Filed To Story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
She put down her cutlery and glared at him in annoyance. “Hey, Xavier, do you take me for a fool?”
“Of course, I haven’t the stomach for that.”
Innocence was written all over Xavier’s handsome face. “Haven’t I served you well tonight? Why did you say that I take you for a fool?”
“You told me that you want to pursue Flossie, so I told you a lot of moves that you could use. But you didn’t even use any of that. You just used me the entire night. Now my stomach is full of prawns and crabs. Aren’t you fooling me?”
Leia inevitably burped when she reached that point. She grabbed a few pieces of fruit to cleanse her palette.
Xavier raised his charming countenance and looked at her with a faint smile. “Well, thank you, my good friend. But… did I ever tell you that I’d pursue Flossie?”
“What? If you like her, don’t you want to pursue her? What’s more, you told me just now that you wanted to. You even asked me to teach you. Why are you refusing to admit it?”
“I just told you that I could try and pursue her, but I didn’t say that I would really do that. What’s more…”
Xavier paused all of a sudden. His gaze turned deep-set with a profound meaning as he looked at Leia. “When again did I say that I liked her?”
“There you go again. No one else is here. Why are you so shy?”
She looked at him, and felt remorseful for failing to live up to his expectation. “I know that you’re very stressed to have such a love rival like Halston. After all, he’s handsome and capable. He’s your buddy too. It’s reasonable that you don’t dare to pursue your buddy’s woman, but Flossie is single now. Don’t tell me that you don’t even have the courage to admit to it now, do you?”
However, Xavier merely chuckled and touched her head. “Don’t talk about other stuff. I simply want to know the reasons for your firm belief that I fancy Flossie?”
“It’s because Flossie is outstanding, pretty, and unique. She is a model of a perfect woman. No men can resist her charms, including a frivolous playboy like you.”
Leia produced a well-founded answer.
“But you’re also awesome, pretty, and unique. Why can’t you feel my fondness for you?”
“Why, you…”
Leia’s calmness was fluttered by him. Consequently, she blushed faintly.
It might be because she had some wine, or it might be because of the romantic night. When she looked up at him, her clear eyes were watery and eager. “Tell me. Do you like me?”
That was the first time she asked him that question directly.
There seemed to be a tinge of ambiguity between them in the past. She seemed to have received some hints from him, but she did not dare to confirm it. Afraid that she would be misunderstood, she never dared to ask him that.
After what happened tonight, she was indeed quite annoyed by that kind of endless ambiguity.
She had no right to take a step forward in their relationship, but she was afraid of having regrets if she retreated…
“I…”
It might be beyond Xavier’s imagination that Leia would take the initiative to lay everything on the table, given her abnormally high self-esteem.
At first, he handled that relationship with great ease, but now, he was in a slight panic. He did not know how to handle it.
However, his hesitation hurt her self-esteem.
Unexpectedly, she would suffer a loss the first time she took the initiative.
“Okay, you don’t have to give me an answer. We’re adults. I understand.”
Adults, when truly in love, moved forward bravely.
If they were not in love, all that would be left between them was hesitation.
At the moment, she was certain that Xavier did not like her. Flirting with her was just one of his habits. She was just fancying wild thoughts all this while.
“I’m full. I’ll be going.”
Leia stood up and tried her best to force a smile at him. “I’m sorry for what happened just now. I made you awkward. I guarantee that such a thing won’t happen again…
“And if you really like Flossie, there’s no need for all that deliberation. Just pursue her boldly like my brother did. He pursued Flossie for so many years, and although he failed, he didn’t take it too hard because he has no regrets.”
While talking, she retreated. Consequently, she bumped into an ornament and nearly fell.
“Be careful!”
Xavier acted fast and supported her. His gaze was full of sorry. “I’m sorry. Are… you okay?”
“Nonsense! Why did you say sorry to me? I’m fine. I didn’t confess my love for you. I just asked you if you liked me. It’s very normal that you don’t like me. I know that you like Flossie. You…”
“I told you I don’t like Flossie!”
He sounded slightly displeased as he stated coldly, “At least I don’t like her now.”
“So, you…”
Leia instinctively wanted to ask him whom he liked now, but she was a proud woman. She did not want to be humiliated again.
“Whatever!”
She grumpily pushed him away and walked out of the dining room.
However, her body started to feel weird while she was walking. The pain from her belly made her bend over and squat on the floor in pain…
“Lei, what’s the matter with you?”
Xavier noticed something wrong with Leia, so he quickly ran over and inquired about it.
“I’m… fine. It’s none of your business!”
She covered her belly and pushed him away, trying to act strong.
However, the excruciating pain was killing her. She was in so much pain that she almost burst into tears.
“Stop being stubborn. You don’t seem fine at all. And your face… your face…”
Xavier could not help but swallow slightly while looking at her face. He was flabbergasted.
“What’s wrong with my face?”
“No, nothing.”
Xavier tried to help her up again. “We’d better get to the hospital now. I’m afraid something bad might happen if we delay this.”
“You’re lying. There must be something wrong with my face.”
She was in so much pain that she broke out in a cold sweat, and she could not even stand steadily. She let Xavier support her before she took out her phone and checked her appearance. After that, she cried out involuntarily.
“Ah!”