Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
“Your eyes aren’t deceiving you, I am Flossie Ellsworth.Since you’re part of the Johnstons from North City, you should know who I am, at the very least.” Flossie said dismissively with a cold glare.
“If you’re Flossie Ellsworth, then…Liliana Scheneider is your grandmother?!”
Zachary’s face turned pale as he fell to his knees.He stumbled over his words.
“So you’re the descendent of our savior! I’m so sorry for not recognizing you sooner! So terribly sorry!”
Everyone froze, especially Charlotte, who didn’t know how to read the room.She grabbed Zachary’s arm and mumbled, “What are you doing, babe? At least stand up for me and Casey! Why are you kneeling in front of this woman?!”
“She’s just a lowly commoner now, and my brother kicked her out after she cheated on him! This woman is a sinful cheater! So how could you kneel for her? What happened to saving face? Are you not worried you’d get bad for doing that?!”
“The f*ck you mean by bad luck?!”
Zachary was so mad that he slapped Charlotte across the face.
“You idiot! If it weren’t for Liliana Scheneider back then, our family would’ve been destroyed long ago…”
“Everything you get to enjoy now, the food we eat, the purse you’re holding, the shoes Casey is wearing…we can only afford all of that because of our saviors, the Scheneiders! If you dare to disrespect them one more time, I’ll f*cking divorce you!”
Charlotte covered her swollen cheek with one hand, and retorted, “How is that possible?! The Scheneiders of North City fell from grace long ago! They were hunted down by their rivals so much that they couldn’t even protect themselves! So how could they possibly lend a helping hand to the Johnstons?!”
“The Johnston family achieved everything on their own, what does it even have to do with the Scheneider family?! Besides, so what if Ellsworth is Liliana Scheneider’s granddaughter, do you really have to act like she’s the one who helped you?!”
Charlotte screamed.
She had actually been quite obedient ever since she married the man, and figured she’d enjoy life as a rich wife with how deep the Johnstons’ pockets are.
Hence, she always listened to every single word Zachary said, and dared not to go against him.
Yet, this time, she found it extremely humiliating with Zachary basically groveling before Flossie, which led to their first ever argument as a married couple.
“You stupid woman! Are you trying to defy me now?! How dare you disrespect my savior?! Kneel down! Now!”
Zachary ordered harshly.
“I will not!”
Charlotte balled her fists up and gritted her teeth.
“I’d rather die than to kneel before this witch!”
“Is that so? Then I’ll just have to divorce you right now!”
Zachary roared with reddened eyes, clearly at his limit.
“You…”
Charlotte started tearing up right then and there.She naturally didn’t wish for a divorce, but the situation required her to kneel.She absolutely refused to kneel before Flossie, the woman she had always looked down upon.
That would be an absolute hit to her ego, and she’d rather face death than to experience that.
“Zachary Johnston, if you really want to bring that up, fine! Let’s get a divorce then! I’m done enduring your antics anyway!”
Charlotte pointed at the man, not backing down at all.She hadn’t quite been happy during their entire marriage anyway, despite having all the riches in the world.
However, her pride didn’t allow her to become someone who was kicked out of the family, nor did she want to hurt her son.
Thus, she couldn’t bring herself to get a divorce.
Now that it had come to this, she no longer wished to hide her true feelings.
At the very least, she didn’t want to seem weak in front of Flossie.
Flossie, on the other hand, found the situation rather odd, especially with Zachary kneeling before her and Charlotte crying profusely.
‘I just came to take a look at this kindergarten with Adie! How did I end up messing up someone else’s relationship? ‘Tsk tsk tsk.Looks like I’ll have to step in”
“Mr.Johnston, please get up first.Even if my family helped you, I didn’t have a part in that.You two really don’t have to get a divorce because of me.I can’t possibly bear knowing that I was the cause of a broken marriage.”
However, Zachary seemed as if he was glued to the ground.
“Miss Ellsworth, you’re the last remaining descendant of the Scheneider family now.Back then, your family had to face such a terrible fate…It was a shame that my family was just starting up then, and we couldn’t help you the way you helped us.”
“For decades, my father felt extremely guilty because of that.He would always tell me to appreciate and repay someone’s kindness at all costs.So thanking you now is considered good karma for my family…”
“Since my dumb b*tch of a wife refused to apologize for what she did to you earlier, and insulted your son, I have decided to divorce her.You don’t have to persuade me otherwise!”
“Ah, hearing this kind of reminds me of a lot of sad memories though…”
Flossie let out a long sigh.
Back then, her grandmother’s family, the Scheneiders of North City, had really thrived tremendously.
Even though she had not seen it with her own eyes, Flossie had heard a lot of rumors. Everyone kept saying that her grandmother was a strange woman and that she had carried the Schneider family to glory with her own strength to become the top family in North City.
Back then, whether it was the Guajardo family from Beach City or the Baldwin family from Sutton, all of them were subordinates of the Schneider family.
But such a legendary family had been extinguished by unknown forces within a month.
Since then, the Schneider family declined in North City, and eventually, the legend became an actual myth.
Strangely enough, although the Schneider family fell, the Ellsworth family rose. Some said that the rise in the Ellsworth family’s reputation was thanks to Liliana’s manipulation behind the scenes.
But decades later, the Ellsworth family also fell in a tragic way, ending up with the same fate as the Schneider family!
Flossie had almost no recollection of her grandmother and only recalled that the older woman was powerful. She was a strange woman who couldn’t stand to lose to men. She had tried inquiring about the Schneider family and her grandmother, but her grandfather had explicitly forbidden her to dig further.
Before the older man died, he repeatedly told Flossie that she should never look into the Schneider family nor try reviving the Ellsworth family. He told her to be good and marry Halston and live a happy life. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to rest in peace.
Her grandfather said that Halston was worthy of trust and the only man who could protect her and give her happiness.
Flossie had once firmly believed the older man’s words. She carried out her duties as the young lady of the Guajardo family sincerely, but it turned out to be counterproductive.
She didn’t get any happiness and was only rewarded with disappointment and hurt.
In fact, Halston wasn’t even alive anymore.
This further proved that her grandfather’s words held no real significance.
A woman’s own happiness would always be up to her to get it.
From now on, not only would she revive the Ellsworth family, but she would also avenge both the Ellsworth and Schneider families!
“If you really consider me your family’s savior and want to repay the favor, will you promise me one thing?” Flossie asked condescendingly with her head lowered.