Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
“No. I don’t understand!” She clenched her fists tightly, feeling humiliated. “You can make jokes about everything except emotions and marriage. I believed you because you said it. I-”
“Since you know that marriage isn’t something to joke about, we can’t get married just for the sake of marrying. It would destroy the sanctity of marriage.” Halston’s expression was solemn.
Although he was heartless sometimes, he was serious about marriage. He won’t marry someone else for fun just to anger Flossie.
“Hahahaha. You must be joking. If you think that our marriage will ruin the sacredness of a marriage, then what about yours with Miss Flossie? Didn’t you marry her without loving her too? You didn’t even know her back then, yet the wedding was set after three days. I’m your childhood best friend who has known you your entire life, but you’re saying it’d damage the sanctity of the marriage?” She questioned, her voice trembling with sorrow. She knew that she was supposed to calm herself down and keep up the act as his best friend to convince him. Even if she couldn’t, she could at least stay beside him and accompany him forever.
But the words he said hurt her. She wondered why she wasn’t eligible to be his wife since she was equal to Flossie in every way.
“It’s because of the past that I am being careful and taking things seriously. We can’t be as careless as the elderly who match people together at random,” he scoffed.
“Why are you giving so many excuses? I bet that it’s because you can’t let go of Flossie. It’s sad that she doesn’t feel the same though. She already rejected you, but you still can’t let her go. You really disappoint me!” Seraphina closed her eyes, overwhelmed with shame and sadness. After she was done speaking, she carried her bag and left without looking back.
‘Flossie, I might have underestimated you, but I won’t give up that easily. From now on, I will make your life miserable!’ Seraphina thought fiercely.
Timothy stood there and watched the whole thing without saying anything.
“I’m exhausted simply looking at you and all the turmoil in your life,” he said finally, and patted Halston’s shoulder.
Then, he looked at the cherry tomatoes and said to Halston, “Take them and send them elsewhere.”
“Just give these menial tasks to the maids,” Halston said irritably.
“No. You have to go deliver it.” The old man was firm.
After Flossie left the Guajardo residence, she was debating whether she should get married to Mr. Q before Halston and Seraphina got married. The plan seemed a little crazy because if she went through with it, Mr. Q would officially be her husband. If she regretted it in the future, it would be her second divorce.
However, if this was the only way to maintain custody of her children, she wouldn’t object to it.
While she was lost in thought, her tire came in contact with a screwdriver, flattening it and causing her car to stop on the side of the road.
Seraphina drove her sports car over and honked at Flossie, then drove slowly to the roadside as well. She stuck her head out of the window, a smug expression on her face. “Miss Flossie, is your tire flat? What a shame. Do you need me to give you a ride?”
“It’s fine. I’ll call a tow truck.” Flossie didn’t want to interact much with Seraphina, and didn’t even spare a glance at her.
“That’s so troublesome. I have a tow hook in my car, so I can tow you to the repair shop. I won’t charge you any money.” Seraphina then honked her horns sarcastically and stated, “You don’t have to be ashamed to ask for help. After all, you’re my senior, so I should be able to assist you.”
Flossie looked up and stared at Seraphina incredulously. “Senior?”
“Well, you’re Halston’s former wife, and I’m his current wife, so that makes you my senior,” Seraphina explained simply.
When Flossie heard this, she was at a loss for words.
Seraphina continued, “You look so calm on the surface, but you’re secretly angry, right? Aren’t you curious about the details of our wedding?”
Flossie raised her brows and said, “To be honest, I am. I’m even more curious as to why he isn’t with you right now to marry you. Didn’t you two want to be married earlier?”
Seraphina’s face darkened instantly, and she clenched her fists. If not for her fear of Halston’s wrath, she would have stepped on the gas and knocked Flossie down!
She didn’t want Flossie to find out that the plan to marry Halston was ruined, so she could only lie to her. “Halston and I are so perfect for each other that it doesn’t matter when we get married. We want to find a perfect date to get married and attend it in all our fineries. After all, we both love each other, not like you-”
“Okay, I know the two of you are perfect for each other. Please let me know the date ahead of time so I can put up fireworks for the two of you!” Flossie was curious about the date. She wasn’t in a rush since they weren’t either. She had to be one step ahead of them if they were going to marry shortly – she couldn’t possibly lose!
“If you want to know, then hop inside. I’m new to being a wife so I have a lot of questions to ask my senior.” Seraphina invited Flossie again.
