Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
In her opinion, those two were just as bad as each other. When they get crazy, they were both pretty terrifying. She would leave them alone and keep her distance so that she wouldn’t get hurt in the crossfire!
Flossie returned to the apartment. Her children were already sound asleep.
Margaret was not asleep yet. She was organizing the items and materials needed for the two children’s first day at school tomorrow.
Flossie was deeply touched when she saw Margaret still working this late at night.
“Margaret, it’s already so late. Don’t overwork yourself. Go get some rest. I’ll take care of it.”
Margaret turned around and smiled kindly at Flossie. “Miss Flossie, what are you saying? This is just simple work. You, on the other hand, have been working until now. You need to pay attention to your health and not overwork yourself. If you collapse, what will happen to the two children?”
“Don’t worry, Margaret. I know what I’m doing.”
Flossie nodded.
She had indeed been working pretty hard over the years. Staying up all night was a common occurrence for her. Hopefully, the plan this time would turn out successful. After that, she could take a good rest to relax her body and mind.
Margaret was organizing the two children’s backpacks. She put things like wet tissues, sweaters, changing clothes and masks into the backpacks. Flossie suddenly had an idea. She fetched a paintbrush and a painting tray, then took the backpack from Margaret’s hand.
“Miss Flossie, what are you doing?”
Margaret asked with a curious look on her face.
‘Their backpacks look so boring. I’m gonna decorate them a little.”
She started getting creative on the backpacks.
She did not have much talent for painting, but thanks to her decoration, the originally dull backpacks instantly became cute and interesting.
Flossie painted Sun Island, blue sea, white beach, patches of sunflowers, and their figures running on the beach on the two backpacks…
‘They look very nice, Miss Flossie. How considerate of you. The two children will definitely be overjoyed when they wake up tomorrow.”
Margaret smiled looking at the pictures on the backpacks, but her expression slowly became a bit sad. “Unfortunately, the scene seems to be lacking something. It would be great if there’s a man in the picture.”
“Margaret, there you go again…”
Flossie sighed helplessly.
Recently, Margaret has been urging her to get married. She would keep finding chances to remind Flossie to look for a partner, a father for her children.
“Don’t blame me for nagging, Miss Flossie. We lived on Sun Island in the past, so it’s fine, but now that the children are living in a normal society, some things cant be avoided anymore.”
“And what are these things you’re talking about? Times have changed, Margaret. There are a lot of divorced women now. The real winners in life now are the single mothers! They have beauty, money, children, and no annoying husbands or mother-in-laws. Lots of women envy us single mothers!”
‘That may be true, but when you need a man, you need a man. For example, when I filled out the enrollment information just now, there was a column that asked for the name and occupation of the children’s father. What are we supposed to write there?’
The reason why Margaret started nagging Flossie again was because she faced a dilemma when she filled out the enrollment information earlier.
It made her realize that, be it Miss Flossie or the two children, they all needed a man in the house.
“Just write “none”. There are plenty of people who lost their spouse or their father in this world, so why can’t we be in that situation too?”
Flossie continued to paint, her mood not affected in the slightest.
The moment she decided to divorce Halston and left Beach City for Sun Island, she had already anticipated these situations and had accepted them. She did not think it was a big deal.
“We can’t do that!”
Margaret was a bit agitated. ‘Miss Flossie, you’re too carefree. Nowadays, kindergarten teachers treat the children differently based on who their parents are. If they know that Abby and Adie have no father, they’ll definitely get neglected to some extent. If the class finds out, the children will also mock and laugh at them. It’ll hurt Abby and Adie. That’s why, we must write a name in this column no matter what, and you must keep the fact that you’re a single mother a secret…”
“I think we should just write Master Liam’s name for now. The two children see him as a father figure anyway. Master Liam is also reliable. If you start a relationship with him, I’d be the first to show my support.”
In Margaret’s opinion, Liam was the man who loved Flossie the most, and he was the most suitable candidate to be the man in their house. She had been hoping that the two of them would get married soon. She would be able to rest easy then.
But to her surprise, Flossie said awkwardly, “We cant write Liam’s name. I have to cut all ties with him. Barring any accident, I probably won’t have any contact with him anymore.”
“What?!”
Margaret’s eyes widened in surprise. She could not believe what she was hearing. “I thought you and Master Liam were going to get married? Even if you don’t, you two are so close that you would surely be lifelong friends. How did it get to this? Did he do anything to hurt you?”
Flossie shook her head. “There’s no way Liam would hurt me. He would hurt himself first before he would hurt me. The reason for cutting ties with him is precisely because he’s sacrificed too much for me, more than I can bear. Therefore, in order not to hurt him, parting ways is the best way to handle this.”
“But…”
Margaret looked at Flossie with sympathy and said, “But without a capable helper like Master Liam, you’ll be on your own from now on. Your life will become even more difficult than before. How can I feel happy about this?”
Flossie sighed and smiled wryly, “Yes, losing him is like losing one of my limbs. I’ll need to work even harder and I’ll probably suffer a lot more hardship from now on. However, we all have to learn to walk on our own someday. I can’t keep relying on others’ charity. A love debt is really hard to pay…”
Margaret did not fully understand. She looked at Flossie and asked, “Miss Flossie, I don’t quite understand what you mean. In my opinion, Master Liam is a really good man. Since he can accept you for who you are, fully embrace the two children, and make sacrifices for you without holding back, why can’t you compromise and give him a chance?”
“You know me, Margaret. If I could, I would have done it long ago. I also had the option to come back here anytime in the last four years to start over with Halston, the father of my children, but do you really think I could do that?”
Flossie’s words made Margaret come to a sudden realization.
‘That’s right, Miss Flossie. You’re not someone who can compromise in these matters. Don’t get involved with a bad guy like Halston anymore. Even if he’s the children’s father, we need to avoid him like the plague. I can’t bear to see you get hurt again!”
When Margaret spoke of Halston, she was filled with righteous indignation. She wished she could kick him a few times.
“I won’t.”
Flossie’s expression turned gloomy. She said faintly, “Because he’s already dead.”
“He’s… he’s dead?”
Margaret was shocked. She struggled to process the sudden news.
How could a person who had everything like him die just like that?!
“Yes, he’s dead. If I’m not wrong, he probably died because he tried to save me.”
Flossie spoke with difficulty, her expression heavy.
Although Francine believed that there was foul play in Halston’s death, Flossie still felt responsible.
If he didn’t hurt his leg trying to save her, his life would not be in danger, and the people who wished to cause him harm would not have an opportunity to take advantage of.
“For real?”
Margaret found Flossie’s words hard to believe.
Halston was a heartless beast. He caused Miss Flossie a lot of pain. There’s no way he would sacrifice himself to save Miss Flossie. There must be some sort of misunderstanding.
Tm not sure if it’s true either, but from the information I gathered, I might not necessarily be the direct cause of his death, but I do have to bear some responsibility. I feel… a little sad.”