Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
“No need to worry about that…”
With his hands in his pockets, Jovan said with confidence, “As the saying goes, money makes the world go round. I heard KCL had a change in leadership recently. As long as I spend enough money, why wouldn’t the new person in charge collaborate with me?”
“But I heard that the new KCL boss doesn’t lack money. He’s more concerned with his business partners’ character. There’s no way you can pass his character test.”
“If a man isn’t greedy for money, then he definitely has a strong lust for women. I lack a lot of things, but definitely not beautiful women. I’ll just send a few girls over to him. I’m sure I can persuade him.”
Jovan once again lifted Flossie’s chin despite the lesson he was taught earlier and said meaningfully, ‘ After all, I’m a man myself, so I know very well how much influence a woman can have on a man…”
Flossie surprisingly did not fight back. She ignored his transgression and asked with a laugh, “For example?”
“For example, if you really want to save the H Group for your deceased ex- husband, you can absolutely use yourself as a bargaining chip to seduce me!”
The man pressed his lips against Flossie’s ear and said vaguely.
Flossie raised her eyebrows and feigned ignorance, “What exactly do you mean? I don’t understand.”
“Did I not make myself clear enough?”
Jovan greedily took in the sensation of being so close to the goddess of his desire. His hand boldly slithered towards Flossie’s slender waist. His deep voice was cheeky, but carried a hint of seriousness too. ‘In ancient times, there was Helen of Troy, the facethat launched a thousand ships. If I can have you, I would launch a thousand ships for you too.”
Flossie couldn’t help but roll her eyes. “Get to the point!”
“Simply put, if you become my woman, the H Group is yours to do with as you please. If you want it to shut down, it’ll shut down, and if you want it to keep operating, it’ll keep operating.”
There was a cold determination in Jovan’s eyes.
The whole world knew that he, Jovan Guajardo, was just a carefree playboy. He had no interest at all in competing for power or building a business empire.
The reason why he had been working so hard to rise to the position of H Group’s CEO and even tried to replace the flawless Halston was ultimately for the sake of obtaining the woman in front of him.
If Flossie so much as nodded, he would not give the H Group or the CEO position a second glance!
“Are you serious?”
Flossie was surprised. Seeing the man’s wild and unrestrained eyes, she seemed to have gained a deeper understanding of this crazy man.
“Of course I am. Money is easy to come by, but true love is hard to find.
Not everyone values career, money, or family honor as highly as the robot like Halston did. I’m not a greedy man. All I want is to be with the woman I love.”
The serious expression that was rarely seen on Jovan’s face turned out to be somewhat enthralling.
Flossie shook her head to prevent herself from being deceived by his appearance. She snorted, “Don’t make me laugh. Coming from you, this is more ridiculous than any joke I’ve ever heard.”
‘You still wouldn’t believe me…”
Jovan shook his head and sighed.
He stared straight into Flossie’s eyes and said, “Come to H Group’s public press conference tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock. Hundreds of media outlets from all across the world will be there. The Guajardo family will officially announce Halston’s death to the public as well as the news of me taking over the position of CEO… At that time, you need only say yes, and I’ll hand over the H Group to you in front of all the reporters.”
‘You’re crazy!”
Flossie forcefully pushed the man away, ready to leave the villa.
“Am I crazy? Try it tomorrow and find out.”
“Sorry, I’m busy tomorrow!”
Flossie glared at him and quickly left the villa.
In her opinion, rather than being obsessed with her; what Jovan was truly obsessed with was the feeling of beating Halston.
Obtaining the H Group was the first step in beating Halston.
Obtaining her was the second step in beating Halston.
She would not let him win.
Flossie stormed downstairs and, to her surprise, ran into her ex-mother-in law, Francine
Both of them were shocked to see each other.
Flossie had conflicting emotions regarding her ex-mother-in-law. On the one hand, Flossie hated her, and on the other hand, Flossie sympathized with her for having lost two sons in a row.
But Francine also had conflicting emotions regarding her former daughter- in-law.
From her initial dislike and disgust of Flossie, to appreciation, and later on, to hatred – it was enough to write a novel that was millions of words in length!
“Good evening, Ms. Milford.”
Flossie swallowed awkwardly and greeted Francine, “Fancy… running into you here.”
“Someone told me the light in my son’s room was turned on so I rushed over to check, but turns out it’s just you…”
Francine’s eyes were filled with both hatred and sadness, which gradually turned into gloom. She lowered her head and said, “Sure enough, there are no miracles in this world.”
Flossie was a mother too, so her chest tightened hearing that. She comforted Francine softly, “My condolences. Don’t be too sad.”
“I don’t need your condolences!”
Francine, who was originally quite calm, suddenly grabbed Flossie’s arm with bloodshot eyes and said emotionally, “You know my son’s not dead. He’s excellent and perfect; there’s no way he would die so easily!”
‘Tell me honestly, are you and Halston hiding something from me? He’s not dead, is he? He’s just hiding somewhere to plot something big. He doesn’t want anyone to know where he is because he’s worried that it might mess up his plan, so he keeps his whereabouts a secret.”
“But you’re different. You’re the woman he cares about the most. Although he pretended not to care about you for the past four years, I’m his mother, so I know he never got over you. He lost control the moment he found out that you’re back. He definitely wouldn’t lie to you… Tell me, where is Halston?”
Francine gripped Flossie’s arm so tightly that it hurt, but Flossie could not bear to push away a grieving mother who was on the verge of mental breakdown. She could only explain helplessly, “Ms. Milford, you got it all wrong. I’m just an insignificant old acquaintance to Halston. If he really is plotting something big, he wouldn’t tell me. If I were you, I would interrogate Jessanna Ximenez instead. She’s his true love.”
“Says who? You used to be married to Halston. Based on your understanding of him, do you really think he would fall in love with a woman like Jessanna?”
“Why not? Jessanna’s a poor, helpless girl. She’s like a modern day Snow White. A slight frown from her is enough to shatter your son’s heart and make him lose the ability to n.ove.lx.o distinguish right and wrong. He would do anything for her. How is that not true love?”
“Your power of imagination is incredible. You should have become a screenwriter.”
Francine was dumbstruck. She looked at Flossie like she was looking at a fool.
She thought that, because Flossie was such a smart woman, she must have known what Halston was truly thinking, but it turned out she was just guessing wildly!
“Halston might as well be a block of wood in matters of the heart. He doesn’t know how to express his feelings at all. Even if he tries to, people often misunderstand what he means. I’ll tell you honestly.
Even after all these years, he has never gotten over you, but he’s an arrogant man so he doesn’t want to admit that, so he acts as if he doesn’t care about you at all. In the end, the only one who gets hurt is himself…”
Francine now had a painful look on her face. ‘That fool. Maybe he himself doesn’t realize that he’s long fallen in love with you.”