Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
Seraphina, in her opinion, was much superior to Jessanna. Although she was arrogant and domineering, she was open about it and wouldn’t do anything behind her back.
And it was for this reason that she wished Seraphina would win.
“Alright. This time, I’ll believe you. I’ll deal with Jessanna first!” Seraphina’s eyes blazed as she said. She decided to temporarily shift her focus to Jessanna, and would deal with Flossie later.
Flossie returned to Azure Group to finish up some work after finally dealing with Seraphina. Now that she no longer had the Rainbow Glaze, she needed to devise a plan to reclaim control of the land from Rubio.
She was seated in front of her workstation, urgently searching for information, when Rubio phoned.
“Flossie, my old buddy, do you intend to call it quits on our friendship?” Rubio’s voice was as cunning as always.
Hearing this, Flossie secretly rolled her eyes and replied in the same pretentious tone as him, “No way, I’m just trying to think of a way to calm you down. You know, I have black circles under my eyes from the nights I spent thinking of a solution. Why don’t you grant my request for a change? After all, the Pascal family has a lot of property.”
Rubio chuckled again and continued, “I also feel like I’m being a bit harsh, but there’s nothing I can do about it. The land does not belong to me.”
“What?”
Flossie was a bit taken aback. She had done extensive research and had discovered that the property was owned by Rubio.
However, according to him, it belonged to someone else.
“Since the boss’ identity is unique, he is unable to seize control of the property using his own name. Fortunately, the Pascal family has the financial means to purchase the property, so I helped him with it. On the surface, it seems that I am in command of the land, but I do not make the decisions. Additionally, it wasn’t me that wanted the Rainbow Glaze, but him.”
Rubio purposely reminded her, “I’m warning you now – we can’t afford to offend the boss. Don’t try and do anything under his watch.”
“I want to meet the person who can make you call them ‘boss.’ I’m not concerned about regaining ownership of the land, I just want to meet him,” she said excitedly. She was like a lively child eager to start a new game.
She wasn’t really pleased to see Rubio since she felt he was rather plain. However, now that she knew there was someone more powerful than Rubio, her curiosity had been piqued.
“Sure. As a buddy, I’ll assist you… I’ve already arranged a dinner for you and the boss,” he said after a little pause. “It’s up to you if you can win him over or not.”
“Thank you very much, Rubio.” Rubio had purposefully made things tough for her because of the boss’s orders, she knew. She would try her best to get the property as soon as possible to meet Abby’s living requirements.
Flossie hadn’t yet returned home, so Adie and Abby stood at the door once again, waiting for her.
“Adie, Mommy hasn’t come home today, and I’m having trouble contacting Daddy Q. Might they have gone on a date?” Abby gazed up at Adie curiously.
Mr. Q would normally be at home at this hour, having prepared food for them. However, he had not returned home for the entire day, and they had been unable to contact him.
Abby was unaccustomed to this. She missed Flossie and Mr. Q.
“I don’t think it’s possible…” Adie cupped his chin and said seriously, “It’s normal for Mommy to work till late at night. If Mr. Q was with Mommy, he would’ve taken a picture and sent it to us to show off. He’s so quiet now which could only mean…”
“Could only mean what?” Abby asked eagerly.
“He’s probably lazy. He didn’t want to cook for us anymore, so he turned off his phone so we couldn’t bother him.”
“That sounds possible. So, I guess we shouldn’t trouble him tonight and let him rest,” Abby said thoughtfully.
Mr. Q had been looking after them for the past few days, so it was reasonable that he needed to rest.
“I believe he should rest too. We’ll be at a loss if he gets sick from being too fatigued,” Adie reasoned.
The doorbell rang unexpectedly while the two of them were debating it.
“Ah, it’s Daddy Q, and he’s come to play with us! Let me go open the door!” Abby’s rosy cheeks were the colour of apples as she grinned and rushed towards the door.
“Daddy Q, you’ve arrived. We missed-” She opened the door while standing on tiptoe, and the smile died on her face when she realized the tall and attractive guy standing outside the door wasn’t Mr. Q. “Wow, uncle, you’re quite handsome,” she said adoringly. “Are you lost? Who are you searching for?”
Halston looked down at Abby standing there adorably. “Excuse me, does Flossie live here?” His icy stare softened involuntarily.
“Handsome Uncle, why are you searching for my Mommy?” Abby was naive, and spoke bluntly.
Halston’s eyes widened slightly when he heard this. “Your Mommy?”
“Yes. Flossie is my Mommy. She is still working, so you’ll have to wait a bit if you want to meet her!”
Abby liked Halston instinctively, and pulled him into the house by grabbing his large hand with her small, pudgy fingers.
When she noticed he was carrying a basket of bright red cherry tomatoes, she acted like an adult and politely said, “Oh, Handsome Uncle, you didn’t have to bring us a gift! The cherry tomatoes look delicious and sweet though, so I’m sure Mommy would like them!”
He was speechless when he heard this.
Halston, who was 6 feet tall, stood still as Abby grasped his hand. He didn’t dare move or speak, and just obeyed her instructions, feeling his heart melt at her cuteness.
When Adie discovered that Abby had brought a stranger into their home, his guard instantly went up. “Who are you, and what brings you into our home?”
He crossed his arms and glared at Halston, his expression serious.
Halston stared back at Adie in shock, surprised by the little boy who had the same coldness and solemnity as him.
Adie was like a mini Halston, while Abby was like a mini Flossie. He felt a rush of emotions in his heart.
“Are you also Flossie’s child?” He asked Adie.
“I’m not going to answer that until Flossie gets home.” Adie quickly pulled Abby to him, looking at Halston like he was a monster.
Abby, meanwhile, put a hand on her brother’s shoulder reassuringly. “Adie, I believe this uncle is a nice guy,” she remarked pleasantly. ” You don’t have to be scared of him. He’s most likely Mommy’s friend. He even gave us a bunch of delicious tomatoes!”
She was eating a tomato as she spoke, and the delicious flavour of it reinforced her belief that Halston wasn’t a bad guy.
Adie frowned hopelessly and scolded her, “Abby, didn’t I warn you not to trust strangers? You’ve never even met him before, so how do you know he’s not a jerk?”
“Oh, that’s simple. Bad people are ugly. Their faces will be scarred and they will be large. But this uncle is incredibly attractive, even more so than Daddy Liam! How could he possibly be bad? He’s surely a nice guy!”
Halston was taken aback and said, “Little child, you and your mother are very much alike – you two are both shallow.”
He remembered how Flossie fell in love with him because of his looks. Genes were such a curious thing!
“Come with me, Abby!”
Adie glared at Halston, then took his sister’s hand and led her into the study.
“What is it, Adie? It’s not polite to leave the handsome man out there all by himself! We should spend more time with him.”
Abby stared impatiently out into the living room, gazing at Halston, sitting on the couch, wishing she could always cling to the man.
But Adie swiftly slammed the door shut and, with a stern expression, scolded his sister, “You silly girl! Still can’t recognize who that man is?”
“What do you mean, Adie? Do you know that handsome man?”
“So you really can’t recognize him. Fine, I’ll show you a picture…”
Adie picked up his phone and browsed through it for ages, punctuated by periodical “ums” and “ahhs” before he finally tapped on Flossie and Halston’s wedding photo.