Filed To Story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
Flossie was speechless. Even though she had a lot to say, she could not bring herself to say anything anymore. He had always been indifferent and aloof to her during their four years of marriage, but it was the first time she had seen him so serious. There was hatred in his eyes, and it frightened her.
Flossie did not dare to say anything anymore. She automatically backed awaye and watched as Halston carried Jessanna into the car and they left swiftly. Soon, they disappeared from view.
Hot tears flowed down her cheeks, and she looked in the direction where the car had left for a long time before she whispered brokenly, “But I didn’t mean it…”
At the hospital.
Halston carried Jessanna and rushed towards the emergency room. “Doctor, please save her and the baby. You must save them!”
The doctor and nurses on duty immediately rushed over when they saw him. They put the unconscious Jessanna, who was covered in blood, on a stretcher.
Halston saw the blood, and his head started to spin. He could no longer hold on, and soon, everything went black.
Halston didn’t know how much time had passed when he woke up on the hospital bed. He clenched his fists anxiously, and shouted at the doctors,” Save them! You must save them, even if it costs me my life!”
Before his brother died, his brother had held his hand and entrusted them to his care, so he could not let anything happen to them. If not… He would have to die to apologize for his mistake, if he did.
Halston felt like he had fallen into an abyss. He felt like he was about to die, and his expression was strained. He wanted to crawl out of the abyss, but it was too dark, and he could not find anything to hold onto. Delirious, he muttered, “Hold me!”
Suddenly, a small, warm hand reached out and held his. It felt like his saviour had found him, and his tense muscles gradually relaxed.
He even heard a tender voice, as if someone was calling after his lost soul. ‘ Halston, it’s okay, I got you. You need to wake up now…”
Halston followed the voice and slowly opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was Flossie’s beautiful features creased with worry.
“You’re awake! You scared me.” She heaved a long sigh of relief.
Halston had been unconscious for three days because of his hemophobia. The doctors had tried everything they could to wake him up, but nothing worked. Diagnostic tests had shown that many of his organs were failing, and if he stayed in that condition, he would have died.
Flossie had rushed to the hospital after Halston and Jessanna did and had stayed by his bedside. She had called his name repeatedly until her voice turned hoarse, and at last, she had managed to wake him up.
Halston’s gaze was frighteningly aloof. He abruptly sat up and demanded coldly, “Where are Jessanna and the baby? Are they okay?”
Flossie felt a slight ache in her heart. At first, she thought that Halston was just fooling around with Jessanna, but now it seemed like that was not the case. He loved Jessanna sincerely. She pulled her hand away and answered honestly, “Jessanna is still in the ICU because the doctors want to observe her condition.”
“How about the baby? Is the baby all right?” Halston quickly asked.
“The baby…” Flossie lowered her head because she did not know how to answer that question.
“Tell me – is the baby okay?” Halston’s eyes were wild as he grabbed her shoulders and asked sternly.
“Halston, calm down. You’re hurting me!’ Flossie gasped, wanting to break free from his grasp.
“I’m hurting you?” He had lost control of himself. He stared at Flossie coldly as if he was looking at a murderer. “If anything happens to the baby, I’ll not just hurt you… I’ll kill you!’
This upset Flossie, and she snapped stubbornly, “Well, you might as well get it over with because the baby is dead…”
“What?”Halston whispered, his face turning pale. At first, he was still hopeful. He thought that the doctors could save the baby with their excellent medical skills.
However, Flossie’s current words had destroyed all his hope.
Of course, Flossie was hurt when she looked at his panic-stricken face. She felt like she had been wronged, and despite wanting to apologize and console him, her broken heart drove her to do the exact opposite. “You want to kill me, don’t you? Why are you hesitating? Hurry up and kill me! I’m just a murderer, and you have to avenge your baby!”
It was like she was trying to see whether he really cared about her.
Halston felt so guilty towards Tristan that hatred for himself and Flossie consumed him. He abruptly grabbed her neck and stared coldly at her with a kind of ruthlessness she had never seen before. “Do you think I won’t do it?’
