Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
Flossie was very touched. “Thank you. I won’t let you down.”
Flossie then shifted her gaze to the girl with black-framed glasses and asked gently, “What’s your name?”
“I’m Shelley Sandberg, Miss Ellsworth. You can call me Shell”
“What position did you interview for?”
“I interviewed to be assistant to the president.”
“Okay, you’ll be my assistant from now on!” Flossie patted the young girl on the shoulder, feeling optimistic about Shelley. She needed an assistant and had been worried about finding the right person, but Shelley seemed like the right person. No one else seemed more qualified and loyal than her.
Flossie was not dispirited by Laura and the other staffs departure. Instead, she was even more motivated to succeed.
Flossie wanted to implement her plan to construct Azure Group’s production and R&D centers as soon as possible. She worked on the project outline the whole day, and before she realized it, it was already dark.
“Oh no, I forgot!” Flossie looked at her watch. It was already past eight at night, which was way past the time to pick up her children.
Fortunately, the reliable Margaret had picked up her children after school and sent her a picture.
Flossie sighed. Since she was already late, she might as well work a little longer to finish the project outline.
Another two hours went by quickly. Soon, it was ten at night. In the entire building, only the floor Azure Group was on remained lit.
“Knock knock!” Assistant Shelley knocked on the office door and asked softly, “Miss Ellsworth, it’s ten o’clock. I’ve prepared supper for you and made coffee. Is there anything else I can do for you?” “No. It’s your first day, so you shouldn’t have stayed with me after work. Just pack up and go home. Thank you for your hard work,” Flossie said to Shelly without looking up and tapped away at her keyboard.
“I should head home. I’m a bit worried about my cat. My cat was spayed not long ago, and I live alone. I want to head home and take care of her…” Shelley admitted.
‘ Understood. You should head home then, don’t worry.” Flossie said reassuringly.
Shelley walked away but turned around when she remembered something.” Miss Ellsworth, when I took the elevator this afternoon, I heard about a pervert in this office building. Don’t work too late, it might be unsafe.”
“Don’t worry. If he comes to me, he’ll get into trouble instead.” Flossie smirked.
“You’re beautiful, Miss Ellsworth, so you’d better be careful. We should stay far away from twisted men like these.” Shelley looked at her boss worriedly.
“Yes, I understand. I’ll be careful.” Flossie looked up and smiled warmly at Shelley. Her concern was touching.
After Shelley left, Flossie was the only one still working overtime on that floor. All the lights in the office area were turned off, except for the ones in Flossie’s office. The floor seemed cold and dark.
“It’s finally done!” Flossie stretched and breathed a sigh of relief. She got up, turned off the lights, and left her office. By the time she got into the elevator, her eyelids were getting heavy.
The elevator moved smoothly and stopped on the sixth floor. Then, a man in a plaid shirt and black- framed glasses came in with a laptop bag.
The man was shorter than Flossie and had dark circles under his eyes. He had dull eyes, and looked like a programmer who had been tortured at work.
Like Flossie, he went straight to the basement parking lot on the first floor.
The two did not speak the whole time. However, when they were about to reach the parking lot, the man suddenly turned to Flossie and said anxiously, “E-Excuse me. Can I ask you for a favor?”
“What?” Flossie turned around and raised an eyebrow at the man.
“I lost my phone. I need to call my family and tell them, or else they’ll be anxious. Can you make a call for me?” The man seemed like an honest person. His face was red – perhaps he’d mustered a lot of courage to make this request.
Flossie thought it was a simple request, so she took out her cell phone and said, “Give me the phone number.”
“159,362…” The man said the number gently.
The call quickly connected. A woman answered it and asked coldly, “Who’s calling?”
Flossie then handed her phone to the man.