Flossie hesitated for a while, and eventually agreed after thinking that Seraphina wasn’t capable of hurting her. “Sure. Sorry for troubling you.”
After she finished speaking, Seraphina used her tow hook to hook Flossie’s car to hers, then opened the door for Flossie.
Flossie soon realized that Seraphina’s driving skills were much superior to her ability to spout nonsense.
Seraphina succeeded in passing vehicles on the road while dragging a car behind her, which was very impressive to Flossie.
“Do you like racing?” Flossie inquired calmly from the passenger seat.
“Halston and I are well-known F-C1 Racing Club racers. You’ve seen my abilities, but I’m a little inferior to Halston. That’s one of the reasons I respect him. He is so gifted that he excels at whatever he attempts. How could he be that gifted?” Seraphina passed another automobile smoothly as she spoke.
Flossie was taken aback by the unexpected acceleration and grabbed the door handle. “Oh my goodness, be careful! This slope is 60 degrees. Do you want to die by speeding here?”
“Don’t worry, I know exactly what I’m doing. It’s only a hill – no one will die,” Seraphina said confidently. She drove fast and had no intention of slowing down.
Flossie rolled her eyes. “Of course you’re protected. If something happens here, at the speed you’re driving, the passenger is the one most likely to be killed.”
When she said this, she was struck by realization, and turned to Seraphina with a complex expression on her face.
Seraphina just gripped the driving wheel and looked at Flossie without saying anything.
Flossie’s thoughts were confirmed by that hateful stare. Seraphina was doing it on purpose, possibly to warn her or to murder her.
“It seems that Miss Seraphina never fails to surprise me!” Flossie murmured thoughtfully as she glanced at Seraphina’s lovely side profile.
Flossie felt she was a harmless lady who spoke too much and wasn’t a danger before this, but it now seems that she wasn’t as innocent as Flossie had assumed. After all, she was the heir of a wealthy family and Halston’s closest friend.
Flossie was the naive one in comparison to Seraphina.
“You crack me up, Miss Flossie. Indeed, I’m a simple girl. I won’t hurt anybody… unless they annoy me. If someone does offend me, I will do all I can to get rid of them. Besides, I have a method of getting rid of them quietly so that no one notices. So, ever since I was a child, no one has dared to compete with me because they will die if they do.” Seraphina spoke quietly before stepping on the gas pedal and increasing the pace.
Flossie’s body jolted forward, and she would have cracked her skull if it hadn’t been for her fast response. She had to admit that such a threat was pretty frightening. Anyone would feel intimidated by the threat and pledge to stay away.
Flossie, on the other hand, was not a coward. It would have been preferable if Seraphina hadn’t threatened her, since Flossie was now intrigued.
“You shouldn’t be telling me this, Miss Seraphina. You won’t even get a chance to speak if I really wanted to compete with you. On the contrary, I am helping you. Your true adversary is not me. It’s futile if both of us fight to the death and let the other profit.” Flossie laughed.
Seraphina was perplexed when she heard this. “Do you mean there’s someone else?”
“Of course!” Flossie sighed deeply, feigning misery. “How do you think I was kicked out of the Guajardo family to begin with?”
Flossie was clearly hinting at something. Seraphina wasn’t stupid, so she saw what Flossie was implying right away.
“I know things were difficult when you and Halston split. You had been banished from the Guajardo family and had nowhere to go.” Seraphina let down her guard and sympathized with Flossie.
“When it comes to vying for Halston’s heart, no one can beat that lady. She managed to persuade Halston to defend her with only her innocent expression. It made me furious to watch him pamper her like a baby!” Seraphina felt enraged as she talked, and she couldn’t help but smack the steering wheel angrily.
Jessanna was, without a doubt, the lady she was referring to. Flossie’s previous life had been a living nightmare because of her!
“It’s pointless to be angry. Your closest buddy likes ladies that seem naive. Instead of battling me, learn her methods and appear to be fragile and weak. It would be ideal if you could discover a way to get pregnant with his kid since he would then have no option but to marry you…” Flossie seemed to be genuinely instructing Seraphina on how to pursue Halston based on her own experience.
Seraphina scowled and looked at her suspiciously when she heard this.
Flossie rolled her eyes and scoffed, “Why are you looking at me like that? This is all real-life experience, and it will come in handy when dealing with a moron like Halston. If you don’t believe me, try it for yourself!”
“Are you really that uninterested in Halston that you’re instructing me how to pursue him?”
“Oh, certainly,” Flossie said and shook her head. “If I still had feelings for him, you wouldn’t stand a chance against me.”