Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
Julian looked at Flossie’s fading figure as she walked away. He could not help but shake his head, feeling sad for Halston.
‘As soon as a woman stops loving a man, her heart turns colder than stone! Tsk. Poor Halston. If only you knew this would happen. Would you regret what you’ve done?’ Julian thought.
Flossie returned home in the night, feeling distressed
From Julian’s words, Flossie could tell that H Group was in trouble this time. Halston had gone missing at such a critical moment, and his fate was unknown. Even if Halston were alive, he would probably be in a difficult situation.
Even so, what did it have to do with her?
The rise and fall of an empire was normal. Besides, H Group was the industry leader for many years. It was only normal for H Group to decline after so long.
Even if she promised Julian to run the business in Halston’s stead, she could not restore the declining business.
However, Flossie was curious to know who had the guts to plot against the heir to the Guajardo family twice in a row. As she thought of that, she opened her laptop and looked for information about Tristan’s murder years ago.
Unfortunately, there was very little information about Tristan on the internet. There was almost nothing.
Flossie thought the Guajardo family might have specifically restricted public information to keep Tristan’s death from the public eye.
Tristan’s case happened five years ago and took place in Newrest.
Flossie thought the local police might have a detailed case record, so she planned to hack into the local police’s records.
The Newrest police file system was notoriously complex and used the most primitive binary key code, which was Flossie’s weakness.
Years ago, Flossie lost to Haze in a global hacking competition because of this oversight. Haze happened to be an expert in this area.
Flossie wondered if she had to ask for Haze’s help again. However, it was not fun to engage with Haze. Haze had been very quiet lately and did not bother her. Approaching Haze at this time was just asking for trouble!
After thinking about it, Flossie decided to take matters into her own hands. She wanted to try and hack into the system herself.
Flossie tapped her fingers on the keyboard and tried breaking in multiple times but failed each time. At last, her numerous attempts had alerted the local police, and they were targeting her IP address.
-Sh*t!”
Flossie had to quit first just to be safe. She decided to forget about it. After all, these had nothing to do with her. It was not worth wasting her time.
If she had the time, she might as well check on Adie’s whereabouts. She wondered how Leia was doing and whether Willian got rescued. If William survived, would he tell them where Adie was?
Flossie became worried about Adie’s situation again.
At the same time, the doorbell rang.
“Who’s here at this time of the night?”
Flossie shut her laptop impatiently and went to the door
Flossie opened the door and was overjoyed to see who had arrived at her doorsteps. It was none other than Adie!
‘Mommy, it’s been a long time. I miss you so much! Hug me!”
The handsome little Adie opened his arms towards Flossie calmly. He was neat and clean. He seemed save and did not fall into the wrong hands earlier.
Adie’s arrival took Flossie by surprise, but soon anger filled her. She crossed her arms and began to lecture Adie with a stern face. ‘ Adie. Did you have a lot of fun before coming to me?”
“I was only away from Sun Island for a short moment. How dare you? Do you think we won’t be worried? Are you trying to make me angry?”
“Hey, Mommy. Calm down. I’m back now…”
Little Adie shrugged indifferently. He expertly jumped into Flossie’s arms and put on the most innocent and cute look on his face. He looked at Flossie with his big, shiny eyes and blinked adorably. “Mommy, you know me well. What’s there to worry about? You’re getting too worked up… But I know that’s because you love me too much. Mommy is the best. You’re the best in the world. I love you the most!”
Adie knew Flossie well, after all. He knew Flossie was soft-hearted and easy to persuade. Whenever he got into trouble, he would sweet talk and act adorably to have her forgiveness. However, it was not so easy to fool Flossie this time.
Flossie resisted the urge to pinch little Adie’s chubby little face. She said sternly, “Aiden Ellsworth, stop giving me that face. I wont fall for it. So tell me honestly. What are you planning to do with all this commotion?”
Acting cute did not work this time. Seeing that, Adie stopped pretending and reverted to his usual cold and arrogant look. He explained, “Well, I was worried about you. I’m afraid you might get hurt in Beach City alone, so I’m here to protect you!’
Flossie was lost for words. She held her palm to her forehead and felt an immense headache. Just listen to that. Had a four-year-old child really said that?
There were many times when Flossie felt that Adie was the better version of her and Halston. Adie was only a young child, but he was not easy to deal with. Flossie frequently lost to Adie in their long battle of wits!
“You’re just a child. Staying safe is the greatest protection for you. How could you leave Sun Island without a word? You had no adult to accompany you. If you run into thugs, who’ll save you? You’re so small.
Anyone could easily capture you and kidnap you!”
‘No way.” Adie was full of confidence. “I’m smart. Thugs only rely on brute force. Those who try to hurt me are already with the police. Mommy, it’s not the first time. You should know that.”
Flossie fell silent. Adie had such a good point and left her speechless.
‘Mommy, don’t be so worried! I came to protect you. You shouldn’t be angry. Instead, you should reward me well!” Adie proposed in a logical and unhurried manner.
“Reward you?”
Flossie was pissed off and laughed. Adie was indeed amazing. He could easily trick her with his logical explanation. It was as if staying angry was simply unreasonable.
Flossie responded to Adie with a kind smile. She said gently, “You want a reward, right? Be a good boy and wait for me. I’ll get it for you now!”
Adie instantly let out a sigh of relief. He nodded with a bright smile, “Okay, Mommy. I know you’re the best and most understanding Mommy.’
Shortly after, Flossie took out a ruler. She raised her eyebrows and snapped at Adie, “Get down on your knees and hold out your hands!
Adie behaved this time. He knew Flossie was furious, so he listened to her orders obediently.
Adie got down on his knees at once and held out his hands cooperatively. He faced Flossie’s anger calmly. “Mommy, go ahead. You should calm down after hitting me. Don’t stay angry. Anger is bad for your health. It’s okay for me to be in pain.’
’You’re still being slick, aren’t you?”
Flossie got furious and hit Adie’s palm with the ruler. She questioned with a stern tone, “Do you know what you did wrong yet?”
It was a painful hit. A red mark immediately emerged on Adie’s tender skin. Even so, Adie remained strong. Although his eyes were full of tears, he did not cry out. He raised his chin and said stubbornly, ’I didn’t do wrong.
What’s wrong with protecting Mommy?”
“Adie!” Flossie was so angry that she hit Adie with the ruler again, harder than the previous time.
Flossie had no other choice as the little one was getting more and more disobedient each day. She could barely control him anymore. She had to teach him a hard lesson before he got himself into more trouble.
With this in mind, Flossie hit Adie several times and said harsher than ever, ’ You won’t admit your mistake, will you? I’ll punish you until you admit your mistake!’
“Boo-hoo!” Adie was just a child after all. Finally, he could not hold back anymore and finally cried out. However, he remained stubborn as he cried. ’ Mommy, go ahead and hit me. Even if you beat me to death, I don’t think I’m wrong. I just want to protect you. I don’t want Bad Daddy to hurt you!” Flossie froze. “What… What do you mean by Bad Daddy?”
Adie wiped his tears and stared at Flossie with a pitiful look, “Mommy, you don’t have to hide anything from me. Abby and I know everything! Daddy Liam isn’t our real daddy! It’s the big bad Halston!”
Flossie panicked. She had never mentioned Halston’s name in front of the two little ones!