Filed To Story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
“What?”
Xavier and Christopher were stunned.
Xavier almost fell off the chair in shock. He argued with Halston immediately, “Halston, are you crazy? You’re a man. How could you hurt her like that? That’s domestic violence. Obviously, she had a reason to run away! Did you expect her to stay? You might’ve killed her!”
Xavier was very agitated because he had begun to acknowledge Flossie without realizing it. Flossie was such a strong, independent, clear-minded, and brave woman. Not only that, but she was also cute and beautiful.
However, his dearest friend almost choked her to death. How could he accept that?!
Just as Xavier was about to punch Halston for Flossie’s sake, Halston added,” Because Flossie pushed Jessanna down and killed my brother’s only child.”
“W-what?” Xavier’s fist stopped midair. He could barely understand Halston’s words. “Jessanna? Your brother’s child? What the hell is going on?!”
“I mean it literally,” Halston confessed with an expressionless face and steady breath.
Anyway, the baby and Flossie were gone. It did not matter anymore whether the secret was kept or made public.
“W-what?” Xavier gapped in shock.
Christopher had a similar reaction to Xavier’s. He spent about ten minutes sorting out the whole story. After a good while, he finally let out a long sigh. “Fan, you’re such a fool. It must be aggravating.”
Halston said coldly, “I’m fine. My late brother saved my life. I have to give my all to fulfill his last wish, but unfortunately… I can’t do anything!”
Halston slammed his fist hard on the table. His eyes were slightly red. It was clear that he felt very guilty about Tristan.
“Of course you’re fine. It’s your wife who suffered!”
Xavier could not help but fight for Flossie. “If you feel responsible for Tristan’s death, so be it, but why did you have to hurt Flossie? You did so much for Jessanna and her child, but what about Flossie? She was married to you for four years, but you drove her away as soon as she made a mistake. You…”
“Enough!” Christopher glared at Xavier, telling him to stop.
“Weren’t you urging Fan to divorce Flossie? Isn’t it too late to say all these now? Do you want to make the situation worse? Hasn’t Fan suffered enough?’
“I didn’t mean it that way. I just feel bad for Flossie. What has she done wrong? She’s…’
“I can understand Fan!”
Christopher felt bad seeing Halston’s handsome but sullen face. He said,” Halston wanted to give Jessanna a proper name so her child could have a legitimate identity and grow up in a healthy family. Besides, he didn’t love Flossie at that time. Flossie didn’t seem to love him either. A marriage without love is destined to fail. It was inevitable that she’d leave. Jessanna and her child might be the reason that set her early departure in motion…”
Xavier nodded and rubbed his chin. “That’s reasonable. Everyone is a victim and hurt… However, I don’t agree with what you said about Flossie’s feelings for Halston. Anyone could tell that Flossie was in love with Halston before!’
“Let’s not talk about the past. Think about how to solve the present.”
Christopher turned to Halston, who had been silent. He asked, “Fan, have you thought about it? The child is gone. You probably won’t marry Jessanna anymore. Will you remarry Flossie?”
“Never!” Halston answered without hesitation. He would rather be unmarried and alone forever rather than marry the murderer who killed his late brother’s only child. If he remarried her, he would never live the remainder of his life in peace!
“If so, why bother spending so much effort to search for her? You two have a big grudge among yourselves. It’s probably best for you to forget her and never see her again.”
Christopher instantly empathized with Flossie and said impartially, ’No wonder she simply vanished. If it were me, I would’ve done the same.”
Xavier raised his hand in agreement. “Halston, maybe you shouldn’t bother looking for her anymore. It’s impossible for you two to get back together. If you get involved in her again, you’ll only suffer more!”
Halston seemed to be deaf to their words. He suddenly raised his cold eyes and asked them in a deep voice, “Did I go too far?” “Huh?” Xavier was confused by the question.
“I almost choked her to death. Did I go too far?” Halston asked.
“Yes and no.1′
Xavier was an outsider and said impartially, “Considering your usual behavior, choking someone wasn’t the worst thing I’ve seen you do, but… I think hurting Flossie was a little too much.”
Xavier had never seen the usually sober and sensible Halston in such distraught in all their years of friendship, heartbroken to see the state Halston was in despite finding his actions maddening. Therefore, he toned down his words.
“She deserved it!” Halston’s calmness evaporated instantly like a long- dormant volcano that erupted suddenly. His voice was cold. “It’s only fair to repay a life with a life!”
Xavier took a step backward in shock and grimaced. He ridiculed, “Okay, okay. It’s fair. So are we spending so much effort to find her for you to continue choking her to death?”
Halston hissed coldly, “We’ll talk about that when we get her back!”
Xavier and Christopher exchanged a glance, smiling. They shrugged and shook their heads helplessly. They knew Halston’s personality very well.
Halston was just an arrogant guy who hid his deep emotions behind a veil of coldness.
“Let’s not waste time and find her.”
Christopher analyzed calmly, “I’ve tracked Flossie’s movement based on the available data. She was at Ellsworth Residence, West Hill Cemetry, Azure Group headquarters, H Group headquarters… and finally, Guajardo Villa.”
Halston furrowed his brows. “Are you saying she was last seen in Guajardo Villa before her disappearance?”
“From the data, yes. It has been 51 hours since then.”
Christopher projected the data on the projector and showed it to Halston.
Xavier said, “51 hours. That’s a little over two days. We still have the chance to track her down. Let’s hurry. We’ll find her for sure!”
Xavier looked around and suddenly snapped his fingers. He said, “I think she may be in the villa. She’s a bright girl. Maybe she’s confusing us by deliberately hiding here. She’ll take the opportunity to escape the moment we look elsewhere!”
Christopher nodded. “It’s possible. Why don’t we get more people to surround the villa and start searching in detail?”
Halston looked at Flossie’s trail of whereabouts on the projector and said coldly, ‘Let’s begin.”
Halston thought there was no way Flossie could really disappear under his nose!
Guajardo Villa was huge and covered a wide area. The three men joined the search party before additional help arrived.
Halston was in charge of searching in the villa. Meanwhile, Christopher and Xavier searched outside the villa.
Halston strode upstairs and went to Flossie’s bedroom. When he opened the door, a faint scent of gardenia surrounded his senses. It was a smell that belonged exclusively to Flossie.
Halston couldn’t remember the last time he noticed this smell. It was said that someone deeply in love could smell the scent of their beloved.
Halston was unsure if he loved Flossie, but the faint scent of her body was like a calming fragrance that would immediately put him at ease.
Seeing the empty room, a hint of loneliness flashed in his eyes. “Flossie, where the hell are you!”
Truthfully, Halston knew all too well that Flossie couldn’t possibly be living in Guajardo Villa.
Even so, he still had the faintest hope that a miracle might happen.It’s a little funny.
In the past, he used to be decisive and never hesitated about anything.
Why had he become so indecisive and illogical? Halston walked into the bedroom.He sat on the edge of the bed and carefully ran his fingers across the duvet.It was as if he was caressing her hair, her face, and her soft, fair skin…
All he could think about was Flossie.