Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
“Who is he? He looks familiar,” the other lady asked eagerly.
“Of course, you’ll find him familiar! Go online and search for Master Guajardo, the head of the Guajardo family, the top family of The Great Eight of Beach City. See what the president of Guajardo Group looks like!”
“Oh gosh… are you telling me that the man sitting beside Dr. Wagner is the famous Mr. Halston Guajardo?” The woman covered her mouth and widened her eyes in disbelief. “I didn’t think I’d ever be able to get this close to him! Wasn’t he famous for being hard to deal with? He never got close to women, right? Why is he such a playboy now? Wasn’t he the one who invited us to go out to sea with them?”
“Don’t bother trying to understand how rich people think. Maybe he’s interested in women now!”
“So, does that mean we have a chance with him?”
“I guess so, but all they’re interested in right now is the fish. They don’t care about us at all. It’s hard to figure out what they’re thinking…”
“Whatever! They’re fishing, but we can still seduce them.”
After they made up their minds, the bikini-clad women stood up and boldly approached the two men.
“Mr. Guajardo, Dr. Wagner, did you get any fish? Why don’t you take a break for a while?” One of the women carried a glass of rum and sat beside Halston. She even fed him a strawberry.
Flossie happened to witness that scene from her boat, and scowled. ‘That shameless scumbag! How could he join such a group?’ She didn’t want to stay, but she had to for the sake of asking for Owen’s help.
She took out the photo Ezra gave her and confirmed that the man sitting beside Halston was Owen. He was extremely focused on fishing, so she had to get his attention somehow. “Doctor Wagner, look!
There’s a lot of tuna here. Come to my boat to fish!”
Flossie took out a marine lifesaving smoke gun and fired a shot at the sky to attract their attention. Instantly, the two men turned to look at her.
“Flossie?” Halston frowned slightly. He did not expect to see her here, in the vast ocean twenty miles away from shore.
Own finally averted his gaze from the capelin that almost took his bait and turned to look at Halston and Flossie. After that, he gave a meaningful smile. “Mr. Guajardo, you certainly planned this well. You provided a grand feast, beautiful women, and now… there’s even a performance?”
“No, that’s not it.” Halston broke out into a cold sweat. “I don’t know why she’s here.”
Owen said with a grin, “Even so, you seem to treat her differently… Let’s invite her over. After all, the more, the merrier.”
Halston was rendered speechless.The main purpose of this trip was to ask the outstanding doctor to save Quinton, his former sworn enemy, but Flossie had shown up instead.’
Hmph, Quinton’s lucky I’m so generous. I hope Flossie won’t be too moved when she learns the truth later.’
Owen stood up and waved at Flossie. “Come and join us! Mr. Guajardo looks forward to having you here.”
After that, he put down a ladder on the side of the boat.
“Heh! Sure.” Flossie grinned but was cursing Halston inwardly.’ Damn you, Halston Guajardo! Here you are having the time of your life, and you even brought Dr. Wagner along! I don’t know how many women have been here, and what kind of things went on. If I had a choice, I’d never want to get on it!’
The women on the yacht targeted Flossie the moment she went onboard.
“Hey, this young lady has such a unique fashion sense. She doesn’t show her figure at all! Is she shy or just plain ugly?”
“Yeah, we’re here to make Mr. Guajardo and Dr. Wagner happy. You bought this tiny boat here to pursue them, but you’re pretending to be all noble and superior. How pretentious!”
“Mr. Guajardo, she’s sticking out like a sore thumb. Can you chase her away?”
However, before Halston could speak, Flossie snapped back,’ I’m ugly? Well, at least I’m not made of plastic! If you want to make Dr. Wagner happy, you should do a talk show instead! Also, don’t you think you’re being hypocritical? The only pretentious people here are you guys, and you don’t even try to hide it… That’s some thick skin you’ve got!”
The women were struck speechless, so they stomped their feet in anger and turned to Halston.
