Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
Under the bright moonlight, the affection he had for her was so obvious in his flawless, handsome face.
Leia spaced out a little but quickly withdrew her hand as her heart was racing because of him.
Keeping her hand behind herself, she appeared exasperated as she told him off, “Don’t be so naughty… You’ve done enough for one night; any more, and I’d misunderstand.”
Everything about him was perfect, not least of all the sense of security and comfort he could give a lady, not unlike the feeling of seeing a knight in shining armor. And Leia herself was not heartless—so how could she not be drawn to him?
However, past experiences told her that she would suffer if she fell for Xavier again. That was why she had to restrain herself as much as she could!
“Misunderstand what?” Xavier asked innocently, looking at her with doleful puppy eyes despite her sudden coldness.
“What do you think?!’ Leia snapped, frowning. “Don’t you know how charming you are, bewitching me all the time, only to tell me ‘we’re just friends’ afterward and abandoning me? Is teasing me like that fun for you?!”
“So you’re saying you’re falling for me again?” Xavier flashed his unrepentant playboy smile, slipping his hands in both pockets.
He was certainly pleased to have elicited such a response from Leia, like a cat catching a mouse.
They had been brought back together after drifting apart for so long, and past sentiments remained without fading-in fact, it was burning even more passionately than before.
In other words, he was special, even irreplaceable to her, and that was enough for him!
“So what if I am?” Leia retorted. “Do you feel a sense of accomplishment from this? Don’t you feel bored, an old-timer like you, manipulating a virgin like me?”
In reality, Leia never avoided confronting her feelings for Xavier, but she just could not understand how his mind worked-what was the point of his repeated advances?
“Nope. I won’t get bored as long as it’s you,” Xavier grinned, baring his squeaky-clean teethhe had the charm to bewitch all living beings, but he obviously needed a good punch just then.
Leia was left huffing, a sign that she had truly lost to him. “I get bored even if you don’t. Do whatever you like-l don’t care!”
She was not about to play along to the playboy’s flirtatious routines like some blockhead once more.
Either way, the only way to escape his manipulation was to stay away from him.
Leia decided to do what she had been doing for a while and focus on her career.
Men are nothing! There’s no reason to let them affect her emotions!
“Anyway, thank you for today. I’ll make it up to you somehow. Goodbye!” Leia told Xavier and walked up to the side of the road to stop a cab.
She wanted to stay away from Xavier-not because she hated him, but because she was just too vulnerable and fell in love too easily. Therefore, she would quarantine herself and forceherself to get away from him.
Nonetheless, Xavier stepped in front of her, stubbornly stopping her from leaving. ’Be more direct with your gratitude. It lacks sincerity if you put it off.”
Leia glared at him, but she was also curious. ‘In that case, what do you want? I don’t have any money with me.”
“You have time, don’t you? I’m hungry and was thinking about supper. You can keep me company,” Xavier said directly.
“A playboy like you could summon a truckload of ladies with a single phone call. And you’d still rather have me?”
“Of course. You, and only you. So? Are you game?”
“Yes!” Leia agreed to it right away, resigning herself to her fate. “It’s my fault that I have to owe you.”
“Then get in the car,” Xavier beamed, skipping towards his car to open the door for her. He would rather relish in this delight than enjoy the company of a dozen ladies.
They drove steadily through the night sky illuminated by myriad lights-on streets completely devoid of traffic and pedestrians.
Neither spoke as a relaxing tune played on the radio, leaving the air charged with a touch of playful flirting.
It was not until Xavier drove into a luxurious apartment’s basement that Leia realized something was wrong.
Leaning tightly against her seat, she stared nervously at him as she demanded, “Aren’t we going for supper? Where are we?!”
“My place!” Xavier said, focusing on his parking at his reserved lot just then, twirling the steering wheel handily.
“Your place? W-What do you want?!’
“What could I want? To cheer you up,” Xavier replied, reclining against his seat as he stared at her, his flirtatious gaze seemingly drawing her in.
Leia folded her arms before her chest and glared at him warily. “You’re a monster! I just got out of prison, and that’s all you can think of?”
“What did I think of?”
“You know damn well what,” Leia snapped, her face flushed as she tried to exit the car. “To think that I actually felt touched by what you did for me. But you turned out to be a pig! Just like every other man in the world! Now open the door, or I’m calling the cops!”
Xavier finally understood what she meant. He couldn’t stop himself from laughing while clutching his stomach. “Haha! You’re really wary, aren’t you? I’m telling you, you’re just adorable!”
Even so, there was no hiding the tenderness in his eyes.
“You’re laughing?! I’ll beat you up, believe it! You saw I can dish out a beating!” She cried, raising her fist to hit him.
Nonetheless, Xavier handily caught her wrists and held her against her seat, and said with a tone brimming with desire, “Weren’t you always dissatisfied that we’re just friends? We could breach that gap tonight and properly enjoy…”
Leia was left flushing all the way to her ears by Xavier’s obvious innuendos.
“Y-You’re such a pig!” She snapped, and slapped him across his chiseled cheek before shoving him as far as she could. “I must have been crazy to think that you were nice, but you’re nothing but a pig!”
Seeing that she really was upset, Xavier finally stopped smiling and explained, “Okay, okay —I was just messing with you. Also, I don’t mean ’ enjoy’ in the way you think. It’s a misunderstanding.’
“Then how do you mean it?!”
“I heard from someone that you like crayfish, and I bought ten pounds so that you’d have enough for a while. In some cultures, it’s a food that wards off bad luck too. How is that for your enjoyment?”
“Crayfish?!”
Leia’s eyes lit up at those words-she had to admit that crayfish was her favorite food, bar none. She would devour them whenever they were in season, or she could not stand it.
And while she was incarcerated, it was what she missed most of the world outside.
In that case, Xavier did understand her-and at that moment, even reaching into her very soul!
And the man was resting his chin under his hands with a vague smile.” Yeah. It’s your favorite, and I just happen to know how to cook them to perfection. Coincidence, huh?”
“Wait, you know how to cook crayfish?”
“Soup, stew, salad, with potatoes. It goes with everything.”
“Perfect!” Leia exclaimed impatiently, gulping her drool that was threatening to leak. “What are we waiting for? Let’s ‘enjoy’ already!”
“Indeed,” Xavier replied with a smug smile and got out of the car, thinking to himself that she had to be such a glutton to get swindled just by waving crayfish in her face.
However, would he really spare her so easily?
They both alighted and headed to the basement elevator, which took them up to Xavier’s apartment.