Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
Flossie did not want to be too impolite, so she invited Francine to have lunch with them.
After all, Francine was still the children’s grandmother. If she showed Flossie enough respect, Flossie would also show her respect and would not deprive her of the right to interact with the children.
“Sure! To be honest with you, I’ve missed your cooking dearly. Looks like I came at the right time. My mouth is watering!”
Francine praised Flossie non-stop.
Halston was flabbergasted. “Mom, can you please behave normally?”
He knew better than anyone how proud and arrogant Francine usually was. Now, in order to help him and Flossie reconcile, she was being so humble. It made him feel uncomfortable.
“What are you talking about? I am behaving normally. It’s a fact that I’ve missed Flossie’s cooking dearly. Why can’t I say it?”
Francine glared at Halston, then quickly walked forward and held Flossie’s arm affectionately, like a mother holding her daughter’s hand. She made it look so natural.
“My good daughter-in-law, tell me when you got pregnant with the kids. You sure know how to keep a secret. How could you not tell us about something so big? Aren’t you worried that your father-in-law and I would get a heart attack from the surprise? We now suddenly have two grandchildren!”
Francine talked non-stop like a chatterbox, asking Flossie about the details of the two children.
Flossie was emotionless. She said flatly, “I think you must have misunderstood something, Miss Francine. These two children are mine and mine alone. They have nothing to do with the Guajardo family. Please stop trying to drag us into the Guajardo family.”
As soon as she said that, the air immediately chilled to a freezing point.
Being the lady of the number one family in Beach City, people showed Francine respect wherever she went. She had never been rejected like this before. She immediately had the urge to throw a fit.
But for the sake of her son’s lifelong happiness and her precious grandchildren, she endured it!
“Hahaha, my dear daughter-in-law, I know you’re still angry. The Guajardo family has indeed made some mistakes that caused you and the children a lot of hardship. How about this… Tell us what we have to do so that you’ll forgive us. If it’s within my capability, I’ll definitely satisfy your request without batting an eye.”
Francine said with a sincere expression on her face.
They sat at the dining table, waiting for Flossie’s answer.
Halston did not stop Francine, which was as good as agreeing to Francine’s proposal.
As long as Flossie was willing to reconcile, he was willing to pay any price.
“I don’t have any requests. Well, maybe just one…”
Flossie paused for a second before continuing with determination in her eyes, “I hope you can clearly recognize that the two children belong to me alone. Their family name is Ellsworth and they have nothing to do with the Guajardo family. Don’t even think of touching them or I’ll fight you to the death!”
Her stance was still the same as before. It was firm, with no room for negotiation.
“In your dreams!”
Halston pursed his thin lips, his handsome face filled with uncontrollable anger.
This woman was so obstinate and unreasonable. He really wanted to tie her up and tamed away her stubbornness like she’s a wild cat.
In contrast, Francine was calm.
After a moment of silence, she slapped the table and said, “I understand what you mean. This isn’t a hard request to fulfill at all.”
Flossie and Halston were both stunned to hear that.
“Are you sure?”
Flossie could not understand what Francine was thinking.
She thought that Francine, like Halston, only pretended to be “friendly” with her and maintained a superficial civility because she wanted to take the two children away.
But after Flossie told Francine that she would never let them have the children, based on Francine’s personality, shouldn’t she lose her temper immediately? Why was she still being so polite?
“Of course. That’s easy enough to do. Times have changed. Halston’s father and I aren’t that stubborn, nor are we stuck in the old ways. As long as the children are happy, we don’t care what family name they take…”
“It’s not a problem of the children’s family name, it’s…”
“How about this? I’ll let my son marry into your family. He’ll become the Ellsworth family’s son-in-law and will serve the Ellsworth family from now on. He’ll be yours to command!”
Francine said with a pained expression. She just made the greatest concession she could make.
Halston: “? ? ?”
Flossie: “! ! !”
“My dear daughter-in-law, you have no idea how obsessed my son is with you. Like I told you before, in the four years while you were gone, he behaved like a normal person during the day, but he would cry every night. He cried so hard that all the servants could hear him. They thought there was a ghost in the house!”
*Ahem!*
Halston coughed hard, trying to stop Francine from continuing.
He was a proud man. He especially liked to appear high-and-mighty in front of Flossie. But now, his mother was exposing his most embarrassing and vulnerable moments… How was that different from asking him to take a dump in front of Flossie? How could he still face her?
“Why are you coughing so much? If you have an itchy throat, drink some water.”
Francine gave Halston a look of displeasure, took Flossie’s hand, and continued, “My dear child, I don’t want my house to be haunted anymore. It’s too embarrassing. Please do me a favor and accept this brat. As long as you two reconcile, I don’t care if the children take your family’s name. Even if you want Halston to take your family name, I would agree to it.”
“You’ve gotta be kidding me!”
Flossie had considered a thousand possibilities and was ready for the feud that would arise between her and the Guajardo family for the custody of the children, but something like this had never crossed her mind… She was a bit overwhelmed!
“There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s pretty common to see a husband take the wife’s surname abroad. As long as you’re a family and live happily together, it doesn’t matter what surname you take…”
Francine kicked Halston under the table and asked, “Isn’t that right, son? You agree with me too, don’t you? Hurry up and tell her.”
Halston’s handsome face seemed to be covered in a layer of frost. His eyes were even colder than usual. “Mom, can you stop causing trouble for me? I have enough to worry about as it is.”
“How am I causing trouble? I’m…”
“That’s enough!”
Halston stood up coldly, turned to Flossie, and threw out these threatening words, “If you want to come back, bring the children with you. The Guajardo family will treat you well. If you insist on going against the Guajardo family, I’ll do everything in my power to stop you!”
After that, he went upstairs expressionlessly.
Obviously, Francine was open-minded, but Halston was still a very arrogant man.
How could he accept marrying into a woman’s family? How could he let his children take another family name?
Flossie actually heaved a sigh of relief when she saw Halston lose his temper.
If Halston had actually agreed to Francine’s proposal, Flossie would have no idea what she should do.
It’s not like she could lash out at them for being considerate to her!
