Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
“I’m not drunk, I’m completely sober! Just wait till I show you how stubborn I can be with my fists! Come at me!” Flossie scowled and lunged at Halston.
Max and his gang might have looked big and burly, but they couldn’t even take more than a couple of hits from Flossie. It felt like a warm-up to her, and now, she wished to relieve her stress elsewhere. Now that Halston was here as a volunteer, she figured that he couldn’t blame her for being violent in a lawless place like this.
To Flossie’s surprise, Halston seemed to have taken lessons from a professional martial artist, as he was able to dodge her attacks perfectly. Suddenly, their position was even more intimate than before.
Finally, the man just picked her up and started walking towards the exit of the bar.
“Just take it easy if you’re drunk. I’ll be sending you home now,” he said, his tone firm yet gentle at the same time.
“Let go of me, Guajardo! Fight me if you have what it takes!” Flossie kicked her feet angrily. She might lose in an argument, but she refused to believe that she’d lose in a fight.
‘Something must’ve gone wrong somewhere! I refuse to yield!’
“Fine, fine, you can fight me when we get home. This isn’t a good place to show your skills after all.” Halston spoke as if he were comforting a child, his gaze soft with affection.
“Okay, you promised, we’ll fight when we get home…” Flossie mumbled, burrowing into Halston’s chest subconsciously. The man’s body was quite warm and sturdy, and it was oddly comforting to be in his embrace. After a short while, she fell asleep, snoring lightly in his arms.
“Hold on!” Rosie exclaimed. All this while she had been standing aside, as if she were watching a romantic comedy skit. However, now that Flossie was being carried away, she quickly snapped back to reality and caught up to the two.
“What is it?” Halston stopped and asked coldly.
“Mr. Guajardo, you… you can’t take Miss Ellsworth with you!” Rosie mustered up the courage to say.
“Why can’t I?”
“That’s because it’s inappropriate! You must have bad intentions!”
“You’re a loyal friend, but I suppose she’s told you about our relationship, hasn’t she?”
“Miss Ellsworth told me that you’re her ex-husband, and the worst of the worst. She said she would never forgive you!”
“Really?” Halston glanced at the woman in his arms coldly. He then turned back to Rosie with a menacing aura, his tone prideful. “That may be correct if we were to talk in past tense, but now… we are legally married.”
“Huh?”
Rosie was at a loss for words, and lowered her head quietly. ‘I think he’s right. Just a while ago, Miss Ellsworth did say that they were now legally married again because he used some sort of trick! If they really are husband and wife on paper, I have no right to interfere!’
“So can I take her home now?” Halston raised an eyebrow.
“Mhm!” Rosie nodded profusely.
Halston nodded back. He looked cold and elegant, but his heart was pounding in his chest. ‘Well now, it does feel good to be legally married!’
He then brought Flossie all the way to his limited edition Rolls-Royce, with Elijah opening the door to the backseat already.
“Mr. Guajardo, is the young miss alright?” Elijah asked in concern. Since this was the most dangerous and crime-infested place in Beach City, he was worried that Flossie had been in danger. He even had some of their men on standby, heavily armed. If they received orders from Halston, they would demolish the entire port in seconds.
“It’s fine, she’s just drunk. She also beat up a few grown men, and almost tore apart the entire bar,” Halston said casually, placing the woman gently into the car.
“Pfft!” Elijah was usually quite composed, but even he couldn’t help but burst into laughter. He sighed in amusement and said, “Looks like the young miss is still as radiant as ever – she never disappoints.”
“Cut the dawdling, let’s head back to the Guajardo manor.” Halston shot Elijah a cold glance.
“Alright!” Elijah nodded obediently and quickly went to the driver’s seat, starting the engine as ordered.
The roads in Water Dock were quite bumpy, and even a luxurious car would struggle with such uneven roads.
Flossie was initially fast asleep, but the car suddenly went over a large rock, causing her head to bump into the car door. She immediately woke up, her eyes tearing from the pain.
“Ow!” She whimpered pitifully.
“I’m so sorry!” Halston’s face was filled with guilt, and his fingers caressed her head softly as he comforted her. “There, there, it’ll stop hurting after you blow on it, see?”
“Hmm? It really doesn’t hurt anymore… You’re so nice to me!” Flossie chirped, still half-conscious. She treated Halston like a pillow, placing her head back onto his lap and wrapping her arms around his waist tightly.