Halston’s grip on Flossie’s neck tightened as his emotions overwhelmed him. At that moment, he seemed to have lost control of himself. He just wanted an outlet to release his guilt and anger, so his mind wasn’t thinking straight.
Flossie was in too much pain to say anything. She stared at him calmly, but tears had welled up in her eyes. She could definitely fight back, but she did not struggle – she just suffered in silence.
It was because Jessanna had lost her child because of Flossie’s careless mistake. If Halston wanted her to pay the price with her life, then she would make it up to them with her and her two babies’ lives. She would rather die at his hand than spend the rest of her life living in guilt.
After a while, her vision started fading to black, and her eyelids fluttered. She closed her eyes in deep pain and bitter disappointment…
However, Halston could not bear to do that. He pushed her away with the last bit of rationality that was left in him.
Flossie gasped for air, coughing painfully as she took in deep breaths. ’You nearly succeeded. Why did you stop? Don’t you feel sorry for your kid who died?” Flossie choked out hoarsely, a desperate smile on her face. It was as if she wanted him to punish her and rid her of the guilt.
’Shut up!” Halston clenched his fists, using all his willpower to hold himself back. It was true that he hated Flossie’s cruelty, but he hated himself more for being so incapable. He had failed to protect the only child his late brother left in this world, and did not even have the courage to avenge that innocent life.
He was really a coward.
Halston stared at her coldly and said, “From today onwards, we’re strangers. I don’t want to see you again for the rest of my life!”
Flossie’s heart broke, and she fought to keep herself from crying. With the last bit of pride she had, she straightened her back and shrugged casually.” That’s fine with me. We have to keep our word and never see each other again!”
After that, she turned around to leave. However, when she reached the door, she turned to look at Halston as she said fiercely, ’Halston, I gave you a chance to avenge the child, but you failed to do so. You won’t get another opportunity like that again!’
He lowered his gaze and clenched his fists, then snarled, “Get lost!’
He never imagined that they would miss each other for so many years just because of those words they said in a fit of anger…
A few days later, Jessanna was out of danger, and she was transferred to a normal ward from the ICU.
Halston took care of her meticulously out of guilt, but though her body had slowly recovered, she was now suffering from a serious mental illness. She refused to eat, drink, or sleep, and if Halston was not around, she would make a scene and try to kill herself.
While Halston was taking care of some business, Jessanna started to go crazy again after the sedative wore off.
‘Let me die! Let me die!’
Jessanna went crazy and hit her head against the wall hard. With a swollen bruise on her head, she screamed, “My baby is gone! I don’t want to live anymore! Let me die!”
The nurses were frantic and called Halston. When Halston received the news, he dropped his business and rushed over as fast as possible.
Jessanna was out of control. Halston grabbed her and comforted her repeatedly. “It’s okay. It’s okay.”
Jessanna suddenly hugged him docilely. She kept crying and murmured,” Halston, the baby is gone… The only thing Tristan left for ms is gone…”
“They said my womb is no more! I won’t be able to conceive anymore.
What should I do? My life is finished!”
Halston silently laid Jessanna down on the bed. He put a hot towel on her swollen head and whispered, “Your life isn’t finished. You’ll have the Guajardo family as your biggest support.”
’ Really?” Jessanna continued crying and said, “Did you know? Miss Ellsworth came to me and provoked me. She said the Guajardo family was only treating me like a baby-making machine. I become worthless once I’ve given birth. The Guajardo family will discard me heartlessly…”
“She also said Miss Francine liked her more because she was more valuable than me. Miss Francine wants her to remarry you. I was so upset I took her hand and tried to get her to explain clearly. That was when she pushed me to the ground in anger. And just like that, my baby is gone!”
Jessanna repeated herself over and over again about how Flossie had hurt her. Halston listened in silence and did not respond.
Halston waited until Jessanna was done venting and said slowly, “I know you’ve suffered. I’m sorry. I couldn’t protect you and the baby. It won’t happen again.”
Jessanna did not want to let this pass. In agitation, she took Halston’s hand and blurted, “Miss Ellsworth is so mean. She killed Tristan’s only child. Because of her, I will never conceive a child again. Are you going to let her go without doing anything?”