Filed To Story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
“I’m not asking you to beat her up or scold her, but she should at least come and apologize to me in person, right?”
“I only cursed her a little, but she demanded me to apologize to her on my knees in public before. I refused, so she insisted on suing me and putting me in jail. She’s a murderer now, but she’ll be going scot-free… Halston, are you really going to do this to your brother?”
Halston still did not answer her. He brought some food to Jessanna and hushed her, “You didn’t eat much today. Eat more and recover soon.”
“Don’t change the subject!” Jessanna shouted. As her tears fell, she looked at Halston in pain and became hysterical again. “Halston, that’s unfair! You’ve got a double standard, but this is too much…”
“If your brother is still around, he’ll make her pay for hurting me like this… You may be generous, but can you answer Tristan and your nephew?”
“You didn’t see the baby when they took him out, right? He was already a developed fetus. He’s a little boy, but your ex-wife killed him just like that. All I want is just an apology from her. Am I going too far for that?”
“I’d rather die! I’d rather be with my baby and his father. Let me die!”
Halston felt a little tired and took a deep breath. Jessanna had to make a scene like this almost every day. He could only calm her down by using a sedative.
The nurses soon came in and secured Jessanna. Then, they gave her a dose of sedatives.
Jessanna suddenly lost all her strength and fell onto the bed. She looked at Halston as she expressed her pain and disappointment in silence.
Halston felt guilty seeing Jessanna in such a terrible state. He knew he could no longer run away. He needed to give Jessanna and his late brother and nephew an answer.
“Okay. I promise. When you recover, I’ll make her apologize to you and confess her mistake!”
The computer screen glowed with a white light in the dark room.
Halston replayed the surveillance footage from Redwood Mansion over and over again. He wanted to see if the tragedy happened because of Flossie’s arrogance, as Jessanna claimed.
Halston tapped the forward and backward buttons again and again. He repeatedly watched how Flossie humiliated and pushed Jessanna. He watched how indifferent Flossie was as she watched Jessanna lie in a pool of blood.
Halston’s eyes were glued to the screen. His face was tense with anger. At last, he hissed a low curse of disappointment in the silent darkness. “Damn it!”
Halston never thought of Flossie as someone evil. She was just a willful woman with a strong sense of self. However, this video really hit him hard. He never knew she could be so vicious and hurt an unborn child like that!
As Halston struggled to restrain himself from losing control, he took out his phone and called Elijah.
“Bring Flossie to Sutton at once,” Halston ordered coldly, “She must apologize to Jessanna and explain herself to my family and me!”
Elijah could feel Halston’s raging anger on the other end of the line.
However, he could only report truthfully. “Mr. Guajardo, it’s too late… Mrs. Guajardo … Miss Ellsworth has left.”
“She left?”
Halston’s eyes turned cold. “Where did she go? Where can she go?”
“I’m not sure about that.”
Elijah said calmly, “She met me about a week ago to bid her farewell. She said she was leaving and might never return to Beach City again. She told me to say goodbye to everyone in H Group and prepared a gift for them. She left you a message…”
Halston’s heart rumbled with a sea of emotions when he heard this. ‘Damn it! Did she run away from guilt? How could she run away without saying anything?’
Even so, Halston vaguely remembered that Flossie had previously mentioned that she would soon leave Beach City. He thought she was joking at that time, but he never thought… She had been planning for this since then!
“What did she say?” Halston asked, gripping the phone tightly.
“She said she’s sorry. She hopes her grudges and feuds with you will end here. She doesn’t want to meet you ever again!”
Elijah sighed sadly and lamented, “Alas, what a pity. Many of the H Group employees have bet that you’ll reconcile with her. Now everyone’s going to lose their bet…”
“Judging by Miss Ellsworth’s tone, she seems distraught. She didn’t want to leave you but had no choice.”
“Sad? Stop joking, will you?”
Halston’s emotions were suddenly in turmoil. He couldn’t tell if it was more of anger or fear. However, he knew he would never let Flossie leave.
Absolutely not!
“She has escaped. In that case, send someone to investigate and bring her to me!”
Halston held his forehead in annoyance and coldness in his eyes. For the first time, he felt that everything was beyond his control.
The moon was bright outside. The floor-to-ceiling window reflected Halston’s tall figure outside. He looked like a beast waiting to strike in the darkness, dangerous but full of charm.
“I did, but I couldn’t catch her.”
Elijah took a breath and said carefully, “I knew you wouldn’t want to let go of Miss Ellsworth. As soon as you broke up with her, I had all the borders in Beach City closed. I wanted to stop her, but guess what… Miss Ellsworth simply vanished into thin air. There’s no news about her whereabouts at all.” “Are you kidding me?”
Halston was so angry that he wanted to choke Elijah to death. He narrowed his eyes and hissed, “How could she just vanish into thin air? That’s ridiculous!”
“Right? We’ve tried searching all we could but failed to track Miss Ellsworth’s whereabouts… By the way, Miss Ellsworth’s nanny Margaret disappeared along with her…”
Elijah sighed repeatedly and apologized. “Mr. Guajardo, I’ve tried my best, but I can’t help. If you don’t believe me, you’ll have to do it yourself!”
Halston didn’t hesitate and immediately took a private jet back to Beach City.
Halston firmly believed that anyone alive would leave a track of activity.’ That’s impossible. How could she have completely disappeared? Unless… She’s still in Beach City!’ thought Halston. He did not mind using all the power he had to find her.
Halston sent more men to search all of Beach City. He also had Christopher and Xavier use whatever method they could to search for her.
Xavier had recovered by this time and was discharged from the hospital. He then joined Christopher and met Halston at the Guajardo Villa.
“Any news?” Halston asked as he hurried to Christoper and Xavier, who had been waiting in the living room.
Christoper and Xavier exchanged glances and shook their heads in unison.
“Halston, what happened between you two? Why did she leave again?” Xavier asked, frowning. Flossie had risked her life to save him, but she disappeared before he could even thank her. This made him a little guilty.
“It’s a long story. Stop wasting time and find her!”
Halston was in no mood for small talk. He just wanted to find Flossie quickly. Where in the world was she hiding?
“A long story? At least tell us something…”
Christopher was the calmest among the three. He patted Halston’s shoulder lightly and said, “We need to know what happened to solve the issue.
Otherwise, we’ll be wasting our time searching everywhere and getting nothing in return.”
“Chris is right. We don’t even know what happened. Where do we find her? It’ll be a waste of time!”
Xavier was upset and said in slight annoyance, “Halston, what’s wrong with you? You seem like a changed man. What are you doing? This is not cool. If you made her angry, you should apologize and coax her sincerely. What’s the point of searching for her everywhere like this?”
“You should tell us. Why did she leave without saying goodbye? There must be a reason, right?”
Halston took a deep breath and said with a cold gaze, “Because I almost choked her to death. I told her not to appear in front of me again.”