Filed To Story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
“What do you think?”
Halston said without any emotion, “You’re the one who told me I’m paralyzed for life. How can I possibly feel anything?”
“Ugh!”
Flossie rubbed her forehead with a worried expression.
Did she curse him so much that he was actually going to be paralyzed for life now? If not, why would he still feel nothing?
“Why, are you going back on your word?”
Halston lowered his eyes and said with a sad face, “I knew you would do that sooner or later. It’s okay, you can leave if you want. I don’t blame you. After all, saving you was my own choice.”
His words moved Flossie’s heart a little bit.
In truth, the past week they spent together did more to bring them closer to each other than the four long years before that. Some undesirable emotions seemed to be reviving.
She bit her lip, summoned her courage, and asked, “So…. do you regret saving me?”
The air became silent.
A strange emotion filled the air between the two people.
Halston’s thin lips moved, as if he was about to say something.
But right then, the door of the ward slammed open.
“I see. So this is the so-called “holiday abroad”. Incredible. You even lied to your grandpa!”
Francine Milford walked in menacingly. She glared at Flossie, wishing she could devour Flossie alive.
Jessanna Ximenez came in after Francine.
Her stomach had grown larger since the last time Flossie saw her. The round belly was like a silent slap to Flossie’s face, instantly waking her up.
Heh, what an idiot she was.
Halston cheated on her. That was the cold hard truth. Yet she was foolish enough to test how he felt still.
Considering what had happened up to this point, was it important whether he regretted saving her or not?
“Now that you’re here, I’m finally free.”
Flossie calmly stood up from the chair. She gestured towards the bowl of medicine on the table and told Jessanna, “Three times a day, rub it on his whole body. This is a task more suitable for you.”
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Jessanna put on a soft, weak pretense and spoke like she was Halston’s wife, “Thank you, Ellsworth. Sorry for all the trouble Halston caused you in the last few days. Don’t worry, I’ll take good care of him.”
The mockery in that remark was so thick that Flossie felt like laughing.
But she did not say anything. She simply gave Halston a nod and turned around to leave.
“You don’t have to go.”
Halston said towards Flossie’s back, his voice deep and cold with a domineering attitude that no one could question, “Like I said, there’s no one more suitable to take care of me than you.”
This was like a slap to Jessanna’s face.
Jessanna’s expression turned ugly. She secretly clenched her fists and tried to look innocent and wronged. But when she looked at Flossie, she could not suppress the hatred in her eyes.
Francine was angered too. She berated Halston, “Fan, do you even know what you’re talking about? Jessanna is pregnant with your child and she’ll be giving birth in a few months, while you’re about to divorce this woman. Jessanna is the woman you’ll spend the rest of your life with. How can she be more suitable than Jessanna?”
“You said it yourself, Flossie and I are about to get a divorce, which means we’re currently still husband and wife. These tasks are more suited for a wife.”
Halston eyes were on Flossie the whole time he said that. His gaze was deep and complicated.
“You…!”
Francine was speechless. She did not know how to deal with her son.
“Can you tell me what’s wrong with you? Why are you in the hospital? Is your hematophobia acting up?”
She walked over to Halston and looked him up and down with a worried expression.
Halston closed his mouth and chose silence.
Flossie was going to leave, but she suddenly turned back around to look at the three people in the ward with a weird smile on her face.
“I’m really sorry, Miss Francine, Mr. Guajardo was bitten by a snake while trying to save me. He’s now a quadriplegia and may be paralyzed forever…”
She looked at Jessanna with a sympathetic expression and said, “Miss Ximenez, you’ll have a hard life ahead of you. However, since you and Mr. Guajardo truly love each other, I don’t think you’ll mind. In the future, he’ll have to rely on you as his crutch. I, as the ex-wife, wish you two a good marriage and a lasting relationship!”
“What… what?!”
Upon hearing this, Francine almost lost her balance.
Jessanna’s expression was even more interesting.
“Impossible! Impossible! You must be lying!”
For the first time ever, instead of helping the unsteady Francine, she grabbed Flossie’s arm like a mad woman and said, “You’re lying! You don’t want to get dumped, so you’re trying to force me to quit, aren’t you?!”
Flossie sneered and shook off Jessanna’s hand hard. “You can ask Halston yourself.”
Halston, lying in bed with an unreadable expression, looked coldly at Jessanna and said, “She’s not lying. I really am paralyzed. Would you still marry me?”
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Jessanna stammered in slight awkwardness.
She did like Halston very much, but she liked him only when he was perfect and high-spirited. If he was a good-for-nothing who was paralyzed in bed, she would not even give him a glance, let alone marry him.
Flossie became slightly annoyed when she saw that reaction.
She felt like Jessanna was being picky and disdainful toward the treasure she had cherished for so many years, so she immediately protected him. She sneered. “Miss Ximenez, didn’t you claim that what you had with Mr. Guajardo was true love? Why are you hesitant now?
“Mr. Guajardo is so awesome. Even if he’s paralyzed, his complexion, figure, and temperament are exceptional. If you wouldn’t marry him, many people would. He’s the famous Halston Guajardo. It’s not up to you to be choosy!”
Being criticized, Jessanna was at a loss, and she went as white as a sheet. “I-I… I didn’t mean that. I just…”
Halston, however, looked composed as he raised his charming brows. “It’s fine. I can understand.”
Flossie inevitably shook her head and sighed while looking at him and patting his shoulders pitifully. “Take it easy. People are all very pragmatic.”
‘He’s indeed mean, but he has such a difficult love life,’ she thought.
‘His first love ran away with his elder brother, and he got a schematic homewrecker under the pressure of the world. However, she’d run away the minute difficulties befell him.
‘How pitiful! Many women love you, but few are willing to share your pain and sorrows, save for me.
‘Of course, that was in the past.
‘I’m enlightened now, and I’ll never go back to him!’
“You jinx! Shut up!”
Francine, who had calmed down, lost her mind. Completely unhinged, she threw herself at Flossie with every last ounce of strength. “You jinxed woman! I knew that Halston would get into trouble with you around. My family has never been peaceful since he married you!
“Tristan is dead, and now Halston is paralyzed. It’s all your fault. I’ll kill you, even if I’ve got to risk my life, in exchange for some peace for my family!”
As she spoke, she picked up the vase on the table and tried to smash it on Flossie’s head.
Flossie didn’t expect she’d witness Francine’s deranged behavior. Since she couldn’t escape reduce harm by shielding her head with both hands.
However, the vase did not fall on her head as expected, for she was protected by a warm embrace…
Flossie carefully raised her head and surprisingly saw Halston’s extremely cold face.
“Mom, this vase is very heavy. Put it down.”
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