Chapter 125 – A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love

Filed To Story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love

“Pift!” Flossie spat out the soup in her mouth, face flushed and eyes wide. “Professor Wood, what are you saying?! It’s not that easy to get pregnant! People will surely get the wrong idea if they heard that!”

Sophia tilted her head and observed Flossie’s belly. She then frowned and said. “I get where he’s coming from. Your belly does. look a bit bigger now…”

“Mrs. Wood, don’t side with your husband!” Flossie groaned, then said calmly. “I’m just too happy after getting the divorce, so I’ve let myself go a little. I’m not watching my weight like I did when I was still married. I never ate enough back then, and that’s why I was slim!”

Mr. and Mrs. Wood found her explanation reasonable. Mrs. Wood nodded and said, “That’s right. If women don’t watch what they eat, they can put on weight very easily.”

Halston, however, was staring at her intently. Flossie seemed composed now, but he had noticed her initial panic that she had quickly stifled. People always said that when one tried very hard to explain the situation, they were usually attempting to cover something up. Was there really something unusual with her belly?

However, he did not ask anything further. He just grabbed a tissue paper and handed it to her. “Wipe your mouth.”

It was still early after the meal. Halston planned to leave, but Jane didn’t want him to. She insisted on going out with him and Flossie.

“Brother Halston, Sister Flossie, let’s go out and have fun! Dad and Mom get tired easily, so they can’t take me out. I’m so bored at home!” The little girl whined.

Mr. and Mrs. Wood nodded in agreement, looking at their daughter sympathetically. “She’s right. We’re old, and usually busy doing research. She always stays alone at home to read. She’s not like other kids whose young parents take them out to experience all kinds of new things…”

Both Halston and Flossie were left with no options; they could only agree and take Jane out.

They drove to a nearby shopping mall, and once they entered the building. Jane rushed towards the arcade.

“Brother Halston, Sister Flossie, I want to shoot zombies!” The little girl said excitedly, and ran to a machine with a zombie game.

Halston strode over, but Flossie was standing outside uncomfortably. There were many people in the arcade, and it was quite noisy. She was pregnant now, so it seemed quite unsuitable for her to enter the place.

“Why are you just standing there?” Halston turned around to look at Flossie.

“I…” Flossie thought hard, then eventually said, “I didn’t sleep well last night, and it’s stuffy in there. I’ll get dizzy if I go in.”

Halston stared at her for a while, but didn’t say anything, and eventually made his way into the arcade.

After a while, it was clear that the two of them were having fun or more accurately, Jane was having fun.

“Sister Flossie, Brother Halston is great at these games! He won many gift coupons for me, so I got a lot of gifts in exchange!” Carrying a pile of gifts, Jane handed a toy panda to Flossie. “This is Mama Panda, and it’s for you. This is Papa Panda, and it’s for Brother Halston. As for this Baby Panda…”

She paused for a while before she pointed at Flossie’s belly and said, “I’ll take care of the baby first, and give it to the baby in your belly in the future!”

“Umm…” Flossie felt awkward again as she patted Jane’s head and said, “Hate to break it to you, but I’m not pregnant.”

“It’s fine. You’ll get pregnant sooner or later,” the little girl said cheerfully.

Flossie was speechless. She glanced at Halston anxiously, and breathed a sigh of relief when she found that he wasn’t listening to them.

The three of them headed somewhere else, not noticing that someone was following them from afar…

“Brother Halston, Sister Flossie, it’s been a long time since I watched a movie. Let’s go see one!” Jane chirped energetically, and held their hands as they walked towards the cinema.

“Umm…” Flossie stole a glance at Halston. She figured that watching a movie would be a boring activity for Halston given his status and position surely he would refuse Jane’s request.

However, he said indifferently, “I haven’t watched a movie in a long time too. The new animation called Soul Travel should be nice.”

“You know about Soul Travel?” Flossie asked immediately, her eyes lighting up. “I’ve been wanting to watch that movie! I heard it’s good, but not many wanted to watch it, so they don’t play it much. If we don’t watch it now, it’ll soon be out of theatres.”

Halston nodded. “True. It’s about saving one’s soul. My Grandma Coco, which is produced by the same company, is pretty good too.”

“Yeah, I liked that one. I watched it when it was first released, and cried like a baby in the cinema…”

Before they realised it, they were chatting with each other like old friends. They found that they were both film enthusiasts, and had watched almost the same movies as the other. Their comments and understanding of the movies were oddly similar too. Both of them felt that they had finally found someone else with the same taste, and they regretted not finding out sooner.

In the end, Flossie chuckled and said, “Halston, I always thought that you were just an emotionless capitalist who only cares about money, but it turns out that you’ve got a soul too!”

Halston raised his brows and scoffed, “Likewise. I always thought that you were just a dumb and gullible pretty girl.”

The movie was about to start. They held their tickets and went to line up to enter the hall. The line was long, and Halston stood behind Flossie in the line. They were both quite eager to watch the movie.

As they were lining up, Flossie suddenly felt like something was amiss. “Halston, do you feel like something’s missing?”

He tilted his head slightly and inquired. “What’s missing?”

Flossie’s eyes widened and she gasped, Jane! She’s gone!”

Halston looked around, his eyebrows raised in surprise. They looked at each other anxiously, realising how serious the situation was.

“Jane! Jane!” Flossie panicked and shouted Jane’s name. She was so nervous that her voice was shaky.

Jane was Mr. and Mrs. Wood’s beloved daughter, and even Flossie loved her like she was her own child. Jane was missing due to their own carelessness. What if she had been kidnapped by a human trafficker? It was too horrible to even contemplate, and Flossie prayed it wasn’t the case.

“Jane, where are you? Come back now! Don’t scare me, Jane!” Flossie scurried around the crowded cinema, panicked and desperate. Her eyes soon became red and watery as she held back tears.

Seeing her like that made Halston’s heart ache, and he rested his large palms on her shoulders reassuringly. Halston’s voice was calm and steady as he told her, “Don’t worry, she’s probably still in the mall. I’ll ask people to block all the exits here. We’ll find her!”

Flossie was at a loss for words. She nibbled her lip unsurely, her eyes full of tears as she looked up at him. Even though she hated Halston, she felt like as long as he was here, the issue would be solved. Even if things got out of hand, he would definitely figure a way out.

They looked at each other intently, emotions whirling in their eyes.

Suddenly, they heard a chilling scream from nearby.

“Ah! He’s going to kill her! Run!”

Flossie knitted her brows tightly and grabbed a woman who was running away. “What’s going on?”

“A–A crazy man kidnapped a girl in the hall on the first floor. He’s a suicide bomber!”

“A girl?” Flossie felt sick to her stomach, and quickly asked the lady, “Is that girl around five to six years old and wearing a yellow dress?”

The lady looked bewildered, but nodded slowly.“I think so! You both should leave… Everyone in this mall will die if that bomb goes off!”

After that, she hurried away, along with many others from the first floor.

Flossie immediately wanted to go downstairs, but Halston stopped her. “What are you doing?”

Flossie looked at him desperately. “Isn’t it obvious? I’m trying to save her! A madman kidnapped Jane. If I don’t save her, she’ll die!”

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