Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
Mr. Guajardo’s usually cool and handsome face was now pouting like a boy who had had his toy snatched away from him. Neither he nor the Panamera was willing to give in.
All along, not only had no one ever dared to steal a parking spot from him, most cars did not even dare to get near his car and had always maintained a distance of a few hundred feet at all times. How could a man so feared and respected accept such despicable treatment?!
“Okay, I’m sorry, baby, but for the sake of the children, let’s keep a low profile and let this slide. I’ll get you some ice cream on the way home, okay?”
After patiently and gently persuading Halston, Flossie then pointed in a direction in front of them and told him, “There’s an open-air parking lot about half a mile ahead. There are tons of parking spots! Let’s not waste our time fighting for one here!”
“Fine!”
Halston’s renowned haughtiness finally gave way to Flossie’s gentle persuasions. He turned the steering wheel with one hand while he tousled her hair with the other. “For the sake of my angelic wife, I won’t stoop to their level today.”
And so, they agreed to part ways—Halston drove away and headed towards the open-air parking lot less than half a mile away, while Flossie got out of the car and queued up in front of the kindergarten gate and waited her turn to pick up her kids. Once the kids were with her, Halston drove back to the kindergarten, and they would meet up again.
In fact, many other parents had opted to do the same thing, because there were just too few parking spots in front of the kindergarten, so it did not matter whether you were a powerful official or a common citizen, once they became parents, they had to abide the rules to set a good example for their children.
Meanwhile, the Panamera boastfully screeched to a halt in the parking spot that Halston had just given up. The door opened, and out came a young woman with long curly hair and heavy makeup, clad in a Chanel haute couture dress and an expensive, limited edition designer handbag slung over her forearm. Her ten-inch stilettos clicked onto the ground as she snobbily stepped out of the car.
The line in front of the kindergarten was already very long as the teachers handed the children one by one to their parents. Because she was late, Flossie ended up at the very end of the line. She stood on her tiptoes and stretched her neck to look inside, only to see from afar that Adie, Abby, and another boy had been singled out by the teacher Miss Apple, who seemed to be giving them a lecture in a corner.
‘Oh boy,’ she thought, instantly worried, ‘what did the two rascals do this time?’
But no matter how anxious she was, she still patiently waited in line for her turn.
The snobby woman with curly hair, on the other hand, walked right past Flossie and cut the line, taking the spot at the very front.
“What’s going on? Who’s that woman? How could she just jump in line like that?
The other parents started to murmur and grumble in displeasure, albeit in lowered voices. The rest were just as annoyed but dared not say a word about it.
“Just ignore it. That woman has powerful connections. We can’t afford to offend her…”
“Besides, it’s not the first she jumped the line anyway, so let’s just endure it!”
“…”
Like Flossie, most parents would rather turn a blind eye to certain things, hoping they wouldn’t ruffle any feathers for the sake of their children’s safety. Flossie had initially planned to just stay quiet about it, but when she remembered how pompously snobbish the woman was when she snatched their parking spot earlier and how she had the gall to jump in line in front of everyone, she just lost all her patience!
“Hey, curlyhead!”
“Curlyhead?” the snobbish woman turned around and looked around disdainfully.
“Stop looking around, I was talking to you…”
Flossie’s exquisite face turned cold and intimidating as she asked the woman, “Have you ever been to kindergarten?”
“What do you mean?”
“If you’ve been to kindergarten before, you would’ve surely learned how to abide by the rules and stand in line to wait for your turn. That way you’d be a good example to the children. But of course, if you turn around now and stand at the back of the queue, you may disregard everything I just said.”
“You… You…!”
The woman was so infuriated that she turned pale. She pointed at Flossie and shrieked, “Don’t you know who I am? How dare you! You must have a death wish if you dare speak to me like that!”
The other parents gasped in awe at Flossie’s courage for daring to provoke this woman.
But Flossie merely sneered, “I’m sorry, but I have no idea who you are. Why don’t you get yourself a megaphone and introduce yourself to everyone here? That way your child would learn what kind of a mother they have!”
“Listen to me carefully—I have connections with the Murphy family. Don’t you know Ethan Murphy? If you dare to go against me, it means going against the Murphy family!”
“Ethan Murphy, huh?
Flossie was suddenly fascinated.
“Yes, of course, I know him. He’s the current patriarch of the Murphy family and a famously powerful man indeed.”
Ethan Murphy was Seraphina Murphy’s father, and he almost became Halston’s father-in-law, so how could Flossie not know him?
“Well, so you do know your place!”
Jasmine crossed her arms in front of her chest and raised her chin high before she roared at Flossie arrogantly, “Hurry up and kneel in apology. I won’t hold you responsible for it.”
The surrounding parents tried to persuade Flossie to give in.
It was because Jasmine was Ethan’s lover for many years. She had become quite arrogant because of how much he had spoiled her.
The reason why she dared to be so arrogant was because she had given birth to a son for Ethan.
It was a general fact that the Murphy family had only pronounced having a daughter called Seraphina, but in fact, Ethan’s illegitimate son was more than four years old now.
Jasmine was bold enough to even put Ethan’s original wife down because of that illegitimate son. She also became very wilful and unscrupulous.
“Great idea!”
Flossie cracked a smile and put on a queen’s demeanor. She stated condescendingly, “I’m ready. You can kneel now.”
“You’re so insensible. I asked you to get down on your knees!”
Jasmine then raised her arm in indignation since she wanted to slap Flossie.
However, Flossie tilted her shoulders slightly, rapidly dodging the attack.
“Ah!”
Jasmine staggered and fell. As a result, the hem of her dress was lifted, and she was in an extremely sorry state.
“Hahahahaha!”
The surrounding parents could not hold themselves back anymore as they burst into peals of laughter.
That wilful and arrogant homewrecker finally suffered a defeat. It was a great satisfaction.
Flossie looked down at Jasmine condescendingly and smirked. She sounded like she was half joking. “Hmm… Although your posture is a bit ugly, you kneel well. I’ll accept it and forgive you. If I see you cut the line again, I’ll make you kneel even more accurately!”
“Why… you… and you guys. Are you courting death?”
Jasmine was greatly humiliated. She gritted her teeth and made a fierce threat. “Just you wait. You are all going to be ruined. Not a single one of you will escape!”
After she scolded them, her pretty but coquettish face immediately became delicate. She took out her phone and called Ethan. “Hello, Ethan, come to the kindergarten now. Your son and I are getting bullied!”
The parents, who were laughing heartily, quickly lost their humor. They kept quiet in fear.
“Go on! Why did you stop laughing? Weren’t you all having a laugh?”
Jasmine pointed at a housewife who dressed up plainly and scolded, “You laughed the hardest just now. When my man comes, you and your child will have to kneel before me. If not, I won’t let you off the hook!”
