Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
“Honestly? You were like an iceberg, and I could never talk to you. I didn’t know how I held on in the past.”
“It was because of love. Well, it’s understandable since I’m very charming. You love—”
“Now you’re just being shameless! Stop being a narcissist!”
They bickered like an old married couple, and it was obvious how much they loved each other. Suddenly, Halston’s phone rang…
It was a call from Elijah. The second Halston picked up, he asked urgently, “Where are you, Mr. Guajardo? It’s the annual shareholder meeting today. You need to be here-all the shareholders and executives are waiting for you!”
“Today?” Halston frowned and finally remembered. Guajardo Enterprise would hold an annual shareholder meeting at the end of the year. It was an important event as it would decide the company’s direction and division of profits, and generally, the executives would prepare for it two weeks in advance. As the president of Guajardo Enterprise, Halston would decide the future direction of the company and would also be responsible for the annual operational status of the company. However, instead of showing his commitment, he was nowhere to be seen half an hour into the meeting, and the shareholders and executives were not happy.
Elijah had called Halston several times, and had finally gotten through to him. “Did you forget about it? You moved the date to today because you said you wanted to settle the company’s issues early, and everyone adjusted their schedules last minute to be here but… you’re late, and you didn’t pick up calls. These people are constantly questioning me, and I’m about to lose my mind.” Elijah sounded like he was on the verge of tears. He knew that Halston was trying to reconcile with Flossie, so he didn’t want to remind him, thinking he would be sensible and attend the meeting on time. Unexpectedly, he had overestimated Halston’s selfcontrol once Flossie was around…
“I’m busy today. Tell them to postpone the meeting,” Halston ordered. It was the weekend, and he had promised to take the children out for some fun. Besides, he felt like he and Flossie were close to getting back together, so he couldn’t bear to leave now.
“No, Mr. Guajardo. Can’t you reschedule whatever you’re doing? You can’t ask this many shareholders to reschedule. Isn’t it too… dictatorial?” Elijah ventured desperately. Halston had wanted to have the meeting on the weekend, but now he wanted to reschedule it.
“I want to go horse-riding and swimming with the kids, and I’ve got to be with Flossie. I’m very busy, so I’ll hang up now,” Halston spoke solemnly and was about to hang up.
However, Flossie clumsily made her way over to him and took his phone, speaking to Elijah, “Tell the shareholders that there’s a traffic jam, and Mr. Guajardo will be there soon.” After that, she hung up.
Confused, Halston looked at Flossie. “Dear… don’t you want me to be with you and the kids?”
“Now is your time to work hard instead of wasting time at home. You need to strengthen the position of the Guajardo family in The Great Eight. You and I know very well that the Guajardo family has faced a lot of hardships, so you can’t be careless now.” Flossie tried to persuade him.
“I don’t care about the hardships. I lost what was important to me back then for the sake of all these shallow things, and I don’t want to make the wrong choice again,” Halston protested childishly. In the past, he had worked with Seraphina for the company, but it had ruined his relationship with Flossie. He had also agreed to Seraphina’s demands because he didn’t want her to use that video to hurt Flossie, but he also had been selfish back then. Now, he just wanted happy days with his family.
“It’s not that simple. You’re in the business industry, so you can’t act willfully. Think about the consequences if your family loses power, or if other people control them. Your family might suffer the same fate as my family, and I… I don’t want to see that happen again.”
Flossie knew that Halston cared about her and the children, and wanted to be with them all the time so he could protect them. However, she also knew the law of the jungle well. If Halston lost, anyone could bully and humiliate them because Flossie was blind now, and she didn’t want that to happen.
“You don’t have to be with us all the time; it’s enough as long as our hearts are together…” Flossie said sincerely, approaching Halston and holding his hand.
“Understood.” Halston was suddenly enlightened as he hugged Flossie. “I feel stronger now. Wait for me —I’ll give you and the kids a stable home!”
Halston then drove to Guajardo Enterprise.
Meanwhile, Flossie went to the yard to pass the time, but the children were a little unhappy that Halston had left.
“Mommy, why has Daddy left? Is he going to abandon us again?” Abby asked anxiously, her eyes watery. She liked Halston very much, but she always expected him to leave them again.
“No! He’s just gone to work and will be back once he’s done. Just wait patiently, okay?” Flossie hugged Abby and tried to reassure her.
“But I don’t want him to work. He should be resting on the weekend…”
“But he’s a president with a lot of employees. If he doesn’t work, his employees are going to starve, and you won’t get to buy pretty dresses and ride ponies. We won’t even have the money to buy good food and nice toys.” Flossie tried to explain the importance of Halston’s work to Abby in a way she would understand.
“Oh, I see…” Abby nodded vaguely.
