Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
“I can’t keep f*cking calm!”
Flossie vented out all the pain that she had suppressed for more than four years. She even challenged him. “You’d better protect your pretentious b*tch well. Don’t let me get her. If not, I’ll make her very miserable!”
Flossie was fuming with anger.
Sure, she hated Jessanna, but she hated Halston even more.
The sorry state she was in was the result of his tolerance and compassion toward Jessanna. That was also the reason her children were deprived of paternal love from the moment they were born, unlike the ones in other ordinary families.
“You mustn’t do anything to her.”
Halston spoke in a low voice filled with cockiness. He said gradually, “She’s been punished, so you should stop.”
“Should I stop just because you said so? What about the pain my kids and I had to suffer? Why should I be generous and tolerant?”
She was never a tolerant person, to begin with. If they bullied her, she would only teach them a harder lesson.
If she were not pregnant and eager to leave Beach City for Sun Island, she would’ve never let that pretentious b*tch off the hook.
“I can’t change the past, but from now… I’ll make it up to you and the kids.”
He glued a firm gaze on her face. “We can make a fresh start. I believe that we’ll have a happy future.”
“Who wants a future with you? There’s no future between us. It’ll only be a life-and-death struggle!”
Flossie refused Halston again.
Once there was a crack in a vase, it was destined to end up shattered—in tragedy. It was not something that could be fixed on the fly.
She could not convince herself to play along with a man she hated for the sake of the children. She did not want to relive the seemingly bright but cold life.
What she wanted was simple and ordinary family life, having a mutual love with her partner. It was just like… what she had with Mr. Q.
“Is that what you think?”
A tinge of unnoticeable pain crept up his handsome face. His gaze turned cold, and he became more perilous as he made an ultimatum.
“If that’s the case, I’ll give you two choices…
“One, marry me, and our family of four will lead a good life.
“Two, let me have custody of the kids, and you disappear from their lives.”
Flossie noticed that he was being serious. It was not an empty threat.
She sneered and said, “I’m sorry. I’ll just pick the third choice.”
“What do you mean?”
“The third choice is I’ll marry the man who is suitable for me. We’ll be the family of four that will make me happy.”
Halston’s gaze turned gloomy. He felt like strangling her to death. “Well, Flossie, you’re really something. You sure know how to make me hate you!”
“Haven’t you always hated me? So, what if you hate me a little more?”
“Fine. Today, I’ll make you pay the price for your stupidity!”
After that, he opened the door to leave.
However, he saw the two children at the door, staring at him fiercely.
Especially Adie. He regarded Halston as a criminal. With his hands on his waist, he interrogated, “Bad guy, where are you going?”
Halston was already fuming with anger. At that moment, his fury grew.
He looked down at Adie and asked in answer, “Do you know who am I to you, kids?”
Adie snorted disdainfully and raised his chin high. His behavior was an uncanny copy of Halston’s— overbearing and condescending. “Of course. You’re our bad daddy who hurt our mommy. My sister and I share half your genes.”
“You guys know?”
Halston was slightly stunned. There were a lot of things that he couldn’t figure out too.
“Since you know I’m your daddy, why did you trick me like this? Did your mommy teach you that?”
“No way!”
Little Adie wanted to provoke Halston, so he went in for the kill. “Mommy already hates you so much. She doesn’t even bother to talk about you. You’ve done so many horrible things. We’ll find out. All we need to do is look into it.”
Flossie was embarrassed. She was a little worried about Halston’s impression of Adie, so she scolded Adie softly, “Adie, you can’t be so rude.”
The words she could not say were, ‘That’s your father!’
How could a son lecture his father? It was simply embarrassing.
“Mommy, how am I rude? I’m just telling the truth. This bad guy has done a lot of horrible things. You’ve suffered so much because of him!”
“If you do something bad, you have to suffer the consequences! Everyone hates him because of his actions. It makes sense for us to hate him!”
“Look at Q. He’s the best. He’s nice to you and treats us well. He accompanies us every day and cooks us good food. A man like him deserves our favor and respect.”
It was hard to refute Adie’s clear and logical statement.
Flossie put her hand on her forehead in helplessness. She hoped Halston was sensible enough to not vent his anger at the kids.
Halston gazed at Adie for a long time with his cold eyes. After a long pause, he nodded arrogantly. “Well, well. You’re tough. It’s the same as when I was a child. My genes are really strong.”
His statement made both Flossie and Adie speechless.
Halston reached out and patted Adie’s fluffy hair. He asked, “Will you come to Guajardo family with me? I’ll groom you to take my place and become the king of the next generation.”
Adie turned his head savagely. He frowned and questioned, “You want me to come to the Guajardo family and groom me? Be the new king? Who cares! I’d better not end up as the next generation of villains!”
“Have you been watching too much hot-blooded anime? You’re so childish. Is your family aware of this?”
Halston’s hand froze in mid-air. He stiffened briefly before redeeming himself and said, “Not bad. You’re more sharp-tongued than I’ve ever been.”
Both Flossie and Adie were speechless again.
Speaking of which, Halston did secretly watch a lot of hot-blooded anime and had a crazy collection of anime merchandise at home. Underneath his cool and arrogant public facade was his childish, concupiscent side.
However, Halston’s appearance at the moment said otherwise. His outfit was hilarious.
Abby kept staring at Halston. Then, she blinked her big and beautiful eyes adorably and said, “Bad Daddy, calm down. If you get worked up, your falsies will drop. Your lipstick is smudging too. You’re no longer beautiful.”