Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
Seraphina, who braved hell and high water to stay with him, never abandoning him even in his darkest moment…
But if that was true, why did he feel like something wasn’t right?
“Why are you asking me? You should be asking yourself-whoever’s face comes to mind the instant you mention ‘love’ is most likely the person you love,” Xavier suggested, being a veteran in relationships. In Xavier’s case, nothing came to mind when he thought of the word… he probably didn’t love anyone other than himself!
“Love…” Halston’s face turned troubled as he racked his brain-after all, the person that first came to mind was his sworn enemy!
Meanwhile, said enemy had appeared, striding upstairs towards him and stomping angrily with each step.
Xavier noticed that Leia was with Flossie, who was walking as loudly as she could. As if feeling guilty, he slid close to Halston while rubbing his eyes and asking nervously, “S-Halston, am I seeing things or do you see it too?”
“I do,” Halston growled, his handsome face scowling as he watched Flossie and Leia stride past their bodyguards and walk up to them.
He could clearly feel his heart racing.
It was an unfamiliar feeling-his adrenaline was kicking in, spiking his senses for danger and excitement!
“You’re more competent than I thought,” Halston said haughtily as he stared at her. After all, he was the hunter here, setting a trap and waiting for
Flossie to bite. He just didn’t expect that she was bold enough to leap into that trap! Anyone could fall in love with that!
“Shut up and give him back to me, and I’ll let bygones be bygones,* Flossie demanded viciously-she was dazed at first, but sobered up when she saw him.
“What if I refuse?” Halston rested his chin on his hand, his gaze cool and imposing.
Everyone around them gave them a wide berth out of fear.
After all, Halston Guajardo was basically the king of Beach City-his every step could quake it, and the further they were from him, the better.
Flossie stood before Halston, angrily glaring at him as the atmosphere grew tense. Even Halston’s bodyguards were holding their breaths, ready to jump into action at any moment.
However, the standoff lasted little over ten seconds as Flossie’s eyes suddenly turned watery.
“If you don’t… I-I’ll cry!” She stammered, and started bawling. “Boo-hoo… Please, Halston Guajardos… CEO of H Group and the god of Beach City… Please, give him back to me…” She was crying so loudly that the whole bar seemed to quake, causing everyone in the bar to turn towards the VIP area curiously.Halston was utterly mystified—this woman never seemed to behave like a normal person, and he was completely caught off guard!
To make things worse, Flossie had become so experienced in crying that her tears and snot were flowing freely while her eyes and nose had turned red. She looked so miserable that she could give professional actresses a run for their money!
“No… Please… If you’re upset with someone, go mess with them… Please don’t involve innocents… Boo-hoo… If you hate me, you can hit me, you can curse me or even kill me if it satisfies you… It doesn’t matter how you torment me or punish me… I won’t complain at all as long as you’re satisfied…” The woman sobbed, wiping her tears away.
“Here,” she gasped, picking Halston’s hand up and aiming it at her face. “You can hit me!
Just do whatever you want, don’t hold back… or you’ll get stressed!”
That was not all—Leia, spurred on by liquid courage, was spouting all sorts of nonsense to back up her friend!
“Oh, you’re such a scumbag! Where’s your conscience?! Just because you have money, you resort to vile crimes like abduction and blackmail?
Flossie’s just a student, but she’s already had children with you, and you refuse to acknowledge her because of your post-nut clarity?! Aren’t you afraid of karma?!” Immediately, everyone was in an uproar, and all of them were condemning Halston.
“He’s such a piece of crap… Bullying women, really?!”
“Poor girl… She’s crying so miserably… Who’s going to help her?!”
“To think I used to worship Halston… But that’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing for you. Let’s call the cops, or there’ll definitely be trouble!”
Halston was silent, clenching his fists and feeling extremely uncomfortable. Flossie was crying to pressure Halston, while Leia had her hands on her hips as she rambled on with ridiculous slander to incite public outrage.
“Boo-hoo… Please, Mr. Guajardo, please spare us… Please give him back to us… We won’t ever upset you anymore… We will hide our faces forever…”
“Yeah, you better give him back or we’re calling the cops! Threatening a student to have sexual liaisons with you and even making her pregnant?! Let’s see how you’d explain that to the po-po!”
“You must want to die, both of you!” Halston bellowed at the two crazed women suddenly.
“Argh! Help! He’s threatening to kill us!” Leia screamed at the top of her lungs. “Everyone, look-the CEO of H Group was exposed for blackmailing and is now threatening us with violence!”
Though Flossie was not that brave, Leia had no such misgivings-she would not rest until she destroyed every ounce of dignity Halston had!
Nearby, Xavier was a little drunk, but became sober the instant he saw that it was none other than Leia Osborne who was causing a fuss!
Xavier strode up to Leia, grabbed her wrist, and said quietly, “What are you doing? There’s a limit to making jokes, and don’t you know what will happen if you make Halston angry?”
Leia’s gaze was muddled even as she turned to Xavier, but she only got more upset.
“Everyone, see? This man is no angel too, forcing himself on students just like his best friend. In fact, he’s worse-the student had ten babies with him. Pigs like him should be given the electric chair!”
With that, everyone’s attention turned to Xavier in record time.
“Exactly how much did you drink, woman?! Get a grip!” Xavier could smell the pungent scent of alcohol from Leia’s mouth, and had to clasp his hand over her mouth to stop her from saying anything else.
“Look! Mmph-the scumbag is trying to kill me! Oof!”
Leia struggled violently, but Xavier simply scooped her up in his arms.” Come with me. I can’t let you run around like this.”
“Hey, what are you doing?! Let me go! I need to expose him! I—’ Leia protested but Xavier ignored her.
Xavier knew Halston-Leia would suffer horribly if she kept this up, so this was the only way to save her. He carried Leia out of the bar, even as she kept flailing like a fish in his arms.
However, she could not free herself, and was helplessly taken away…
With that, the rowdy mob screaming for Halston’s blood was leaderless, and no one made a sound.
Halston stared at a teary-eyed Flossie with a smile that did not reach his eyes. “Go on, cry.
Weren’t you being so emotional just a moment ago?”
“Uh…” Flossie felt a little awkward as she wiped her tears. At this point, crying wasn’t an option without Leia’s support, because doing it alone was a little… weak.
Naturally, she had cried herself weary and used up all her patience, so she glowered as she cut to the chase, “Our time is valuable, so tell me-what do I have to do for you to let him go?”
Jovan was blind and hardly athletic-Halston could kill him easily as if he was crushing an ant with his boot. She certainly could not afford to upset him…
“Why should I spare him? He sabotaged my business and harassed me all the time.” Halston remained seated, haughty as ever.
“So you’re admitting to abducting him! How much bad blood could there be between brothers?! But word of advice-don’t kill him, or you’ll have your comeuppance for being an ingrate!” Flossie warned, pointing at his face. She wanted to stop Halston from hurting Jovan for both their sakes-Jovan was basically his parent reincarnated, and how was it different from patricide if Halston killed him?!
Halston, however, was left frowning in confusion. “What are you talking about? What bad blood with what brother?”
“I know you never considered Jovan a brother, but you are his biological brother. I’m telling you not to hurt him if you want to avoid divine retribution!” Flossie declared righteously.
“Jovan?” Halston came to a realization and chuckled coolly. “So, you’re actually talking about
Jovan after all that?”
Flossie did a double take as she wondered what Halston was talking about.