The man approached Flossie and took her phone carefully. He said to the phone, “Hey, dear. It’s me. I worked late tonight, so I’ll be home late. I borrowed a stranger’s phone to call. I lost my phone…”
“What? Your phone is missing? Didn’t you just get a new one? Why are you wasting unnecessary money? Our cash flow will be tight again after paying the mortgage this month…”
Flossie listened to the woman’s chatter and sighed. She was getting a little impatient, but didn’t want to interrupt them.
Soon, Flossie started feeling drowsy. Her eyelids got heavier, and she felt weak…
“Oh, yes. Dear, stop nagging me. I’m borrowing someone else’s phone. I just wanted to let you know. Okay, I’m done…”
Before the man could finish his sentence, Flossie collapsed to the ground, her world fading to black.
Once Shelley got home, she realized she had left her keys at the company’s workstation. She had no choice but to take a taxi back to Azure Group.
When Shelley arrived at the office building, she spotted a dark gray sports car parked in the open parking lot of the building. “Wow! It’s an Aston Martin One-77. Isn’t this a limited edition? There are only three of these cars in the world. How come it’s here?”
Although the young lady seemed like a nerdy girl, she was rebellious at heart. Ever since she was a kid, she loved sports cars, rock music, and extreme sports.
Shelley froze, her eyes glued to the car. She hurriedly took out her phone and took multiple photos of it, then realized the car’s owner was still sitting inside the car.
Shelley’s cheeks turned red, and she quickly leaned down and apologized to the car owner. “So sorry for causing you trouble!’
As she turned to leave, the car owner suddenly rolled down his window, and said in a deep voice, Are you working for Azure Group?”
“How did you know?” Shelley completely forgot about the employee tag she wore. She turned around and said enthusiastically, “I’m indeed an employee at Azure Group. It’s my first day at work. I’m working as Miss Ellsworth’s assistant…”
Suddenly, Shelley’s jaw dropped. She pointed at the man and asked hesitantly, “Y-You… It can’t be… Are you Halston Guajardo, the president of H Group?! Mr. Guajardo, I really admire you! I’ve always wanted to meet you, and I finally got to see you in person today!”
Halston pursed his lips in irritation. “I’m not a movie star, so there’s no need to exaggerate.”
“No, no, no! You’re more dazzling than a movie star. There can be many new stars every day, but you’re unique! You’re perfect!”
Shelley kept singing his praises, but then suddenly recalled something. Changing her tone, she said harshly, “Unfortunately, you were blind to let go of such a perfect woman like our boss. There must be something wrong with your brain.”
Admittedly, Shelley had admired Halston before. However, she had been captivated by Flossie’s charm after spending a day with her. She would unconditionally side with her beautiful lady boss if she had to choose between Halston and Flossie!
Halston remained silent. He looked up at the twenty-fourth floor and smiled coldly.
Shelley followed Halston’s gaze and looked up. She smiled cheekily, and looked at him with renewed interest. “Mr. Guajardo, what are you doing here so late at night? Why did you park your sports car in front of our office building? Are you stalking Miss Ellsworth?”
Instead of answering her question, Halston asked, “Is she still working?”
“You’re waiting for Miss Ellsworth!’ Shelley was moved and asked tentatively, “Mr. Guajardo, did you regret it? Are you planning to get your perfect ex-wife back?”
Halston ignored Shelley’s teasing, and told her sternly, “If she’s not done with work yet, call her and tell her to come down and meet me.”
Halston had actually arrived an hour ago. Although Halston and Flossie’s offices were a block apart, the buildings were facing each other. His floor was higher, but he could clearly see that the lights on Flossie’s floor were always on.
Halston had something to talk to Flossie about regarding work, so he came early to wait for her. The lights on the twenty-fourth floor were soon switched off, but, she never appeared.
Halston did not see Flossie’s car coming out of the parking lot either, which was a little strange.
Shelley had some of Flossie’s rebelliousness in her. She was uncooperative and rebuked Halston. “Mr. Guajardo, please be clear. I’m working as Miss Ellsworth’s assistant, not yours. Why should I listen to you?”