Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
‘I made a huge mistake!’
This guy was crazy. She could only let him drive to their destination before she tried to escape.
They made a left turn before arriving in front of a wide platform.
“We’re here.” Jovan stopped the car and looked at Flossie. There was a mysterious look on his face. “Trust me. You won’t regret coming here.”
“Yeah, I sure wish so!” Flossie replied with fake enthusiasm, but she already had something else planned.
She saw Jovan getting out of the car, and she did the same. When Jovan started walking toward her, she kicked him in the stomach and snatched the car key from him.
’It’s my bedtime. I don’t have time to waste here with you. If you like it here, you can stay. I’m going home,” Flossie said before unlocking the car and getting in from the driver’s side. She prepared to turn on the engine.
After being kicked, Jovan felt as if his internal organs were crushed. Blood spilled out from his mouth.
However, he seemed even more excited than before. He licked the blood from the corner of his mouth and stared at her. “Are you sure you want to leave? Can’t my proud and handsome cousin make you stay?”
Flossie’s facial expression froze. She stepped on the brake and asked,” What do you mean? Be specific!”
“Haven’t you heard?” Jovan propped up his upper body with his long arms. He had a creepy smile on his face. “Many people have been speculating where Halston had gone. He hasn’t been seen in public for two weeks. Why was I suddenly asked to return to the country to hold the fort? Aren’t you curious at all?”
”H-He was heavily injured. He’s probably recuperating now. That’s why there hasn’t been any news from him.” Flossie’s eyes glistened. When she connected the dots to this unusual place, she had a bad feeling about what might have happened. However, she refused to believe it.
“Are you sure he’s merely recuperating?”
“C-Could there be some other reason?” Flossie asked. She seemed perplexed.
She kept telling herself that Halston was a tough man. Nothing could kill him. She was certain nothing had happened to him.
Jovan sneered. “What are you afraid of? Make a wild guess. I believe… you already have the answer, don’t you?”
Flossie shook her head. “I don’t have an answer, and I don’t want to make a guess. I’m also not in the mood to listen to your nonsense. You’d better get out of the way, or I’ll run you over!”
Jovan sat lazily in front of the car. He ignored Flossie’s warning completely. “I thought you’ve grown much stronger in the past few years, but you’re still as much of a coward as ever. You don’t even have the guts to face the truth. Don’t you think it’s sad that you have to lie to yourself like this?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Flossie exclaimed. “I’m saying this for the last time. Get out of the way!”
She placed her foot on the gas pedal. All she needed to do was step on it lightly, and Jovan would be crushed into a pulp of flesh.
“Hehe. Do you think you’ll be able to change my dying cousin’s fate by running me over?” Jovan slowly got up. He propped his arms on the hood and smiled creepily at her.
“Weren’t you curious why I brought you to the middle of nowhere? Look around. Don’t you think this gravesite has very good feng shui? I heard the Guajardo family specifically chose this place for Halston. Once it’s time to bury him, my proud, aloof cousin will be trapped here forever…”
Flossie’s head was pounding. Her mind went blank.
She couldn’t understand what he was saying and couldn’t be bothered to try. She kept repeating the phrase ‘my dying cousin’ in her head!
‘No. This isn’t possible. How could Halston be dead? If a cat has nine lives, he has ten!’ Flossie refused to believe Halston was dead.
“You know very well whether I’m lying or not. If you don’t believe me, you can come and look at this grave. His tomb has already been erected in advance. The irony is… Since you’re his wife, your name was also inscribed on it. It’s hilarious!” Jovan crossed his arms and looked at the large tomb ahead. There was a sarcastic look in his eyes.
“When I think about it, sometimes, life can be quite meaningless. It doesn’t bother how capable or amazing someone is; at the end of the day, one is still a mere mortal. Once a person dies, he’s no different from an insect or a pest. Everything goes back to dust. I can step on him if I so wish!” He added before stepping on Halston’s black-and-white photo on the tomb.
“Halston, aren’t you all that amazing? Haven’t you always been number one? Why don’t you get up and fight back?