Halston’s body went as stiff as a board. He didn’t dare to move a muscle, worried that he might disturb the woman on his lap.
“You… Do you really think I’m nice?” He asked her carefully.
“Mhm! Of course you are!” Flossie curled up against him like a contended kitten, nodding gently. “You gave me the warmth of a home, that’s why I was willing to marry you and become your wife.”
“You’re finally facing the truth… Actually, Ellsworth, I-” Just as Halston was about to reveal his true feelings to her, the woman interrupted him cheerfully.
“You’re not like my trashy ex-husband at all – he’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing at best. You may think you’re ugly, but you have a beautiful heart. I am incredibly lucky to be your wife!” Flossie confessed with a shy smile.
The atmosphere in the vehicle suddenly became tense.
“So, that means that person is much more important than Halston Guajardo to you?” Halston clenched his jaw, questioning angrily.
“Are you kidding?” Flossie smacked Halston lightly, still drunk, then started hugging him even tighter. “Mr. Q, you’re the most important person to me now. Why else would I marry you? Halston Guajardo is nothing to me, I moved on from him four years ago… That jerk was probably jealous of your personality and looks, and that’s why he scarred your face! Don’t worry, I’ll definitely get revenge for you!”
“Really now?” Halston scoffed. “And how are you going to do that?”
“Simple, he scarred your face, so I’ll scar his…” Flossie let out a burp and covered her face, giggling. “I’m going to carve the words ‘I’m an ugly jerk’ into his face! Hahaha, pretty cruel, aren’t I?”
Halston fell silent.
“Pfft!” Elijah couldn’t hold back his laughter any longer. When he felt a chill in the car, he cleared his throat and said formally, “Ah, I didn’t hear anything, Mr. Guajardo, nothing at all…”
“Clearly, you still value your life,” Halston growled, looking embarrassed. If the woman wasn’t drunk, he would’ve given her a thorough scolding.
Elijah glanced at the man through the rearview mirror, surprised to see how gentle his gaze was when he looked at Flossie. He asked softly, “Mr. Guajardo, you’ve finally realized who you can’t move on from, right?”
“I’ve always known how I felt deep inside. I just had too much on my plate back then, and I gave up on what was truly important to me. Now that the universe has given me another chance to right my wrongs, I am never letting go,” Halston said determinedly as he held Flossie’s hand, as if she was the pure embodiment of his happiness.
“Good, good.” Elijah nodded and let out a sigh of relief. As Halston’s most trusted assistant, he had witnessed the entirety of Halston and Flossie’s love story, complicated and heart-wrenching as it was. Even as an outsider, he was desperately hoping that they could finally understand each other, and achieve their happy ending.
As long as Halston knew what his heart wanted, Elijah believed that he could definitely win Flossie’s heart back. Any woman would wish to be treated with sincerity, after all…
“Right, have you investigated Ximenez’ whereabouts?” Halston suddenly asked. Jessanna had been missing for quite a few days, and hadn’t said anything before departing. He couldn’t help but worry for her safety.
“Nothing yet…” Elijah frowned, then hesitantly said, “You just said that you knew how you felt, and that you wouldn’t let go of this second chance. Why are you mentioning that manipulative witch again? She was the reason you ended up in such a horrible state with Miss Ellsworth to begin with! Could it be that you-“
“Shut it.” Halston glared at his assistant. “I know what I’m doing.”
“I’m sorry, Mr. Guajardo, I’ve misspoken. I just don’t want to see you making the same mistakes. After all, Miss Ellsworth-“
“She already knows the truth, so I trust that she will understand.” Halston obviously knew that he should treat Jessanna as nothing more than a dead woman, but she was still the woman his brother had once loved deeply, so he did not want her to meet a cruel fate.
“Miss Ellsworth knows the truth?” Elijah was shocked and confused. “Wait, but then she’d know that you were merely bound by circumstance, right? Why is she still avoiding you like the plague? Could it be that… she’s fallen for another?”
“Maybe.” Halston seemed weirdly calm, which puzzled Elijah further.
“That’s not right, Mr. Guajardo. You would’ve flipped if she fell in love with another man, so why are you being so calm about this? You’re not usually so generous when it comes to Miss Ellsworth!”
