Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
“What are you waiting for? Hurry up and execute her!” Benjamin barked, unable to stand the sight of Flossie.
“Wait!” Liam immediately stood up and begged for mercy for Flossie.” Master, it’s my girlfriend’s first time being here, so she doesn’t know the rules. Please let her off the hook this time, I promise that she won’t do it again. I spent quite a long time trying to win her heart. Besides, I respect you very much, so I brought her to you. Please do me the favour, okay?”
“Fine, just this once.” Benjamin sneered before he ordered, “Lock her up in the dungeon first. I’ll release her after negotiating with Liam.”
Although Liam could not bear to see Flossie suffer, he did not dare to disobey Benjamin under such a circumstance. There was no way they could go against so many armed opponents after all. “Okay, Master, I’ll listen to you. Don’t worry, we’ll talk this out.’
He decided to pacify Benjamin temporarily before he tried to get Flossie out. Inwardly, he was regretting bringing Flossie here. If he knew this would happen, he would have been firmer and refused to bring Flossie here no matter what. However, he heard some good news during the meal. Joanne, who betrayed Benjamin, was still alive, and just happened to be locked up in the same dungeon as Flossie.
At the end of the meal, Benjamin’s mood became much better. He held Amber’s hand and put it on Liam’s, then smiled happily and said, “My little gem, Liam’s name is always on your lips. He’s back now, so why are you so shy? I’m worried about you, you know? Why don’t you show Liam around and deepen your relationship with him?”
“Dad, don’t do this. Liam has a girlfriend now, so stop trying to set me up with him,” Amber protested, and gently pulled her hand away.
After a brief pause, Liam said casually, “It’s fine. She’s my girlfriend, not my wife, and I’m not that conservative either. It’s been a long time since I last met you, Gem. Let’s take a walk.”
“Silly girl, he’s already invited you! Why are you still shy?’
“Well, okay then.” Amber stood up but kept her head low in embarrassment. She then said to Liam, “Liam, I… I bought a few pets which are very adorable… Umm, you can go and see them with me.”
“Sure, I like small animals a lot.” Liam agreed to it bluntly.
Benjamin roared with laughter. “There’s a good kid!”
Mateo watched them leave enviously. He gritted his teeth and said,” Master, can’t you tell? Liam’s just trying to stall for time. All he cares about is his girlfriend. He’s insincere toward Miss Jenkins!”
“Hmph! I don’t care if he’s sincere or not, as long as he can pretend like this his whole life and make my dear daughter happy,” Benjamin sneered deviously.
Flossie was held by armed guards and pushed into a remote place in the fort that was surrounded by a lot of guards.
“How dare you offend Mr. Jenkins’ If not for Mr. Osborne, your tongue would have been cut off by now! Stay in there and reflect on yourself.” The guard fiercely pushed her into a small, dark room, which was the so-called dungeon. The door was closed again, and Flossie felt her throat tighten in the tiny room, like she was being strangled.
“Who’s there?” There was movement in the furthest corner, and Flossie immediately realised there was someone else in the dungeon with her.
“You’re new here?” The person leaned back against the wall and stared at Flossie. Flossie couldn’t make her features out in the dark, but her voice was eerily toneless.
Flossie frowned and asked tentatively, “Could you be… Joanne?” She vaguely heard that
Joanne was locked up in the dungeon too. Besides, there were practically no women around, so it was very likely that this person was Joanne.
“You’re new here, but you know me. You don’t seem like the average person.” There was a hint of teasing in Joanne’s flat voice. She figured Flossie had to be special for her to be locked up in here too.
“You’re Joanne?” Flossie rushed to the woman and said happily, “That’s great! I didn’t expect to see you so soon!”
“Hey, back off! I don’t know you, so stop acting so pally,” Joanne snapped, immediately on guard. She had been hurt so many times before that she never let down her guard in front of anyone.
“It doesn’t matter if you don’t know me. You should… You should know the boss of Carmine
Pawnshop, right? Quinton, who’s called Night Demon?”
“Brother…” Joanne’s aloof voice softened slightly, and she sounded like a lost little girl.
“Yes, he was once the brother you loved the most, but you betrayed him. I’m glad you still know who he is!” Flossie clenched her fists to calm herself, and refrained from cursing this woman who repaid Quinton’s kindness with betrayal.