“Do you have any idea how I’ve always lived in your shadow? When other people get a score of 99 on an exam, they receive praise. When I did the same, I got beaten up. It’s all because you’d always get a score of 100!
“I lost sleep and skipped meals to make H Group one of the top three players in the market, but I was transferred abroad to work on sideline projects all because of something you said!
“Everyone criticized me for being an idiot and a womanizer. They said I brought shame to the family, but nobody knew I had to be compared to you at all times. How was I supposed to ever stand out?
“Fortunately, God is fair. You died for a woman. It gave me an opportunity to come back. From now on, I’ll reclaim everything that I once lost, including the woman of my dreams!” Jovan uttered excitedly. The smile on his face was becoming cold and twisted.
He stomped fervently on Halston’s photo, letting out all those years of jealousy he had concealed!
“Stop it!” Flossie had gotten out of the car at some point. “You’re insulting a dead person. Can you even call yourself a gentleman?”
“Do you feel bad for him?
Jovan lifted his foot and turned sideways to look at Flossie. He smiled. “I was never a gentleman, to begin with. I bring shame to the family. It’s not like you’ve never heard about that… I couldn’t do anything to Halston when he was alive, but I can insult him all I want now that he’s dead!”
Flossie’s eyes filled with tears. “You’re mad. Even if Halston’s dead, he’ll always be stronger than you!”
Jovan’s eyes glistened briefly. He approached Flossie one step at a time. “Is that so? What can he do right now? My footsteps are on his face, and I’m about to sleep with his wife in front of him. All he can do is watch. Do you call that strong?”
“Shameless!” Flossie slapped Jovan hard across the face. “You’re a loser. Don’t ever think you can get close to me!”
Flossie still felt angry even though she’d said those things. She lifted one leg and kicked Jovan in the stomach.
“Hmph!” Jovan curled up and kneeled in front of the tomb.
Flossie stood behind him and stepped on his back. “This is how you should behave in front of your brother. If you can’t seem to learn it, I don’t mind teaching you again.”
“Hahaha! Keep treating me like this. Don’t stop. I like you when you’re like this!”
Although Jovan was clearly almost beaten to death, he seemed unusually excited. In fact, his eyes were even glistening.
“You asked me why I admired you so much but insulted you at every given opportunity after you married Halston. I’ll tell you why. It’s because you let me down!” Jovan exclaimed with his eyes closed.
“You’re evidently a capable, talented, bright, and divine being, but you married the man I hated and looked down on the most! Halston is an emotionless robot, but you were willing to disband Ocean’s Word and become a boring, rich housewife for him. You carefully sucked up to everyone in the Guajardo family and stayed with a man who didn’t even love you. You had huge potential in life, but you wasted it away. It felt like watching the person you love falling into a pool of disgusting waste. Who else should I humiliate but you?”
Jovan’s words left Flossie in shock.
“Y-You’re unbelievable! You’re an absolute pervert!” Flossie exclaimed.
She never realized that a man she barely knew would think of her so highly … Was this a case of a fan turning into a hater?
Anyway, he was as mad as a hatter!
“From your reaction, it seems that you probably haven’t moved on. Unfortunately, Halston is already dead. You have no choice but to move on. Why don’t you consider me? It won’t be long before the entire H Group falls into my hands. I can give you everything you want!”
Although Flossie was still stepping on Jovan, he sounded fully confident.
Flossie appeared annoyed. “I can fight for what I want. I don’t need anyone else to give me anything. I refuse to believe Halston is dead. It’s all in your head!”
“If you don’t believe me, you can ask Liam to verify the truth. That is… If he’s still willing to talk to you.” Jovan smiled arrogantly.
He eliminated two rivals in romance in a single night. This excited him far more than taking over H Group
Flossie couldn’t be bothered to waste any more time with Jovan. She turned around, entered the car, and drove away from the gravesite.
She didn’t once look at Halston’s so-called tomb.
That was because she believed from the bottom of her heart that he was still alive…