Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
Not long after that, nothing was heard from the outside. Shirley was not bawling, and the crowd wasn’t chirping. Everything returned to how it was, as if nothing had just happened.
“Hmm, Master Xavier, it seems like you still care a lot about her. The title of the most loyal man of Beach City is undoubtedly yours…”
Leia teased Xavier as always but suddenly sensed that his mood was not right. Silent and with his head hung low, he exuded an aura of melancholy, one that was completely different from his usual playful self.
“Hey, what’s wrong with you? Acting depressed? It is not like your style.”
Leia patted the man’s shoulder, trying to make him come to his senses. “Don’t be a loyal man,” she mocked. “It’s better to be a scum. You’ll be happier.”
“Is that so?”
Xavier raised his head slowly. His beautiful almond-shaped eyes were as bright as the shining stars as always, but the rim of his eyes was red, channeling a deep sense of sorrow. His eyes were enchanting when paired with his overly handsome face.
“Is-is it not so?” Leia stammered.
She admitted that she was fascinated by this guy for a moment.
Well, no matter which kind of man he chose to be, his face was stunning!
“Even you think that it is despicable and ridiculous for me to be a submissive lover, don’t you?”
Xavier stared at Leia, smiling very bitterly. “I never expected that I, a man who has had so many women, would end up like this the first time I loved someone dearly. Sincerity is such a worthless thing.”
“What happened?”
Leia frowned in confusion. “Doesn’t she have her heart set on you now? As the top star, she disregarded her public image and cried so miserably outside just to win your heart back. What else do you want from her?”
Xavier remained silent, a deep melancholy still permeating his eyes.
“So, I would say that it’s not that sincerity is worthless, but it was you who wasn’t sincere. You are just unwilling to accept that you got no love in return. Now you’ve gotten it; you start to act cocky again…”
“What do you know?”
Like a bear that was being poked, Xavier lost all of his calm. His eyes turned cold, and he pushed Leia onto the big bed, sneering. “You’re an idiot in love and have no experience at all. Do you know what love is? Aren’t you a little too presumptuous to talk about it when you have never experienced it?”
“Who-who told you that I have no experience? I have lots, I…”
Leia looked into the man’s beautiful eyes, and her heart started to race inexplicably, and she stammered involuntarily.
‘Hmm… I don’t have much experience in romance indeed. Even the only one I had was a bad one that is not worth mentioning!’
“Oh, you are in love?”
Xavier’s face turned playful, and his slender fingers gently brushed across the woman’s rosy cheeks. “Don’t you always say that you are not getting married nor having a child so that you have a peaceful life? You say that romance is something even the dogs hate, and you would rather watch other couples than look for a man yourself, so I thought you had to be a virgin. It appears, however, that you’ve secretly fallen in love with somebody. It’s really…”
He suddenly stopped talking, and his gaze turned complicated.
“It’s really what?” asked the woman curiously.
“Nothing!” Xavier shook his head and smiled. “I just think it’s a shame that the world has lost another pure woman.”
“What do you mean?”
Leia pondered the man’s words and then said angrily, “Xavier, I find that you have such double standards. On the one hand, you are a playboy who likes to hurt pure women, but on the other, lament that women are not pure enough. You look young and trendy but are so old-fashioned in thinking. Since you are so concerned about a woman’s purity, why don’t you print a signboard about appreciating chastity? I wondered why you suddenly become so cold and ruthless to the female upstart that you single-handedly cultivated… so the rumors are apparently true…”
Xavier froze and questioned coldly, “What rumors?”
“The paparazzi published an article about you suddenly falling out with an actress after discovering you weren’t her first man. You were so furious that you have been avoiding her…”
Leia continued cautiously, “It’s 2023. If this causes you to abandon your love, then you are being too much.”
Xavier felt much more relief. It seemed that the paparazzi still cherished their lives. They knew what they could and could not expose.
Upon noticing the man’s silence, Leia sighed. “You are quietly admitting it, aren’t you? We really cannot see things superficially. I thought that you were the aggrieved one, but it looks like it’s Shirley’s bad luck to have met such a conservative man!”
Despite the muck and mockery, he remained unruffled. He played with the woman’s hair with his long fingers and said deeply, “Who says I care about that? Compared to the inexperienced, I think that a slightly more mature person like you is more attractive…”
The atmosphere was very ambiguous. The two of them were about to kiss each other.
Suddenly, Leia seemed to have regained her wits. She abruptly raised her legs to kick Xavier off the bed. After that, she leaped and stood up.
“All men are scumbags. What’s more, you’re that scumbag Halston’s buddy. Birds of a feather flock together. You’ll only be worse than him!”
However, Xavier seemed completely unperturbed. Half sitting on the carpet, he propped his arms up and revealed a carefree smile. “I’m glad to see you have such an awareness. Keep this in mind. Don’t ever tread the path of love. This thing is devastating. One can only lead an easy life without love.”
They bade each other goodbye before they took their respective flights to fly to Sun Island, which was near Quartz Island.
They did not know that their destination was the same. They boarded the plane to the edge of Sun Island before they got a private speedboat to go to the island.
The speedboat heading to Sun Island only ran in the morning and at night. So, it would only set off for the island when everyone had arrived.
Leia arrived at the dock first, so she sat in a simple cold beverages shop. However, she became slightly impatient from the wait.
“Captain, can you set sail now? I’m in a rush!”
She was still wearing a cowboy sun hat. However, her delicate facial features were almost fully hidden by her sunglasses. Her Bohemian sling was embroidered with mysterious and wonderful patterns, which perfectly matched the blue sea and large tropical forest.
The captain was in the sailing business all year round, so his skin was rather tanned. At a glance, he was immediately charmed by that unique woman and spread his hands helplessly. “Miss, I’m sorry. I would like to set off too, but that customer paid too much, so I have to wait for him.”
“How much did he pay? I’ll pay you double!”
Leia was the most adored daughter in the Osborne family. She was never short of money, so she immediately waved her large hand. “How about this? I’ll book your boat. Refund triple the price to that person, and we’ll set off now.”
“Err…”
The captain was hesitant for a while before he answered, “Let me just make a call.”
After a while, the captain shrugged apologetically. “This customer seems richer than you. He said he’ll pay ten times your offer and book my boat. I hope that you’re sensible enough to give up your spot. He likes VIP service and dislikes sharing the boat.”
“Who is that? How arrogant!”
Consequently, Leia became competitive. She also became curious about that man.
“Wait a moment. He’ll arrive in another ten minutes. Then, you guys can discuss whom I shall take.”
“Fine. When that time comes, I’ll let you witness the power of money!”
Leia was very confident, ready to spend extravagantly to teach that insensible person a lesson.
After all, the Osbornes were one of the eight great families in Beach City. They had endless properties and abundant wealth. Hence, only a few families in the entire world dared to challenge the Osbornes.
She did not believe that she would bump into a person more powerful than her family in such a niche place. That probability was slimmer than winning the lottery.
Ten minutes later, she saw the captain assume a flattering and humble attitude in the face of a tall and sturdy man.