“Brother… I did do him wrong, but what would you know about that?” Joanne gritted her teeth and said, “I would do it again if I had the chance! In fact, I would have killed him!’
“W-What did you say?” Flossie was shocked, not expecting such a reaction from Joanne.
She thought that Joanne must have been in a situation where she was forced to stab
Quinton, but unexpectedly…
“Can you tell me what Night Demon did to make you hate him so much? You guys were on good terms in the past, and you were always the angel who protected him and kept him company. Why did you-” “Hmph, angel?”
Joanne clenched her fists so tightly that her long fingernails dug deep into her palms. “It depends on who the angel meets. If an angel meets another angel, then it’ll be heaven. But if the angel meets a demon, it’ll go to hell… He was the one who sent me there!”
“Miss, you… Wait a minute…” Flossie’s mind was a mess. Feeling bewildered, she asked
Joanne in confusion, “You betrayed him and stabbed him, but you also said that he was a demon who pulled you down to hell… Is that right?”
“Yes, that’s right.” Joanne nodded vigorously, unashamed of what she had done.
“Well, you’re being unreasonable. How can you shift the blame to him?” Flossie argued.
“What do you know? No one knows about my past with him, so none of you know how he dragged me to hell.”
“Do you mind telling me then? It seems like both of you are troubled by something… maybe
I can help?” Flossie felt that the woman she had heard about was not that unreasonable and ruthless. There had to be some kind of misunderstanding.
“Who the hell are you? Why should I tell you my secret?” Joanne narrowed her eyes at
Flossie. Ever since Flossie mentioned Quinton, she had been suspicious of her.
“I’m…” At first, Flossie wanted to say that she was Quinton’s sister, but after seeing how much Joanne hated him, that seemed like a bad idea. “I’m Liam’s girlfriend. I’m here to save you, so I need you to trust me. Tell me your story.”
“Liam’s girlfriend?” Joanne sat up straight and tried to see Flossie’s face in the dim light. She sounded very envious. “So, you’re the first love that Liam yearned for. I wonder how charming you are to make a man love you so deeply. Unfortunately, we’re in the dungeon, so I can’t really see you…”
“Ah…” Flossie touched her hair awkwardly, secretly cursing Liam and how talkative he was.
Why did he tell everyone his story? So much for wanting to travel the world-it felt more like he just wanted to go around and tell people about his love life!
“Yeah, it’s not easy to be with him. When he came back, he told me that it was because of your help that he was able to escape from the red-light district, and decided to become a committed man. So, he won’t stand by and do nothing either since you’re in trouble now.’
“I know that he’s a loyal friend. He managed to leave this fort back then by paying a heavy price…” Joanne heaved a long sigh and shook her head.” He’s so silly. How dumb! He shouldn’t have come back just to save me… A person like me doesn’t deserve such kindness.”
“Don’t say that! I believe that you’re an angel. You might have made a mistake, but I’m sure you have your reasons. I’ll try to take you back to Beach City so you can talk it out with
Night Demon and resolve the issue between the both of you,” Flossie said quickly, becoming slightly impatient.
This made Joanne doubtful. She frowned and said, “You claim that you’re Liam’s girlfriend, but you can’t stop bringing up my brother. What’s your relationship with him?”
“I… I am…” Flossie did not know if she should tell the truth.
“It’s okay, I don’t really care. I don’t want to have anything to do with him. What’s more, I won’t leave this place. I’m as good as dead.” After that, Joanne closed her eyes and leaned against the wall in despair.
“Er… that…” When Flossie noticed Joanne’s intention of letting it all go to hell, she was in a dilemma. When a person had lost all hope, it would be near impossible to save them.
“If you don’t leave, you’ll meet a miserable end. Even if you manage to stay alive, the master will torture you. Have you ever thought about the consequences?” Flossie patiently tried to persuade Joanne.
“Yeah, I’m aware of that but I don’t care. If I was afraid of death, I wouldn’t have betrayed him. I cant bear his lawless behaviour, so I hope that I can do something nice before I die to make up for the mistakes I made,” Joanne said absently. She had long lost all hope to survive. When she recalled the things she did in the past, as well as the things she had experienced, she lost her desire to live. She no longer recognized herself.
“You want to make up for your mistakes, so it proves that you haven’t given up all hope.
There’s still something you can’t let go of… So, don’t just give up on yourself, okay? We’ll get out of this place together.” In the dark, Flossie extended her hand towards Joanne.