Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
The man carried Flossie in his arms, and looked down at her with a frigid stare. “My place.”
The next day, Flossie woke up with a horrible hangover, still in quite a daze.
She noticed she was in an unfamiliar room. It looked modern and minimalistic, with mostly black, gray and white furnishings. There weren’t any decorations either, with merely a book named ‘The 48 Laws Of Power’ by Robert Greene placed on the nightstand.
“Who… What… Where?” Flossie muttered in confusion. She had way too much to drink last night, and couldn’t remember anything that happened after she blacked out. She then lifted the blankets, only to find that she was wearing nothing but loose pajamas, not even underwear.
‘Oh no… Oh no!’ The woman felt her head throb painfully, and wished she could end it all right there.
“Oh hey, you’re up. Good morning.” Jovan greeted Flossie with a soft smile, leaning against the door frame in casual clothing.
“Ah!” Flossie jolted in surprise. Seeing him only made her thoughts become even more chaotic.
She was too nervous to speak at this point, and couldn’t even form proper sentences. “Jovan, what… What happened? Why am I… Did you… Did I…?”
Jovan smirked slyly. “Don’t worry, nothing happened between us last night. I may have fancied you for a very long time, but I would never take advantage of you when you’re in a vulnerable state.”
“Really?” Flossie raised an eyebrow, doubtful. After all, this man was known for his schemes and antics. His reputation was in the dirt, and he seemed absolutely capable of doing something like that.
“Of course! I want our first time to be nice and memorable, so we can reminisce about it over and over again…”
“Shut up!” Flossie threw a pillow at his head. “I always knew you had a dirty mouth… but it’s good to know you know boundaries.”
She would definitely castrate the man if he ever laid a finger on her.
Jovan took a sip of coffee and chuckled. “Not that I know boundaries. It’s also just that it’s hard for drunk men to get it up to begin with. Don’t you at least know that much?”
“Really? Don’t people make mistakes when they’re drunk though?” Flossie asked. As she remembered, her first time with Halston only happened after they drank together. Moreover, she knew another pair who experienced the same – Xavier and Leia.
In all honesty, she wasn’t quite sure if Xavier and Leia had done the deed, but she definitely had sex with Halston back then.
“If a man was actually drunk, they’d rather lie down like a dead log. If he can still screw around while being drunk, it just means he wasn’t that drunk to begin with. It could be that he’s desired the woman for a long time, and wished to take advantage of her. So he used alcohol as an excuse to.”
“Oh…” Flossie fell into deep thought, speechless for a moment. She thought to herself, ‘So Halston was secretly into me during our marriage, even though he showed so much disgust towards me for years? Looks like he’s just a prick who won’t admit his feelings! So doesn’t that mean… he wasn’t talking from the heart when he said those harsh words?’
“I may have kept to myself, but you vomited all over the place last night. I hope you don’t mind that I let my eyes wander while changing you,” Jovan said calmly.
Flossie shuddered and quickly hopped out of the bed. “What do you mean by that?! You pervert! What did you do to me?!”
“Nothing really, I’m just thinking about how certain feelings can blossom out of control…” Jovan mumbled to himself, then turned to her with a mysterious grim. “I have to say though, Halston sure is a lucky guy. I wonder if he’d regret his choice after seeing what’s trending on the internet today.”
“Trending? What’s trending?”
“You have a phone, so take a look yourself.”
The woman had a bad feeling about this, and quickly unlocked her phone and scrolled through social media. It seemed that the paparazzi had been following them the whole time last night. There was video footage of them hugging each other as they got into the car, up until Jovan carried her into his home.
To make matters worse, these videos were currently on the top of the current trending articles. Each title was more scandalous than the other.
[Jovan Guajardo’s night with his ex sister-in-law, lovebirds finally get their happy ending.]
[Halston Guajardo’s bold ex-wife spends a ‘rough’ night with ex lover.]
“Are these people insane? When did I ever have a ‘rough’ night with you?! Ugh, I hate rumors, it’s almost impossible to get rid of them!” Flossie put her hands on her waist and gritted her teeth, seething. “I’m going to sue them into bankruptcy!”
“Calm down, I get scandals like this every month. Just ignore them and things will naturally die down. The more you try to fight it, the more content you’re going to give them. It would make a fake story sound true,” Jovan said nonchalantly, completely unbothered.
