Filed To Story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
Margaret turned around and found Halston standing at the door of the ward, staring at her coldly.
“Mr. Guajardo. I…”
She intended to explain herself, but the abortion medicine in her hand was still steaming hot. She could not immediately think of a good explanation..
Jessanna hid behind Halston, acting like a weak, helpless woman. She cried and said, “Margaret, I told you, I know I’ve done something wrong, so I promise I’ll leave Halston, but the baby is innocent…”
“The baby is my life! I won’t let anyone hurt it! Please go back and tell Miss Ellsworth that if she has any grudge against me. she can take it out on me, but don’t hurt my baby!”
Jessanna’s words made Margaret flush with anger. She said emotionally, “What’s the meaning of this, Miss Ximenez? That’s not what you said just now. Aborting the baby was your idea too. Why are you pretending to be the victim now? You’re blatantly lying!”
“The one who’s blatantly lying is you! I love my baby so much, how could I bear to abort it? You were threatening me, saying that if I don’t abort the baby like you said, Miss Ellsworth will make me go to jail. I refused to take the medicine, so you tried to force it down my throat! The police officers outside and Halston saw it!”
“You… you…”
Margaret had never seen a better actor than Jessanna. She was so angry that she felt like she was getting a heart attack.
She now knew that Flossie was not exaggerating at all. Jessanna Ximenez really was evil down to the core!
She quickly told Halston, “Mr. Guajardo, please don’t listen to Miss Ximenez’s nonsense. That was not what happened at all. I did not say those things, I…”
“Shut up!”
Halston’s perfect face was icy. He glared at Margaret with extremely oppressive eyes and asked, “Was it Flossie’s idea?”
“No, I came here on my own. Miss Flossie knows nothing. She doesn’t even know that I came here. Mr. Guajardo, please don’t misunderstand Miss Flossie, she…”
“So it was your idea?”
Halston’s eyes became even colder, carrying a dangerous intent. He asked sharply. “In other words, it’s true that you tried to get rid of a Guajardo child? That part’s not a lie?”
“That’s…”
Margaret gulped. She did not know how to deny that.
The purpose of her visit to today was to persuade Jessanna to get an abortion. Jessanna was not lying about Margaret’s motive.
“I did ask Miss Ximenez to get an abortion, but…”
“I’ve heard enough.”
Halston turned to the police officers next to him and said, “You heard that. She made a deliberate attempt to harm a child of the Guajardo family. She has the motive, and we have eyewitnesses and evidence. I don’t have to tell you what to do, do I?”
The two police officers were very respectful towards Halston. They immediately handcuffed Margaret and told her with a serious. expression, “You voluntarily tried to hurt someone. This is a criminal offense. You’re now under arrest. Please follow us back to the police station.”
“Criminal offense?”
Margaret looked down at the cold handcuffs, confused.
She did not expect things to turn out this way. She had only wanted to persuade Jessanna to give up. How did it come to this?
“No, no, Mr. Guajardo, this is a misunderstanding. I didn’t try to hurt anyone. I only tried to persuade Miss Ximenez to get an abortion so that she can seek her own happiness again!”
“I can see that you and Miss Flossie still have feelings for each other. You only got a divorce because of a homewrecker’s intervention. Your marriage can still be saved. I…”
“Take her away!”
Halston said with a frown. He had no interest in hearing what Margaret had to say.
Margaret’s passionate plea gradually turned into disappointment. She laughed bitterly and said. “Now I know why Miss Flossie is so adamant to divorce you even though she’s under great pressure. Someone like you doesn’t deserve her love!”
After Margaret was taken away, Jessanna smiled triumphantly. 1
She grabbed Halston’s hand and whimpered, “Halston, thank god you got here in time. If you had arrived even a bit later, the baby would have been in danger. I can’t believe Miss Ellsworth’s desire for revenge is so strong that she actually tries to harm the innocent baby. She…”
“You can stop acting now.”
Halston said coldly, “I know what happened. Your pretentiousness is starting to disgust me.”
Although he had only met Margaret once before, he knew very well that Margaret could never have done such a cruel thing.
“What do you mean, Halston?”
Jessanna’s face was stiff.
So Halston knew that Margaret was innocent, but he had her arrested anyway? Why? Halston saw the question in Jessanna’s eyes and asked coldly, “You want to know why?”
Ellsworth residence.
Flossie was sitting beside a window on the second floor. She had been staring out of the window for a long time, but she had not seen Margaret at all.
She took out her phone and tried calling Margaret again, but her call still could not get through.
“That’s weird. It’s getting dark. Why isn’t Margaret back yet? Where is she?”
When she woke up this morning, Flossie saw a note Margaret left on the dining table, saying that she was going to take care of some personal matters and would be back soon. She told Flossie not to worry.
But an entire day had passed and Margaret still had not come home. She could not even be contacted. Something was wrong!
Flossie was worried that Margaret might have ran into trouble. Considering her recent situation, there were many people who were waiting for an opportunity to get back at her.
Seeing that the sun was about to set, Flossie could not sit still any longer. She grabbed a jacket and went out to look for Margaret.
The moment she stepped outside, Flossie saw a familiar silver sports car parked at the gate.
A slender man was casually leaning against the car, his shadow drawn long under the dim yellow street lamp.
He held a cigarette between his long fingers. He gave off a cold, aloof aura, deadly attractive.
Flossie’s heart throbbed despite herself. She could not move her eyes away.
The man was Halston, a man she did not want to see at all!
‘That’s weird. What’s he doing here?!”
‘And judging from the remaining length of the cigarette between his fingers, it seems like he’s been here for a long time?”
Although Flossie was curious, she walked straight past Halston with a deadpan face, as if he was invisible.
Halston raised his eyebrows, but he was not mad. He casually put out the cigarette and threw the butt into a trash can next to him, then quietly followed behind Flossie.
He was tall, so he had a long shadow, and the shadow soon overlapped with Flossie’s, as if they were hugging each other.
There was an ambiguous feeling in the air.
Flossie noticed Halston following her. At first, she tried to ignore him, but she had already walked for nearly a kilometer and
Halston was still following her. It made her mad for some reason. She suddenly stopped and turned around.
“Are you a sex offender? Why are you following me? What do you want?”
Halston and Flossie were walking very close together. When she suddenly stopped and turned around, they almost ran into each other.
But it was precisely this tiny, awkward gap between them that made both of them feel a bit unnatural.
Halston cleared his throat and tried to put on his usual cold and aloof face. He smirked and said. “Why are you wandering. around alone in the middle of the night? You’re making yourself the perfect victim for a sex offender.”
His words made Flossie really angry.
“What kind of stupid logic is that? Are you saying that it’s the victim’s fault? Why have I never noticed before what a terribly crooked moral view you have?”
Flossie retorted sharply. “But, honestly, it’s no surprise. Can’t expect someone who lets himself get mixed up with a wicked woman like Jessanna Ximenez to have a good moral view. I must have been blind to actually marry a man like you!”
Halston was not angry. Instead, his thin lips curled into a meaningful smile.
That was because he could clearly hear a strong feeling of jealousy in Flossie’s words. It made him feel good.
“I’ve always wondered, why do you always get emotional when you talk about Jessanna?”
“Duh. Of course it’s because I hate her!”
“Is that so?”
Halston’s raised his eyebrows slightly as he continued to ask, “Do you actually hate her or do you hate her for ruining our marriage?”
“You… What the hell are you trying to say?”
Flossie involuntarily took a step back. Halston felt strange tonight, as if he was possessed.
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