Adie scoffed, “No, his employees can work someplace else even if they don’t work at his company. They won’t starve. Plus, we have so much family property, and we won’t starve too even if he doesn’t work. I think he just values his work more than us.”
Flossie sighed and said helplessly, “You both are young and don’t know about the responsibilities of adults. Your daddy can only protect us if he’s strong.”
“I don’t need that. We can protect ourselves, we… we just want you both to stay with us,” Adie confessed, sounding like a child for once. “I’m a little disappointed in him. Well, I’m going to go write some codes.” He shook his head and went upstairs, looking downcast. Adie usually went to write codes when he was unhappy, and could spend a whole day doing it.
“Just ignore him. Let’s have some fun!” Flossie said to Abby, unaware of the imminent danger looming…
Once Seraphina was sure that Halston was gone, she carefully snuck into Flossie’s house. She hid nearby and watched Flossie and Abby play games. However, she had a feeling that something was amiss. Flossie was wearing sunglasses in broad daylight, and her movements seemed unnatural.
Could it be…
“Mommy, try and guess what I drew.” Abby was sitting in front of Flossie and drew a butterfly with a marker pen.
“Is it… a puppy?”
“Haha! You’re wrong—it’s a butterfly. It’s my turn to tickle you now.” Abby giggled then crawled into Flossie’s arms and tickled her. They laughed and fooled around in the grass, painting a sweet picture in the sunlight.
Seraphina was moved watching them, and felt jealous of Flossie’s life. Halston loved Flossie loyally, Quinton would risk his life for her, and she had best friends like
Leia and Liam, not to mention her son and daughter were smart and cute. On the other hand, Seraphina grew up without her mother, and although her father spoiled her, she had no good friends or men who loved or men who loved her deeply. Her father had even slept with another woman and gotten an illegitimate son, so in the future, she would only get less love. That was why her obsession with Halston had grown deeper.
In her mind, Halston was the only ray of light that illuminated her dark world. At first, that ray of light had shone only for her, but Flossie had come along and taken it away from her.
“Mommy, let’s do it again. I’ll draw something else and you can guess what it is!” Abby struggled out of Flossie’s arms and picked up her pen to make another drawing. Flossie made the wrong guess again.
“But why?” Seraphina found it weird. The girl was drawing right in front of Flossie, so how could Flossie not know what it was?
There was only one possibility—there was something wrong with Flossie’s eyes.
As she thought about it, Seraphina became bolder. She stopped hiding and walked up to Abby and Flossie.
Abby saw Seraphina and stared up at her. “Madam, I think I know you. Are you here to see my mommy?” She had seen Seraphina on TV before as Halston’s fiancee. Scared, she hugged Flossie’s waist and hid behind Flossie. Since Seraphina had snatched Halston before, maybe she was here to do it again.
“Abby, who is it?” Flossie frowned and asked.
“Umm… the one who had snatched Daddy away. I think she’s here to take Daddy away again. She’s a bad woman!”
Abby whispered angrily, clutching Flossie tightly.
Seraphina remained quiet and observed Flossie to test her theory.
“Seraphina?” Flossie turned towards Seraphina and asked indifferently.
“So, you finally noticed me.” Seraphina crossed her arms in front of her chest and studied Flossie carefully. She was certain that there was something wrong with Flossie’s eyes, but Flossie seemed strangely calm.
“Of course.” Flossie sat on a chair, pointed at the vacant seat beside her, and said casually, “I’ve been waiting for you to come to me, but I didn’t expect you to take this long to do it. Rather generous of you.”
Seraphina’s doubts grew. Although Flossie was wearing a pair of sunglasses and looked like a blind person, her actions and behavior didn’t add up. Taking a deep breath,
Seraphina sat on the vacant chair beside Flossie. “You’re being generous too. It’s funny that you’re so enthusiastic and friendly towards your enemy.”
However, Flossie quietly picked up a cup of coffee and sipped it before touching Abby’s head. “Go and play with Margaret, Abby. I’ll chat with her for a bit.”
“No, she looks like a bad person. I’m afraid that she’ll bully you.” Abby hugged Flossie tightly and glared at Seraphina. ”
Plus, I’m sure she’s here to snatch Daddy away. I’ll never let Seraphina. “Plus, I’m sure she’s here to snatch Daddy away. I’ll never let her have her way!”
“Don’t worry, Abby. He’ll always be your daddy and no one can snatch him away. I’m just going to chat with her about your daddy, so be good and go play, okay?”
“Okay, be careful, Mommy. Scream if anything happens. We’ll rush over right away to protect you!” With a final glare at Seraphina, Abby left the yard.
After observing Flossie briefly, Seraphina figured that she had just been overthinking, and that her eyes were fine. “You’re so happy having your kids and husband with you, huh? It hasn’t even been a year but you’ve conveniently forgotten about our deal.”
Seraphina smacked the table and said to Flossie fiercely,