Filed To Story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
Halston knew that when the movie ‘Hunt my Ellsworth’ trended on Twitter, it would get the attention of people, and Flossie would naturally be curious about it.
Yet he didn’t think that she would be so quick.
The film had yet to be officially released, but she appeared to be impatient. It looked like she didn’t leave as freely and easily as she presented.
At the same time, Xavier walked proudly inside the president’s office and mysteriously stuffed a note inside Halston’s hand.
“Halston, don’t lose the paper. I’ve helped you as much as I can. If you can’t get her back, then it’s your problem. Don’t blame me for not helping you!”
Halston was in the middle of his work when he was handed the note. He frowned and looked at the note in his hand. “What is this?’’
“Your wife’s location!”
Xavier became excited as he told, “I told you earlier that a mysterious person hacked into the distributor’s system and copied the movie file. I hired a hacker and discovered the mysterious person’s location. They’re located on a small island. If I’m not wrong, that’s your wife, and she’s on that island now!”
“No wonder we couldn’t find her at all. She’s really good at hiding!”
A light flashed before Halston’s eyes before it returned to its usually cold and distant look. He said nonchalantly, “Where she at has nothing to do with me. Take it away, I don’t need it.”
“What do you mean, Halston? Didn’t you want me to observe Flossie’s every move? You partook in the film because you wanted to show it to her, as well as beg for forgiveness and find out where she is. How come it no longer has anything to do with you?”
“I just want to prove that she isn’t as free and easy as she portrays herself to be. Now that I’ve proven it, I don’t care where she is.”
As Halston spoke, he continued to organize the file in his hand, seeming as if he didn’t care one bit about Flossie’s whereabouts nor the intention to seek her out.
This shocked Xavier.
He was sure that Halston would find her once he had Flossie’s location, and he could brag about his contribution to locating her. However, Halston wasn’t acting as he had anticipated!
“You can’t play me like this, Halston. You’ve kept bugging me to promote the movie so you could locate Flossie. But why are you suppressing your desire to see her and acting as if you don’t care? Are you worried about losing pride if she refuses to see you?”
Xavier stared at Halston, who seemed emotionless and gave him a piece of advice. “Put your pride away. You’ve given each other space for three months. This can’t go on. If this continues, your relationship will actually come to an end. Since both of you still love each other, go and get her back. Even if you fail, you won’t regret not trying.”
“Since you’re so enthusiastic, why don’t you go on your own?”
Halston lifted his gaze and remarked coldly, “The whole world knows now that there’s nothing between her and me. So you don’t have to care about how I feel. If you like her, go for her.”
‘You!”
Xavier was furious when he heard Halston’s words.
Xavier did have feelings for Flossie before this, but he said it as a joke. He understood he couldn’t act on his feelings for his friend’s wife. Besides, his heart had been taken over by another woman.
“Is there anything else? I’m quite busy.”
Halston’s cold words sounded like he was chasing Xavier away. Flossie’s location appeared to be unimportant and more of a hassle.
“Nothing. I’m just a busybody!”
Xavier was enraged, and he snatched the note and tore it apart before throwing it into the dustbin. “Since you don’t want to find her, it’s fine. After all, I won’t be the one to regret.”
Then, he pushed open the door and left.
At this moment, it was already late at night.
There were just a few employees remaining in the building.
Halston sat in his office, rummaging through the documents on his desk.
H Group developed tremendously over the years, but with it came a slew of difficulties and harsh competitors.
This was particularly the case in the field of technology. Long-term collaboration between H Group and KCL Group made his company invincible, enabling it to capture three-fourths of the market.
As a result, he quickly became the envy of other companies who would try to harm his company behind his back. While not life-threatening, it gave Halston a headache.
There had recently been speculations that the smart bracelet H Group recently released on the market had severe flaws that involved violating users’ privacy by eavesdropping on their conversations. The rumor resulted in several reports and lawsuits against his company.
’Inform the public relations department that we need a way to conceal this negative news.
“Investigate and sue those who disseminated the rumors; for spreading falsehoods and harming our company’s brand.”
’Remove all of the smart wristbands we recently introduced and hand them over to the IT department to see whether they have an eavesdropping capacity.”
Halston couldn’t pretend any longer after many phone conferences, signing various papers, and reviewing a few projects. He rose up and swiftly reached into the trash can, picking up the ripped bits of paper.
The paper was small, but it was shredded into bits, making it impossible to reassemble.
Halston tried to piece it back and struggled. His eyes hurt, and his brain couldn’t process what he was seeing. “Damn it, Xavier! Why did he have to shred it to pieces!”
Finally, he was close to piecing it back together when the secretary walked in.
“Sir!”
“Ehem!”
Halston instantly covered the paper shreds as if he had done something guilty. However, his movements were so big that the pieces flew around and scattered on the ground.
The secretary was taken aback and approached him right away. “Are you alright, Sir?”
“Don’t move!”
Halston yelled and stared at the paper on the floor.”Don’t step on them,” he ordered her coldly.
She instantly stood frozen on the ground. “Sir, the floor is too dirty. Would you like me to clean it?”
“No.”
Halston finally returned to his normal behavior and asked, “What is it?”
“Mr. Stuart called earlier and said he sent you the location on WhatsApp. He asked you not to…”
She hesitated and awkwardly glanced at Halston’s hand positioned beside the dustbin and said carefully, “He asked you not to pick it up from the dustbin. It’s dirty.”
Halston’s face darkened, and he said coldly, “I understand.”
He waited until the secretary had departed before proudly opening his WhatsApp.
As he saw the location, he couldn’t help but grimace and think to himself,’ Flossie, you can’t get away from me!
On the same night, Halston got on his private plane and flew directly to the island at maximum speed.
Throughout the journey, he kept reminding himself to act cold and composed when seeing Flossie later.
After all, he didn’t fly there because he missed her or wanted to continue their relationship. He was going there solely because he needed her skills as a lawyer to help with the lawsuits that H Group was facing.