Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
Quinton sipped on his wine, then spoke in a somewhat jealous tone. “Who is this guy anyway? Is he that important to you? You even dressed up to welcome him back! You didn’t even do this for me when we reunited!”
“I told you, he’s Leia’s brother, and they’re twins like us. He helped me during my darkest times, and he’s like a good brother to me. So yes, he has an important place in my heart.
Please control your temper when you see him. I don’t want you to scare him off.”
“Good brother?” Quinton became even more jealous and huffed. “Could he even be better than me, your actual brother?”
“You’re both great, and you’re just as important. You’re both my brothers after all.”
“No, we’ll just have to find out who’s better today.”
“What… What do you mean?”
“It means I need to see if that guy is qualified to be your brother.”
Just as Quinton finished his sentence, Liam and Leia walked in through the entrance.
“Liam!” Flossie immediately ran towards him and gave him a solid bear hug. She teared up, saying, “You’re finally back! Do you know how much has happened while you were gone?! I had no one to come up with ideas for me!”
Although she had Quinton, Leia, Chase, and many others assisting her, Liam was still the smartest and most composed person she had ever worked with. He was also the only person who understood her the most.
To her, this man was no different from a right-hand man at this point; she couldn’t possibly do anything big without his help.
“Flossie, long… long time no see!” Liam stammered, his entire body tensing. He didn’t dare to return her hug and placed his hands on his side with clenched fists.
Having wandered around for so long, he had experienced many odd adventures that he simply couldn’t ever finish talking about. He always thought that he would be able to face this woman with a calm heart since he had endured quite a bit of training.
However, at this very moment, his heart couldn’t help but flutter uncontrollably.
“Hey, I showed you how much I missed you! And all I get is a long time no see? Come on, dude!” Flossie was still quite overwhelmed, with tears in her eyes.
She had so many things she wanted to say to Liam, but the man’s indifference made it feel as if he didn’t want to talk to her at all, which made her rather disappointed.
After all, Liam was one of the few people who truly understood her. He was practically her soulmate, someone she could speak to day and night.
“Sorry, Boss. Leia told me everything that happened. I’m sorry I came so late. You must’ve suffered so much…” Liam’s eyes reddened as he responded.
In actuality, he was very excited to see her, and he had so many things to tell her too. He just… felt rather guilty for not being there, especially about Flossie’s painful relationship with
Halston. As if it were his own pain, his heart genuinely ached for the woman.
“I thought you’d be able to get your happy ever after with him once I left. Looks like I was just being… too idealistic.” Liam sighed deeply. “I guess we just can’t control everything that happens in life. Fate is as such.”
His trip was able to broaden his horizon greatly, which helped shape his personality further.
He was now much more mature than before, speaking as if he held great wisdom.
“Yeah, fate is as such. We are all prisoners to fate, and it is inevitable.” Flossie hugged him tighter as she recounted her past experiences.
‘I knew Liam would understand me!’
On the other hand, Quinton’s expression darkened as he continued watching on. He then approached them with a frown, placing his hand on the man’s shoulder. “Hey, this is my sister. Don’t you think you’ve hugged her enough?”
Liam smiled brightly as soon as he saw the masked man. “Ah, Mr. Quinton, the infamous
Night Demon! The one and only man who nearly murdered the head of the Guajardo family!
What an honor to meet you!”
“Ha, looks like you know how to talk sweet. It’s a shame I never liked people who kiss *ss.
Why don’t you show me your true strength instead?” Quinton taunted as he clenched onto the man’s shoulder. “Come, fight with me.”
Flossie slapped her forehead out of embarrassment. “Quinton, don’t be like this. This is
Liam’s party, for crying out loud. Why did you ask for a fight out of nowhere?”
“It’s okay. Since he’s your brother, Boss, that means he’s my brother too. It’s only fair to show him my strength.” Liam seemed open-minded, agreeing to the fight right away.
With that, the two started sparring in the middle of the hall.
Worried, Leia grabbed Flossie’s arm anxiously. “Flossie, nothing bad’s going to happen, right?
Why are they fighting all of a sudden?”
“It won’t,” Flossie replied confidently. “Don’t worry. There’s no way Liam can handle my brother. The fight will end within three moves.”
Both Quinton and Flossie were descendants of General Maurice Ellsworth, after all, hence were naturally gifted in martial arts and strength.
Knowing Liam, who was all brain and no brawn, she had no doubt that this would be an easy fight.
However, as another few minutes passed, Flossie was absolutely shocked…
She didn’t expect Liam, whom she used to make fun of for his lack of martial skill, would become so agile after a mere year. He managed to dodge three attacks from Quinton, who nearly struck his vitals at one point.
As Quinton tried to punch him straight in the chin, Liam turned and dodged it with ease. He got down and did a sweep kick in a fraction of a second.
Quinton had great reflexes and immediately leaped into the air, attempting to grab Liam by the shoulder with his big hands.
Even so, Liam’s core strength was strong, and the attack didn’t move him in the slightest.
He then unleashed his next attack right after.
The entire fight was tense and intriguing through and through, as the two were at a stalemate. This attracted a lot of attention from the guests.
“Great fight! Great fight!” The guests applauded and cheered loudly as if watching a professional match.
Flossie, too, was in absolute shock during the entire process. Her eyes widened. “I can’t believe it. I really can’t… Did Liam secretly whale on his stats? How did he go from a noob to such a great fighter in such a short period of time?!”
“Tsk tsk tsk, looks like Liam wasn’t bluffing at all. He did encounter a master. Good thing he didn’t embarrass himself today!” Leia was calm the entire time, but this managed to make her raise her chin. For the first time, she found her brother rather cool and dashing.
“A master?” Flossie turned to the woman, visibly curious.
“Yeah, he encountered these thugs in Cyndiago about eight months ago while traveling.
They were an underground organization that intended to kidnap him as their prized possession. Maybe it was fate or luck, but Liam managed to destroy the organization and saved a bunch of young teens who had been kidnapped as well. So the leader of the thugs intended to kill him after that…”
“Really? Why did he never mention any of this to me?”
“He didn’t want you to worry, so he specifically told me not to tell you.”
“What then?”
“I guess it’s because good people get good karma. My brother saved that group of young teens, right? One of the young girl’s godfathers is very powerful and has been looking for his missing goddaughter for a while.”