Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
“One more glass! Another one!”
And so, the two of them got into a drinking contest. Leia was determined to make Xavier collapse to get her revenge.
Halston, Flossie, Adie, and Abby stared at them, dumbfounded.
Halston: “Your bestie drinks as much as you do.”
Flossie: “Your buddy can’t even beat a woman at drinking.”
Abby: “Are they dating?”
Adie: “I don’t know, but they’ve definitely gone mad.”
As she got more drunk, Leia’s behavior became increasingly rowdy and unrestrained. Flossie felt like things were developing in the wrong direction.
‘This won’t do. If this goes on, they’ll become buddies instead of lovers!’
In truth, the reason Leia had remained single for so many years was because of her boisterous personality. She was really thick when it came to love affairs. She ended up treating everyone who confessed to her or showed interest in her as her buddy.
This time, Flossie would not leave her be.
“Simply drinking like this is boring. Why don’t we play the Three Gardens game?”
Flossie reached out to stop Leia and Xavier from drinking and proposed eagerly.
“That’s a kid’s game. Boring!”
Leia and Xavier surprisingly had the same opinion. They both expressed no interest in the game.
“How can you say my wife’s proposal is boring?”
Halston’s expression turned cold. He threatened, “You’ll play the game and you’ll like it.”
“Alright, alright, we’ll play it.”
Leia and Xavier once again acted in unison. They both succumbed to Halston’s pressure.
Leia secretly complained to Xavier, “Is Halston possessed? He’s completely turned into a henpecked husband. It’s scary.”
Xavier was unperturbed. “Nah. Deep down, my bro is actually a hopeless romantic. It took him a lot of effort to act like an iceberg in the past.”
Flossie clapped her hands and said, “Okay, let’s start. I visited the Three Gardens on Wednesday. Today, we visited the – Fruit Garden!”
Halston: “Watermelon.”
Leia: “Peach.”
Abby: “Strawberry.”
Adie: “Apple.”
Xavier: “Banana.”
After one round, Abby could not think of a fruit in time and lost the game. She had to perform a dance.
“Let’s keep going!”
Flossie eagerly hosted the game. Everyone had lost at least once except for Halston. He remained lossless until the end.
“Well, this drinking game isn’t too hard. I haven’t taken a sip of champagne yet.”
Halston said somewhat smugly. He seemed to have forgotten the embarrassment of losing hard in a drinking game and becoming so drunk that he could not even recognize his own mother.
“How arrogant!”
Xavier grinned and said, “Bro, I’ll decide the topic this time. Let’s see how smug you are after this.”
“Anything’s fine. My vocabulary is rich enough to handle the likes of you.”
Halston was confident.
“Okay…”
Xavier held back a smile and said, ” I visited the Three Gardens on Wednesday. Today, we visited the – Exes Garden!”
Halston: “……”
Flossie: “……”
Leia: “……”
To no one’s surprise, Halston was the first to lose. He had to accept a punishment from the questioner.
“You win this time, you brat.”
Halston’s cold eyes were like daggers. He issued a warning with a smile that did not reach his eyes, “You better not overdo it.”
“You can’t threaten the questioner, or I’ll ask for reinforcement.”
Xavier sent an SOS signal to Flossie.
Halston immediately relented. “Okay. How do you want to punish me?”
“Don’t be nervous, bro. I value our brotherhood very much, so I won’t do anything too terrible to you. I just want to have a casual conversation with you…”
Xavier then asked, “Answer truthfully – what is your biggest fear?”
The atmosphere suddenly became tense again. Everyone looked at Halston, waiting for his answer.
The man slowly took a sip of champagne and said meaningfully, “I used to be fearless, but now, what I fear most is my wife leaving me.”
“Oh no, you really are a hopeless romantic. Show some backbone, Halston!”
Xavier waved his hand. He expected that answer. It did not surprise him at all.
Leia also could not help mocking Halston. “Can you two please stop taking every opportunity to show how much you’re in love? It’s making me sick. I don’t even have the appetite for the leg of lamb anymore.”
Flossie was calm though. Her beautiful lips curled into a shallow smile. She looked gentle and peaceful, but there was a trace of coldness in her eyes.
She crossed her legs and wrapped the blanket tighter around her, then said to Halston, “May I ask you a question?”
Halston shrugged and said calmly, “Go ahead.”
“You keep emphasizing that you’re afraid I’d leave you one day. Does that mean, deep down in your heart, you don’t have much confidence in our love? Or… is there a hidden risk factor between us that I don’t know about?”
