xavier tried to turn on the phone.
“Give it back!”
Halston lifted his eyes and gave Xavier a death stare.
Xavier gulped and immediately changed his mind. He obediently put the phone back in place and said, “Bro, so what if you watched it? You don’t have to feel embarrassed about it. It’s nothing embarrassing.”
‘You know what’s embarrassing, though? When you turned half the world upside down to find your wife, but not only did you fail to find her, you even got tricked by her. Now that’s… pfft hahaha… now that’s embarrassing…”
Xavier originally intended to talk to Halston earnestly.
But when he recalled what happened four years ago, he could not help bursting out into laughter. Halston had rushed to a certain island to find Flossie, but not only did he fail to find her, he even got tricked by her. He had to beg over a hundred island inhabitants before he managed to escape.
What’s worse, the video of what he said to the island inhabitants was posted on the H Group’s official twitter account for five whole minutes! Talk about public humiliation!
Since then, Xavier and Christopher had been laughing regularly at Halston about the video for their personal amusement.
Four years had passed now, so it was not as funny anymore.
But now that Flossie had suddenly returned, it became funny again.
Xavier could not hold back his laughter. He held his stomach and laughed for five minutes!
“Do you want to die? I don’t mind helping you.”
Halston could not stand it anymore. He put down the documents and cracked his knuckles.
“Spare me, your highness!”
Xavier took a deep breath and tried to stop laughing.
‘This nonsense is what you came to talk about?”
Halston asked impatiently.
“It’s not nonsense. I’m sincerely telling you to go find your darling wife and make up with her. If you don’t hurry… As you saw for yourself tonight, lots of wolves have their eyes on her. Don’t let her slip away from your grasp again.”
Xavier advised earnestly.
Halston said coldly, “There’s no need.”
“Bro, why are you so stubborn? You’re obviously not over her. Who are you trying to fool?”
“It’s over between us. If there’s even a sliver of possibility left, I would have looked for her long ago. I wouldn’t have waited until now.”
Halston said with a serious expression.
He knew very well that over meant over. Getting hung up on it would not be wise.
“Are you sure it wasn’t because you weren’t able to find her?”
Xavier’s mockery was met with Halston’s death glare. He immediately changed the topic. “Well, if you’re well and truly over her, I won’t hold back anymore… To be honest, the third highest donor today is none other than yours truly!”
Halston reflexively asked, “If you’re the third highest donor, then who’s the second highest?”
“Uhh… how would I know?’
But Xavier quickly latched on to the key point and asked with a strange smile, “Bro, why are you only curious about who the second highest donor is and not the highest? Aren’t you exposing yourself?”
Based on normal logic, people would normally be curious about the first place. Who would care about the second place?!
Halston knew he could not deny it anymore, so he pursed his lips and said nothing. His cold, handsome face clearly read “Don’t push it”.
Unfortunately, Xavier was a guy who had no fear. He continued teasing Halston. “Bro, like the netizens said, you sure are willing to spend to make a woman happy. 4 million dollars for a dinner. That must be a Guinness World Record. You’re… going tomorrow evening, right?”
Halston did not answer Xavier’s question, but instead mocked him back, “In terms of spending money on women, how can I compare to you? In recent years… in order to make your girl famous, you must have spent more than 40 million dollars. You’re the true whale here.”
Xavier’s expression immediately changed. He looked away as he tried to deny it. ‘What are you talking about? There’s nothing going on between Shirley and I. We’re purely a boss and an employee. I spend money on her because I think she has potential and can bring value to Universal Entertainment.”
“Oh, really?”
Halston smiled and mocked, “If she has so much potential, why isn’t she famous yet after four years of heavy investment? Does her value lie in losing money for Universal Entertainment?”
Xavier was completely defeated, but he kept arguing while awkwardly rubbing his nose, “Well… these things take time. We’re gonna produce a few more movies for her. She works really hard, so she’ll definitely make it big one day!”
“A celebrity doesn’t become famous just by working hard. Sometimes, it’s just not in their destiny.”
Halston raised his eyebrows, a hint of playfulness creeping into his perfectly contoured facial features. “For example, a certain someone… vanished for four years, but the moment she returned, she exploded in popularity. You can’t achieve this with money.”
Xavier pursed his lips and rolled his eyes. “Alright, I get it, your darling wife is soooo amazing. I thought you said you didn’t care? Why do you look so proud of her?”
Halston frowned and asked, “Do I look proud?”
Xavier nodded heavily, “Yeah. Very proud.”
Halston realized that Xavier was right. He immediately put on a serious face and asked solemnly, “Were you serious when you said that you’re gonna make a move on her?”
Seeing that he finally got some reaction from Halston, Xavier quickly said, ’ Of course I was serious. You can’t touch your bro’s woman, but if she’s not your woman anymore, then I’m not breaking the code. It would be a pity if she ended up with someone else.”
“Fine.”
Halston nodded and said expressionlessly, “In that case, I’ll make a move on Shirley too. There were sparks between us a long time ago… Honestly, I like my odds.”
Xavier almost coughed up blood. He quickly said, “Bro, don’t mess around.
I was just kidding. You win, okay?”