Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
After Flossie left the company, several employees who stayed back to work overtime immediately gathered around Shelley.
“Shelley, have you seen the news? Is it true?”
“Is Miss Ellsworth really pregnant with Halston Guajardo’s baby?”
“It must be true. The paparazzi made things very clear. Miss Ellsworth is pregnant with Mr. Guajardo’s baby, but Mr. Guajardo wouldn’t take responsibility, so Miss Ellsworth splashed him with both wine and coffee to try and force him to take responsibility!”
They continued to gossip and argue. The topic originated from a batch of photos posted by a famous entertainment industry paparazzi on a certain forum.
The photos showed Flossie splashing coffee and wine on Halston Guajardo’s face.
The caption was: “H Group’s CEO rekindled his relationship with his ex-wife. The woman is three months pregnant, but he insists on breaking up!”
“If this is true, then Mr. Guajardo is such a scumbag. Poor Miss Ellsworth!”
They started to talk bad about Halston and sympathized with Flossie.
Shelley cleared her throat and told everyone, “The news is not entirely true, but it’s not entirely false either. First of all… Miss Ellsworth is definitely pregnant, but she’s proud and she likes to keep a low profile, so she doesn’t want to make it public. So from now on, we must take good care of Miss Ellsworth, but don’t mention the matter in front of her. Understand?”
“As for Mr. Guajardo not wanting to take responsibility, I find this part questionable. At least based on my understanding, Mr. Guajardo still cares about Miss Ellsworth a great deal. I’m guessing this is also one of the reasons why the two groups will cooperate sooner or later.”
Everyone immediately understood what happened after listening to Shelley’s analysis.
“That’s great! Miss Ellsworth is pregnant with Mr. Guajardo’s baby! This little fella will become a winner in life the moment they’re born. How lucky!”
The employees of Azure Group could not help cheering.
The protagonist of the incident, Flossie Eveheart, was currently dressed in all black. She sneaked into Halston’s bedroom, her steps as light as a swallow’s, completely unaware that she was “pregnant”!!!
She must get the Rainbow Glaze within a week. Since she could not get it through negotiations, she could only use underhanded methods.
Her plan was to infiltrate Halston’s residence and steal the Rainbow Glaze.
Doing this was a bit unethical, but considering that she took nothing from Halston when they divorced, surely taking the Rainbow Glaze was not too much.
Besides, she would return it sooner or later, so it should not be a big deal.
However, Halston had a lot of properties under his name, so she did not know where he kept the Rainbow Glaze.
She could only try her luck and search one place at a time.
The first place she tried was the Guajardo Residence.
After all, it was where Halston regularly stayed in the past year or two. In addition, Grandpa Timothy also liked antiques and artifacts, so the possibility of the Rainbow Glaze being kept in the Guajardo Residence was the highest.
Flossie moved skillfully and cautiously. She easily slipped into the Guajardo Residence and successfully infiltrated Halston’s bedroom on the second floor.
Truth be told, considering her relationship with Grandpa Timothy, she could solve the problem by just talking to him. There was no need for her to steal.
But Flossie did not want him to misunderstand. She also did not want to have anything more to do with Halston. Therefore, stealing the treasure was the easiest way.
It was already late at night. Grandpa Timothy usually went to bed early. The entire Guajardo household seemed to be asleep.
The house that was as big as a palace stood quietly in the middle of the night.
In Halston’s bedroom, Flossie did not dare to turn on the lights. She searched with the help of the flashlight that came with her phone.
Halston’s bedroom in the old Guajardo Residence was completely different from his bedroom in the Guajardo Manor.
The color theme of his bedroom in the Guajardo Manor was gray, black and white. It felt cold, serious and restrained, just like him.
But his bedroom in the Guajardo Residence completely shattered what Flossie knew of him…
With the help of the light from her phone, Flossie was surprised to find on Halston’s desk rows of merchandise from various popular animes.
There was Luffy from “One Piece”, Conan from “Detective Conan”, Naruto, and even Sora from “Gag Manga Biyori”!!!
“Hahaha, this is too funny! Does he have multiple personality disorder or something? He behaves like an iceberg all the time, but he’s actually an otaku!”
Flossie could not stop staring at the palm-sized action figure of Luffy.
It was hard to imagine Halston sitting at this desk every day, playing with these merchandise with a straight face. She could not help but burst out in laughter.
She herself was half an otaku. When she was young, besides playing with the bottles and jars in the laboratory, she also liked to read some hot-blooded or funny manga.
And the animes she liked were actually very similar to the animes Halston liked.
Flossie suddenly sighed. She only found out that she shared a common interest with her ex-husband years after the divorce.
Besides anime merchandise, there was also a huge glass cabinet in Halston’s room. It did not contain any rare treasures. Instead, it was filled with all sorts of LEGO models, including the Eiffel Tower, heavy spaceships, motorcycles and Transformers.
“I can’t believe he likes LEGO too. He even managed to construct such a difficult spaceship!”
Flossie once again discovered something they had in common, which was their passion for LEGO.
She stared at the LEGO spaceship in the glass cabinet in shock. It was over a meter wide and was made up of 9999 pieces of various sizes. Unless someone was really passionate about LEGO, they would not have the patience to complete it.
Flossie loved that spaceship model too. She had always wanted to attempt to construct it, but she could never find the time. Moreover, the spaceship was a limited edition model, with only 99 sets available worldwide. She missed the timing and was still eagerly waiting for the second release so that she could buy a set!
Now that her “dream spaceship” had appeared before her, she wanted to touch it. She could not help herself.
She put down her phone and was about to open the glass cabinet when suddenly, her keen ears detected the sound of footsteps coming from the door, accompanied by the sound of people talking.
She instantly got nervous. Was Halston coming to the Guajardo Residence today? No way her luck would be that bad, right?
She did not have much time to react. She looked around in panic and could only slip under the bed.
“You brat, you’re finally willing to come back. I heard you’ve been living the good life lately, getting very close to that lass from the Murphy family. Old man Murphy has come to me several times to drop hints. What are you planning to do?”
Grandpa Timothy asked Halston sternly. He walked slowly, supporting himself with his cane. Although he was limping, he exuded a powerful aura.
“What was he hinting at?”
Halston took off his suit jacket and hung it on a solid wooden coat rack. His voice was nonchalant.
After all, he got scolded by the old man every time he came here. Sometimes, he would even get beaten. He had long grown immune to the old man’s scolding. It went in one ear and out the other.
“You damn brat, stop feigning ignorance! What do you think he was hinting at?”
Grandpa Timothy glared at his precious little grandson and cut straight to the chase. “He asked me, what’s going on between you and his precious granddaughter? Why have you two grown so close? I heard Seraphina has even moved in with you. That manor belongs to you and Flossie. How could you let another woman stay there? What are you young people doing?”
“She came to my house for a barbecue the other day and accidentally burned her foot. She had a hard time walking, so I let her stay at the manor for a few days. You know very well what our relationship is. We’re sworn brothers.”
Halston explained to Grandpa Timothy.