Filed To Story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
His questions made Flossie feel defenseless and humiliated as if someone had just ripped her wounds open.
“So?” Halston asked again.
‘What the hell is he doing? Why is he trying so hard to prove that I used to love him?’
‘Is he trying to prove that he can hurt me however he wants? Does he want to see me cry and beg for him to come back to me? Just so he can fuel his ego?’ Flossie wondered.
She glared at Halston coldly and spoke with a sarcastic tone, “You are the crudest and most conceited man I have ever met, Halston Guajardo.”
“It doesn’t matter if I loved you in the past. I don’t love you now, and I never will.”
“If you only called me out to hear me admit that I loved you, just so you could prove that you still got it, you need to get a life!” i
Just as Flossie was getting up to leave, the waiter brought over two servings of sirloin steak, with beautiful blue flames dancing across the meat.
Halston cut into his steak elegantly with a knife. “Why are you overreacting when you don’t love me at all? Come, have a seat, I have something I’d like to discuss with you.”
Flossie clenched her fists. Indeed, in the spur of the moment, she had allowed her emotions to take control. It made her appear guilty in comparison to the calm and collected Halston.
‘No, I mustn’t lose to him!’ she thought.
And so, she sat back down and began cutting into the steak. Since she was also feeling quite hungry, she figured she might as well have Halston pay for the meal.
The two remained silent while eating. Thinking back, this was one of the few times the two had dined alone together throughout their marriage.
Flossie was famished, so she cut up bigger pieces than usual and stuffed them into her mouth. Her puffed-up cheeks resembled a squirrel that was gathering acorns in preparation for winter.
Halston was smiling a little wider now as he recalled the woman’s modesty from before. She used to smile politely and was rather soft-spoken. She didn’t even dare to open her mouth wide while eating.
She seemed like the epitome of modesty and politeness back then. You could throw things at her and she’d never lose her temper.
He did not expect that a divorce would change this woman so drastically.
“So how do you prepare to deal with the aftermath of your nonsense?” asked Halston as he set his cutlery down.
“Me? Deal with the aftermath?” Flossie scoffed. “You can deal with it however you want. Isn’t your PR team great at handling these disasters? Aren’t they great at manipulating the media? Why are you asking for my opinion?”
Halston smiled slyly.
“So you’re saying that I can do whatever I want?” he asked.
“Aren’t you always like this, Master Guajardo?”
Flossie had no idea what the man was planning. She wondered to herself,’ Has he gone mad? He’s acting really weird right now.’
Just then, Halston raised his hand and snapped his fingers.
All the lights in the restaurant were dimmed, with a single ray of light shining down on Flossie.
By the time Flossie could react, Halston had already left his seat. He now stood behind Flossie with a bouquet of flowers in his hand. They were her favorite sunflowers.
Flossie leaned back in her chair as she stared up at Halston with a horrified expression.
‘Wh… What is this? What is happening here?’
“Sunflowers represent unwavering love, just like what I feel for you…” Halston said in a cool and affectionate tone, like the male protagonist of a romance flick.
“I’m so sorry, my dear!”
“I love you so much!”
After saying that, he cupped her gorgeous face with his hands and kissed her on the lips.
Flossie’s mind went blank and her body stiffened up. Although she had slept with the man once, this was the very first time they had kissed.
As she expected, his lips were cold as ice, but they made her bum up intensely.
Flossie’s clenched fists slowly loosened up as she closed her eyes, allowing herself to get lost in his sudden embrace…
A few minutes later, a man’s voice came from one of the corners, “Alright, we can wrap this up now!”
Soon, the restaurant’s lights were once again switched on.
Flossie was finally brought back to reality as well. She quickly pushed Halston off of her with a look of disgust.
‘What just happened?’
‘Was I out of it just now? How could I have kissed my future ex-husband?!’ 2
Thinking to herself, she immediately wiped her lips clean with her hands, but this action made Halston rather upset
“What are you doing that for? I could tell that you enjoyed it, you know?”
Flossie tightened her fists, suppressing the urge to beat the man up while questioning him. “What the hell is wrong with you, Guajardo? What are you trying to do?”
Halston put both hands into his pockets with a mischievous grin.
“Nothing really, I was just learning from the best.”
His eyes then fell onto the woman’s tender pink lips which resembled rose blossoms. After the passionate kiss they shared, the sight of these lips stirred something deep inside Halston’s heart.
A chubby cameraman approached the table with a wide grin.
“Mr. Guajardo, your performance was amazing! It was so romantic, it’s even better than most romance movies!”
‘Those viewers who called you a bastard are now happily giving their blessings for the both of you!”
‘This was such an effective PR plan to deal with our current crisis! The only flaw we’ve faced is that you two were practically making out, and for far too long, which delayed our schedule. Some of the viewers were even wondering if you were faking it.”
Halston seemed dismissive. “Whatever, it was just for show.”
Listening to their conversation, Flossie started to piece together the puzzle. Halston had used her to put on a lovey-dovey show on the live stream.
‘So this was his attempt at fixing his reputation, huh?’
‘Hah, how funny. How absolutely hilarious,’ Flossie thought.