Filed To Story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
“If I say that my feelings for Jessanna are not what you think they are, and I’m protecting her for some other reasons, would you let her off the hook?”
“Some other reasons?”
Flossie frowned and immediately asked, “What other reasons?”
“It’s not important.”
Halston did not answer.
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Some secrets he must carry to the grave for the good of everyone.
“You just have to know that my relationship with her is not like what you think. You don’t have to make her life hell out of jealousy.”
“Hahaha!”
That made Flossie laugh.
She was laughing at the man’s arrogance, as well as his cruelty.
How could a man say such a shameless thing to his ex–wife?
Jessanna Ximenez was obviously the one who had done horrible things, but since the beginning of the conversation, he had been defending Jessanna and making Flossie out to be the bad guy instead!
“You’re really funny, Halston. You think I’m sending Jessanna to jail because I love you and I’m jealous that he took you away from me?”
“Isn’t that the case?”
Halston asked coldly.
He believed that, although he had little experience in love, he had met a lot of women, so he could tell women’s intentions towards him.
“No, no, no, it has nothing to do with you. I’m just petty and I always get my revenge. Jessanna Ximenez repeatedly provoked me.
so of course I want to teach her a lesson.”
Flossie replied honestly.
Flossie was neither a saint nor the Virgin Mary. If she was bullied, of course she would retaliate.
Halston’s gaze became complicated. He said in a low voice, “You weren’t like this before.”
“That’s because I was blind, I was stupid, and I’m a good actor.”
Flossie did not care what kind of person Halston thought she was anymore. She continued, “I’ve had enough of being a daughter- in–law of the Guajardo family. I hate pretending to be gentle and dignified and acting like a loving couple with you. I hate your mean mother, I hate your mansion that feels like a prison, and I hate humbling myself to wait for you to come home every night!”
In those cold, dark days, she could not even feel a hint of warmth. It was a period of time she did not want to remember.
“I’ll be honest with you. I’m not a kind person. When the monster in me comes out, I might eat your little lover alive. Rather than wasting your time chatting with me, you should use it to find a good lawyer to try to reduce her sentence!”
Flossie’s words were filled with provocation.
She wanted to see how far Halston would go in order to protect Jessanna Ximenez.
Halston’s face became increasingly colder.
The woman in front of him looked like a little leopard waving her sharp claws. She was something he could not control, and that irritated him.
He frowned and said coldly. “So you’ll definitely send her to prison? Is there no room for negotiation?”
“None whatsoever!”
Flossie nodded confidently and snorted. “I’ve already offered you a chance. You only had to kneel down and apologize in public. But, you pushed your luck instead. In that case, I can only show you my true nature – I’m a petty, vicious woman!”
Flossie knew all too well how to deal with people like Jessanna Ximenez.
If she let Jessanna off the hook this time, Jessanna would definitely retaliate even harder next time. Flossie was not foolish enough to give Jessanna that opportunity.
Halston’s expression turned even darker. His gaze fell on their overlapping shadows. He said coldly, “In that case, you’d better ask your lawyer to figure out how to reduce your nanny’s sentence too. After all, murder is a much heavier crime than burglary!”
Upon hearing that, Flossie’s face instantly changed. She questioned him. “So it’s you… what have you done to Margaret?”
“You should ask your nanny what she did instead.”
Halston’s expression was still extremely dark. He said coldly to the emotional Flossie, “Your nanny tried to force Jessanna to get an abortion. Are you gonna tell me you know nothing about it?”
He paused for a moment and continued, “Let’s each take a step back. I’ll let Margaret go, and you let Jessanna go.”
Halston felt he was being generous enough to Flossie.
Jessanna’s child was his brother’s only descendant in the world. If it had been someone else doing what Margaret had done. Halston would have made sure that person disappeared without a trace!
“Impossible!”
Flossie shook her head and said firmly. “I know Margaret very well. She wouldn’t do such a thing!”
“As for me… although I can’t wait to see Jessanna go to prison. I never thought of harming her child. Even if a pregnant woman is found guilty, she won’t be put into prison immediately. She’ll only serve her sentence after she gives birth and get past the breastfeeding period. The child won’t be harmed.”
Flossie herself was a mother. There was no way she would be cruel enough to hurt the baby.
Her words made Halston’s cold face relax slightly.
He knew Flossie was not as vicious as she claimed. She was just trying to make him mad.
“I believe you and I believe your nanny, so let’s put an end to this matter.”
Halston once again stated his terms. “You withdraw the charges, and your nanny will regain freedom.”
Flossie’s expression was one of overwhelming disappointment. She could not help but sneer at the man and said, “How generous of you, Halston. You make it sound like you’re such a big man for letting us off the hook!”
“Since you believe that my nanny and I are innocent, why don’t you just let her go? Why do I have to withdraw the charges in exchange?”
“Stop being so stubborn!”
Halston felt that his patience was about to run out.
How did he not realize before how difficult this woman was to handle? She simply would not listen. He did not know how to deal with her!
“There’s nothing that I. Flossie Ellsworth, hate more than being threatened, yet you’re actually threatening me for a bitch like that? Now you’ve made me really mad!”
Flossie clenched her fists, glared at the man, and spat out some harsh words. “I’ll see you in court. Let’s see what the judge decides!”
Once again, the two parted ways unhappily.
After Flossie had calmed down a bit, she called Zack Rosenwell.
After listening to Flossie’s story. Zack said confidently. “Don’t worry, boss, I’ll take care of this. I promise I’ll find a way to get Margaret out, but… I need to see her first to ask for the specifics.”
Therefore, half an hour later. Flossie and Zack met at the detention center where Margaret was being kept in.
The prison guard led them to Margaret’s cell and said impatiently, “You have ten minutes.”
Margaret was in her fifties, about to turn sixty. She was squatting helplessly in a corner, looking particularly feeble.
“Margaret, how are you doing?”
Flossie came to the metal door and cried out through the gap in the metal bars.
Margaret looked up with a jolt and ran over with a worried face. She grasped the metal bars and told Flossie. “What are you. doing here, Miss Flossie? The environment and the ventilation here is bad. You need to go back now!”
“Don’t worry about me, Margaret. We don’t have much time. You have to tell me and Zack everything that happened in ten minutes.”
“But…”
Margaret hesitated for a moment, but in the end, she decided to tell Flossie the whole story.
“So you really did make abortion medicine for Jessanna Ximenez?”
Flossie could not believe that Margaret would do such a thing. She asked again just to confirm.
“I did. I hoped that you and Mr. Guajardo could get back together, in which case, the child could not exist.”
Margaret closed her eyes and put on a brave face like she was prepared to die. “As long as you can find happiness. I’m willing to sacrifice this old life, let alone go to prison!”
“Margaret, oh Margaret, you’ve made a terrible mistake!”
Flossie’s brows furrowed with anxiety, but she could not find it in herself to yell at Margaret.
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