“Mr. Guajardo, she’s ruined the nice atmosphere. Please drive her away, or we won’t be able to have a good time.” The woman who had fed Halston a strawberry earlier held his arm coquettishly. She thought he was interested in her since he did not refuse the strawberry she offered him.
Halston glared at her hand on his arm and sneered, “What kind of good time?”
His tone was so menacing that the frightened woman let go of his arm immediately. “That’s up to you, Mr. Guajardo. I’ll listen to whatever you say.”
“I think I’ll be happier if both of you shut up,” Halston growled.
The women understood and retreated, their heads hung low.
Seeing that, Flossie felt better. So, Halston was not a scumbag after all.
Now Halston, Flossie, and Owen were the only ones left on the deck.
Owen noticed a strange atmosphere between Halston and Flossie, so he said teasingly, “Halston, I thought you too were uninterested in women. I saw you ignore those voluptuous beauties, but now I get it… They’re just not your cup of tea.”
“You’re right. I’m uninterested in women regardless of whether they’re hot like those women…” Halston sized Flossie up and shook his head. “Or unattractive like her.”
Flossie’s eyes widened in outrage. ‘How dare he… He’s lying through his teeth! Never mind, I’ll let this go since he lost his memory.’ Besides, she had to persuade Dr. Wagner now; she had no time to deal with Halston.
“Er, Dr. Wagner…” Flossie was about to speak, but Halston beat her to it.
“Owen, you lost in fishing, so will you keep your promise?”
Owen glanced at Halston, then nodded. “Fine, you have my word. You were willing to fish with me, so if I don’t help, it would be rather ungrateful of me… So, where’s the patient now? I’ll go and treat him.”
Halston told him which hospital it was, as well as Quinton’s name.
“Alright. Let’s go back now, I think we can make it,” Owen glanced at his watch and said lightly.
“Are… Are you guys going back to save my brother?” Flossie listened to their conversation in disbelief. Halston had done so much to get Owen here, but he actually had the same goal as Flossie-asking Owen to cure Quinton.
But… why?
She had just argued with Halston, and he and Quinton were enemies. Why would Halston fish with a doctor just to ask him to save his enemy? Flossie knew that Halston was a petty man who fussed over everything and would take revenge on anyone who offended him… When did he turn into a kind person?
“You’re overthinking.” Halston put both hands in his pockets and scoffed arrogantly, “I didn’t do this to help your brother, I just want to use him as a guinea pig. You don’t have to thank me.”
“Guinea pig?” Flossie appeared baffled. “What do you mean?”
Halston remained silent and refused to explain.
It was Owen who smiled and said, ” Don’t listen to his nonsense. He said it will be a test of my medical skills. If I manage to cure your brother, I have to cure his brain afterwards. Well… his goal is ultimately to save your brother, but he came up with such a lame excuse for it. He simply doesn’t want others to know the good things he does.”
“Owen, don’t talk nonsense. I’m not close to her and her brother, so there’s no reason for me to help them. I only did this for myself.
“Fine, you did it for yourself. You’re a selfish scumbag!” Owen said sarcastically as he patted Halston’s shoulder. He heard that the famous president of Guajardo Group was aloof and cruel, but now he realized that it was far from the truth. Halston was just good at pretending to be that way.
Only those patient enough to take the time to try to understand him would truly know him.
Owen looked at Flossie and patted her shoulder too. “Listen to me. Some men look nice but are rotten on the inside, and some men are the opposite… You have to be smart enough to figure it out.”
“I understand. Thank you for saving my brother,” Flossie said gratefully, her eyes watery. She was still a bit unclear about how this happened, but she was very moved by it.
“Why are you thanking me? You should thank the person who’s hiding his kindness by pretending to be the big, bad wolf.” Owen glanced at Halston with a smirk, obviously referring to him.
Halston became embarrassed, and looked away. He coughed and mumbled, “You’d better keep quiet.”
They returned to land as fast as they could, and then rushed to the hospital where Quinton was. Immediately, Owen changed into a surgical gown and calmly started performing surgery on Quinton.