Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
Flossie isn’t that kind of cruel and wicked woman. It’s very easy if she wants me dead. She didn’t have to spend so much effort, let alone jump into the water prison to save me!”
“It’s normal, even if you don’t believe me. After all, you guys were once a married couple, and you’ve had children together. Who will believe that their significant other wants to kill them?”
Chase shook his head and gave Halston a fatal blow. “But if she cares for you, why would she leave at such an important moment without any concerns about you? When you’re blind, and at your most helpless, she leaves you all alone in your enemy’s base, which is full of danger. She didn’t even inquire anything about you.”
“That’s enough. Shut up”
Finally, Halston had a mental breakdown.
No matter how strong his heart was, how could he convince himself to face such a hard truth?
“That’s all I wanted to say. Your body is clear of snake venom now. My boss is a man of his word. Soon someone will take you back to the Guajardo family. Take care.”
After that, Chase gave Halston a firm bow full of apology before he left the room.
After a long silence, Halston’s crazy roars came from the room. He sounded like a wounded beast. There was even the sound of things being smashed.
“Flossie, you’re such a cruel monster!”
Standing not far away from the room, Chase rubbed his fingers together in a deep struggle.
Quinton was standing beside Chase with his head high and chest out.
He then cracked a satisfactory smile and nodded at Chase. “Chase, you did a good job. So, it seems you’ve made up for your faults with some contributions. Work hard at Carmine
Pawnshop from now, and I won’t hold you responsible for what happened in the past.”
However, Chase was full of worry. He endlessly looked toward Halston’s room and said in concern, “Sir, Halston seems to be too agitated. He hit and smashed things. Isn’t it dangerous? After all, he’s a blind guy now. What if he steps on the broken pieces of the porcelain…”
“Don’t worry. He’s a very cunning man. He’s just venting his feelings. He won’t hurt himself.
What’s more… I’ll ask someone to give him a ride home. Nothing will happen to him.” Chase was at a loss for words.
He then lowered his head and heaved a long sigh. He appeared like he wanted to say something, but he dared not do so.
Consequently, Quinton’s eyes turned cold before he glared at Chase and uttered, “What’s wrong? You can’t bear to do this, huh? Don’t forget how cold-blooded he was back when he got rid of our Carmine Pawnshop. You’re the only one left in The Three Musketeers. Are you grieving over your enemy?”
“No, of course not!”
Chase hurriedly explained, “He deserves to die. Sir, you let him off the hook. So, it’s considered his blessing. Of course, I won’t pity him. I just think that…”
“What do you think?”
“He’s indeed despicable, but he’s sincere toward Miss Ellsworth, and so does Miss
Ellsworth. You asked me to say such cruel words just now to sew discord between him and
Miss Ellsworth. Will it… be bad for Miss Ellsworth?” Chase asked carefully.
Flossie risked her life to save Halston. When she woke up, she ran over to visit him, who was still in a coma.
However, Quinton asked Chase to distort the truth purposely and claim that Flossie was a cruel and bad woman. Hence, Chase felt that it was too cruel for both Flossie and Halston.
“Humph! What do you know?”
Quinton always planned ahead. He explained, “I did this for my sister’s sake. She wants to cut off all ties with this guy, so she needs some very extreme means. I’m just granting her wish.
“Acting on impulse would only harm her. Look at what she did this time! She knew that the water dungeon was full of venomous snakes, but she dived in just to save a traitor. Luckily, she was rescued. We can’t be sure if the same thing will happen again… She’ll never be harmed if emotions and love are completely eliminated!”
“That’s right. Getting rid of all emotions and love is the slogan you asked us to remember when you first established Carmine Pawnshop. We’ve been adhering to it for so many years. You even acted like a role model that was never in love. That’s why Carmine
Pawnshop is so glorious. Maybe your method is indeed good for them.”
After dwelling on it for a while, Chase chose to side with Quinton. He even began convincing himself.
“Hmm, never in love…”
Quinton rubbed his fingers together. His gaze slowly turned gloomy as his memories overwhelmed him.
He was once stubborn enough to fall in love. After that, he swore never to fall in love again.
That kind of thing was no different from poison. Once a person got in touch with it, one would be filled with deep pain. It was even fatal.
Quinton was about to ask someone to give Halston a ride home to Guajardo Manor. However, his subordinate hurriedly came to inform him about something.
“Sir, there’s an issue. A group of thugs came. They want us to deliver that b*stard, Halston, to them. If not, they’re going to set this pawnshop on fire!”
“Humph! They’re so bold! How dare they make a scene in my territory?”
“They… They look extraordinary, and they come fully armed. The key is the leader comes from a very strong background, so we don’t dare to act rashly. So, please… step forward!”
“Okay, I’m curious as to who is courting death!”
Quinton brought nothing with me as he went to Carmine Pawnshop in his casual clothes.
The large ancient gate of Carmine Pawnshop exuded a majestic magnificence. The front courtyard was covered with slab stones several thousand square feet wide. Tall and upright pine trees were planted at either side of the gate, in addition to two large ferocious-looking lion statues that were placed at either side of the door. A large blue signboard was hung above the door with gilded handwriting that read “Carmine Pawnshop.”
For Water Dock, Carmine Pawnshop was an important landmark that symbolized absolute solemnity and power. It was a presence that guarded the condition of the whole dock.
Generally, the front courtyard of Carmine Pawnshop was guarded by two rows of security guards. The whole place was quiet and solemn. Besides, it was vastly different from the other crowded, noisy, and messy places in Water Dock.
However, the gate of Carmine Pawnshop was quite crowded. Some who carried along firearms waved them high in the air, chanting, “Hand him over! Hand him over! Hand him over!”
The leader was standing on high ground with no weapon but a torch. At the same time, that person led the crowd and shouted with all her might, “If you don’t hand him over, we’ll set this place on fire! Hand him over! If not, we’ll set fire!”
Quinton walked out and looked closely to find that the leader was a woman.
Besides, he knew that woman. She was the heir of the Murphy family, Seraphina. According to rumors, the Murphy family was going to ally themselves with the Guajardo family through marriage.
In other words, this woman was Halston’s future wife.
So, she was his sister’s past rival in love.
Well, how could he let her off the hook?
At first, Quinton was a bit angry, but he flared up in a rage because that woman was his sister’s rival in love.
“Miss Seraphina, I’ve heard a lot about you. You’re just a spoiled young lady. Why have you come to this bloody, run-down purgatory of mine?”
“You… You bloodthirsty monster. You’re finally here!”
When Seraphina saw Quinton, a tinge of fear emerged in her gaze.
According to rumors, Carmine Pawnshop was not merely a simple pawnshop but was the center of black-market trading. Anything could appear in this establishment, not least of all human lives. Everything under the sun was available as long as it could be seen.