Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
“I don’t care if you believe me or not,” said Flossie, releasing the fingers that had been pressing on the veins on Jessanna’s neck. She had lost all patience with Jessanna, and could now only bother to coldly tell her, “I gave you a chance, but you just tossed it away, so don’t regret it later.”
The police officers had been guarding the door and were ready to charge into the interrogation room at any moment. But then they saw Flossie walking out of the door, and they collectively sighed in relief.
“How did it go?” an officer asked. “Did you get any useful clues from her?”
Flossie smiled faintly at the police officers, but no one could tell what kind of emotions were on that lovely face of hers.
“I just had a heart-to-heart chat with Ms. Ximenez just now, and found out that this is all just a misunderstanding. If there’s nothing else going on, please release her as soon as possible.”
The police officers quickly exchanged looks in confusion when they heard her.
“Ms. Ellsworth, was that a joke? The suspect kidnapped your son and you’re asking us to release her?”
Flossie raised her brows, and her smile broadened. In an apologetic voice, she replied, “My son has been a really naughty boy. He knew that Ms.
Ximenez and I don’t get along, so he decided to call the police on her, hoping that the police officers would take away the person that had been mean to me. I’ve found out where he is now, so I must deeply apologize for all the trouble we’ve caused you. I will make a 150,000-dollar donation to the construction funds for this police station as compensation. Please forgive us for this mistake.”
“But…”
The police officers there were all dumbfounded
“Thank you for all your hard work. I’ll excuse myself now.”
Flossie then nodded slightly at the police officers, turned around, and left.
Meanwhile, Liam and Leia had been anxiously waiting for Flossie in the waiting area. As soon as they saw her coming out, they rushed toward her in excitement.
“You’re finally out, Boss! So what’s the situation? Do we know Adie’s whereabouts now?”
Flossie had no desire to say too much, so she simply told them, “If you see Jessanna Ximenez coming out later, capture her immediately. She knows where Adie is.”
“Jessanna Ximenez?” Leia lost her temper as soon as she heard the woman’s name. “That nasty b*tch! Why does it have to be her again? Don’t tell me that she’s the one who kidnapped Adie?”
Flossie neither confirmed nor denied it. Instead, she turned to Liam and said, “I must rely on you for this. I believe the Osborne family is vastly experienced in this sort of matter.”
The Osborne family started their business by dealing with many underground groups and black markets. They made their name by constantly dancing on the knife’s edge, so they inevitably picked up a torture method or two along the way. They certainly had more than enough skills to make Jessanna Ximenez sing.
Flossie had intended to let Jessanna go once she obliged her and revealed Adie’s whereabouts, but it seemed that the gentle method did not work on Jessanna, so she could not be blamed for resorting to the cruel method instead.
The only reason she asked the police to release Jessanna just now was to make it more convenient for them to “have a nice talk” with Jessanna later.
“Don’t worry,” Liam assured her, his captivating eyes gleaming with a frightening cold light. “I’ll make sure she reveals every single detail she knows soon.”
In the past, Halston had always protected Jessanna, so he had to be careful and not go too far when dealing with her. But now that her protector was gone, he had nothing to worry about anymore!
Jessanna was startled when she heard the news that she would soon be released, but it also came as a pleasant surprise for her.
“Mr. Guajardo demanded you to release me, didn’t he? I knew it! Halston would never abandon me!”
Jessanna wept with joy and wiped her tears away excitedly.
“You’re free now, so just hurry up and go! Don’t waste our time here with your nonsense!”
The police officer kept hastening her to leave, and was in no mood to chat with her.
Now that she had regained her freedom, the first thing Jessanna thought of doing was to pick up her phone and call Halston.
But no one answered her call.
“This can’t be right. Halston wouldn’t ignore me after getting me out of jail. Unless…”
Jessanna was no fool. She immediately sensed that there was something fishy going on. Now was not the safest time for her to leave the police station.
Just as she was trapped in a dilemma, someone gently patted her on the back…
“Excuse me, are you Ms. Ximenez?”
Jessanna turned around. She was somewhat puzzled when she recognized the person in front of her.
“J-Jovan Guajardo?”
Jovan smiled affably with his hands in his pockets.
“You’re okay, aren’t you?” Halston asked me to take you home
Liam had been waiting outside the police station for ages, but Jessanna Ximenez was still nowhere to be seen. His patience was wearing thin, so he threw caution to the wind and went inside to ask the police officer who handled Jessanna’s case. That was when he found out that Jessanna had been released a long time ago.
“Damn it!” Liam cursed with a scowl before immediately reporting the development to Flossie.
“I’m sorry, Boss. This is all my fault. That cunning woman must’ve guessed that we were trying to ambush her outside, so she escaped through another exit.”
“Never mind. I’ll find another way then.”
At the time, Flossie was sitting in front of the computer in her apartment, her fingers incessantly tapping on the keyboard as she tried to track Jessanna’s movements in the past few days. She found out from the police officer in charge that Jessanna was arrested in a five-star luxury hotel, so she hacked into the surveillance system of that hotel to sniff out any helpful clues.
She did not find any clues. She simply saw Jessanna Ximenez taking care of Adie as if he were her own son. She even took Adie out to shop for everything the boy desired-be it snacks, clothes, or toys!
What infuriated Flossie even more was how she saw Adie affectionately holding Jessanna’s hand in the surveillance video, as if he now regarded Jessanna as his real mother! He was acting all cheerful and bubbly, looking nothing at all like a boy who was kidnapped!
“Oh, my God… My blood pressure is rising…”
Flossie massaged her temples. She wished she could climb through the screen and spank the cheeky boy!
“Look at that. My dear eldest child! It’s like he’s trying to make my blood boil! We’ve all been so worried about him, yet he’d been happily following someone else as if he was a puppy on a leash all along! Oh, the betrayal!”
Leia, who was sitting next to Flossie, almost burst into laughter as she watched it all play out on the screen.
“Hahahaha, who would’ve thought that our cool handsome guy would have such a sweet and docile side? I guess the lure of snacks and toys had more influence on him than his own biological mother…”
But just as she was laughing away at Adie’s antics, her expression suddenly froze. She clenched her fists.
The cause of this drastic change was in the surveillance video, where she saw William Jones, her boyfriend whom she was madly in love with, was knocking on Jessanna Ximenez’ door!
Flossie noticed this too and she hastily turned off the monitor as quickly as she could. Then, she got up and stretched her body before deliberately changing the topic, saying, “Forget it! I won’t bother checking it anymore! If that little rascal was so smart that he could hand Jessanna Ximenez to the police himself, then he’s probably fine. He’ll come home once he’s had enough fun.”
Leia’s throat felt tight, and her eyes began to sting. She tried her best to keep calm as she looked up at Flossie and asked her, “D-Did you see that just now?”
Flossie did not have the heart to upset Leia, so she acted dumb, albeit poorly, and replied, “What are you talking about? I didn’t see anything!”
“I beg you. Please play that video again.”
“I’m afraid I can’t do that. The permission has expired so we can’t watch it anymore.”
But Leia was not so easily fooled. She grabbed Flossie’s arms and repeatedly pleaded, “You’ve got to help me hack into that surveillance video again, Flossie! I need to know if I was just imagining what I saw!”