“Of course you’re calm, your reputation sucks! But mine doesn’t! And I’m a woman! Don’t you know scandals can ruin a woman’s life forever?!” Although Flossie wasn’t all that modest, she still cared about her image and refused to be involved in senseless rumors.
‘And what if this gets back to Halston?! How am I going to face him then?!’
“Oh stop panicking. I have loads of experience in solving these things. I have just the perfect plan too, and we don’t even need to go to court for this plan.”
“Really? What is it? Tell me!”
“Simple. Since you think these rumors are going to ruin your reputation, I can just take the loss and marry you. Then the rumors would become true and no one can go around spreading lies.”
“Ugh! Are you trying to make me mad, Jovan?! Were you the one who spread this to the media?! I’m going to kill you!” Flossie lost all rationality as she lunged towards the man and pinned him to the ground.
She started punching him over and over again, questioning, “Be honest! Did you hire those paparazzi? Did you leak the news? Are you trying to ruin my life, you madman…”
For some reason, Jovan allowed Flossie to continue yelling and hitting him. As if he were enjoying it, he flashed her a cunning smirk. “If you beat me to death, you’re just going to make it seem like we did have a ‘rough’ night! So go ahead, give me all you’ve got!”
“You’re insane!” Flossie wrapped her fingers around his neck, howling. “You must have been spoiled rotten to have become so demented! If your parents won’t teach you a lesson, I will!”
Just then, Jovan’s bedroom door swung open. His mother, Sheila, was standing in the doorway.
When she noticed them, her jaw dropped and she nearly fainted. “You… You two?!”
Jovan turned around, looking annoyed. “Mom, how many times must I tell you to knock? Can’t you see that I’m busy with Flossie? We need some space.”
“What… What are you busy with?”
“She’s pinned me to the ground and I can’t move. What do you think?”
Flossie stared at him in disbelief. ‘What the…? He must be doing this on purpose! He’s making things worse!’
“Oh… Oh my god! Oh god, forgive me for my sins!” Sheila gulped as she begged for forgiveness. However, no god would be able to help them at this point.
The old woman then took her phone out and dialed Francine’s number. “Francine Milford! Have you no shame?! You better come and deal with your dirty family matters right now!”
Francine hurriedly rushed over to Jovan’s home, a scowl on her face for the whole journey.
She had always been rivals with Sheila ever since she joined the Guajardo family. For years, she had never lost once, apart from comparing their daughter-in-laws back then.
Now, she was proud of her daughter-in-law as well. Not only did Flossie have a successful career, she had even given birth to a pair of beautiful twins. That was surely enough to keep Sheila at the bottom for eternity.
“Sheila Campbell, what is your problem? It’s seven in the morning! Did something great happen to my family that you just couldn’t bear to watch in envy any longer?!” Francine ignored the maids’ attempts at stopping her and barged right into the living room. She was clearly ready for a fight, and her aura was absolutely intimidating.
Sheila then walked out of Jovan’s room and stood by the staircase, mocking her. “I really am quite envious of what great things have been happening to your family recently. I mean, it is really difficult to find such an indecent daughter-in-law after all.”
“Daughter-in-law?” Francine narrowed her eyes. “My daughter-in-law is an amazing woman! She can balance both work and family perfectly! Just look at her successful business and lovely children! All you can do is shrivel up in jealousy…”
However, the woman’s prideful expression stiffened as soon as she saw Flossie and Jovan walking out of the room together.
“Wh… What’s this? Flossie, why did you come out of that useless trash’s bedroom? Did you come here to teach them a lesson because you couldn’t bear to look at this sorry family too?”
Flossie lowered her gaze, not knowing how to explain her way out of this.
“Hahaha. Oh Francine, you’re too old to be so naive! What else can a man and a woman be doing in a room, all alone?” Sheila cackled, finally taking the upperhand.
“How did you manage to teach your daughter-in-law such sinful acts?! She came all the way here to seduce her own cousin-in-law! My little Jovan’s reputation is ruined!”
“If I had to pin the blame… She didn’t have good role models to look up to. You people must’ve been acting sinfully as well. I won’t let this off so easily, the old man is going to hear about this! How else is my Jovan going to live his life with pride after this?”