Filed To Story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
“General? Me?” Flossie asked in disbelief, her eyes widening even more.
“Of course!” Justin smirked and added, “Did you forget? This is the wedding gift my grandpa got for you. He’s been training them recently. Now, it’s finally the time to make great use of them. They performed well this time and didn’t embarrass the Baldwin army.”
“Oh, I remember that…” Flossie instantly remembered how that army came about.
Back then, she occasionally went to North City with Justin. The entire Baldwin family liked her, especially Austin. He insisted on her getting married to Justin and gave her the most elite army team as a wedding gift without any hesitation.
At that time, Flossie loved that team very much. She also spent some time with the soldiers. Hence, she was familiar with them.
In the end, she could not take the army and left that matter unsettled.
Unexpectedly, these soldiers rescued her at that critical time. It moved her.
“Thank you very much. Old Master Baldwin let me take charge of you guys, but I didn’t fulfill my responsibility as the leader. Luckily, you guys came in time. If not, my friends and I would be doomed. Thank you so much.”
Flossie could always talk well. However, she could only spout some seemingly insincere words in the face of such great kindness and so many strong youngsters. She didn’t know how to thank them.
“You’re welcome,” the leader of the team said loudly and respectfully, his head bowed. “It’s our lifetime responsibility to risk our lives for you, General. We’ll never betray you!”
At the same time, the rest of the soldiers repeated what was said. “We’ll never betray you, General!”
The loud voices sounded very magnificent at night.
Finally, everyone was saved. The battle ended with Flossie’s victory.
Liam and Mateo’s subordinates were released with the help of Flossie’s team, while Macsen and his subordinates were captured.
The situation had changed vastly. Furious, Mateo kept rebuking Macsen. However, Liam was calm and didn’t find fault with Macsen. Instead, he paid all his attention to Rence and Justin.
While sitting in the car back to the fort, he asked Justin, who was riding in the same car with him, “How did you know that we got into danger?”
It sounded like an interrogation instead of a question. Besides, the way Liam looked at Justin was unkind.
“It’s because Phoenix and I share a telepathic connection!” Justin remained carefree and sounded ambiguous.
“Telepathic? Why didn’t you say it was a tarot reading?” Liam glared at Justin grumpily.
“Do you take me as a kid? Stop using such a bizarre excuse! If you share that with her, you would be the one who had kids with her.”
Justin’s expression grew hideous because of Liam’s nasty words. He complained to Flossie, who was sitting beside him.
“Phoenix, your lackey is fierce as if I’m indebted to him. He and I don’t hold grudges against each other. Plus, I saved him. Why does he find me an eyesore?”
“Don’t take him too seriously.” Flossie remained indifferent. “He’s just worried about me and that you might hold some bad ideas about me.”
“Well, his worries aren’t wrong.” Justin didn’t hide his feelings for Flossie. “Yeah, I do have feelings for you. I wouldn’t waste so much time and make such a huge effort to come here to rescue you if I don’t want anything to happen between us… Now that we’re talking about this, you used this team today. It’s like you’ve used the wedding gift my grandpa gave you. Shouldn’t you fulfill your obligation?”
“What obligation?” Liam said angrily. “Stop trying to trick her! No one asked you to save us. If you didn’t come, someone else would. Must she take responsibility for that person too?”
“I don’t know if anyone else would come, but I saved you guys. That’s the reality.” Justin confronted Liam icily, his smile vanishing.
“Didn’t you say that she saved herself? Now, you’re saying that you saved her. You’re so contradictory. I’m sure you don’t have any good intentions.” Liam refused to give up.
It seemed like they were about to get into a fight. Flossie immediately stopped them.
“Oh, stop acting like kids! We finally escaped getting killed. We should be united. Do you think our days will get better? Do you think it’s easier to handle Benjamin?”
Her words silenced Liam instantly. He held his head and sighed.
“Yes, it’s hard to handle him. If he gathers all the power of the fort, it’ll be difficult to handle him even if there are more elite teams like this one.”
He had worked for Benjamin for a while and knew that the latter could become a successful leader there because of his absolute force.
Generally, Benjamin wouldn’t expose his true power. Since a major problem had occurred, he would be forced to side with either Liam or Macsen.
Macsen was Benjamin’s family. One could easily deduce whom Benjamin would pick. It meant that Rence and others would have a greater battle to fight.
“We don’t have to be afraid, even if he’s powerful,” Justin sneered; it was unknown whether Justin was confident or arrogant. “People generally come with weaknesses. I believe that this guy has his weaknesses too. All we need to do is find his weakest spot. Then, we’ll defeat him without exhausting much effort.”
“No, he doesn’t.” Liam shook his head. “Yeah, people generally come with weaknesses, but not Benjamin. Even his daughter isn’t his weakness!”
Previously, Liam felt that Benjamin was very kind to his daughter Amber despite his aloofness. Amber should be his weakness.
Gradually, Liam learned that Benjamin was a naturally aloof man who always weighed the pros and cons. No one would ever be his weakness unless it affected his interests.
If Amber were truly his weakness, he would first consider her lifetime happiness. Instead, he cared about his interests and reputation. He had quickly agreed to let Amber marry an unsuitable match.
“He has no weakness…” Justin touched his chin and frowned contemplatively, then sighed. “It’ll be very hard to handle him if he has no weakness. He’s crazy and desperate. If we fight him, I’m afraid things will be out of control.”
“No, we won’t fight him,” Flossie said calmly. “Plus, he has a weakness. It isn’t a human, but his interest and power.” Liam spent a long time to find that out, but Flossie saw through Benjamin the first time she confronted him. At that time, Amber challenged Benjamin to help set Flossie and Joanne free. Benjamin decided to sacrifice Amber to protect his authority.
Luckily, Halston stepped forward in time and promised Benjamin something very advantageous. Then, they successfully escaped.
Hence, they would be defeated if they relied on Amber or someone else.
The best method was to negotiate with Benjamin and offer a condition as good as Halston’s. Then, Benjamin would not find fault with them and would let them go.
“Got it.” Justin, enlightened and relaxed, added sarcastically, “It’s very easy to handle that kind of guy. He’s starving. All we need to do is feed him.”
He had been working hard in the business field with Austin for many years and met various kinds of people. Most of them were soulless men like Benjamin who only valued physical gains rather than sentiments.
Such people should be dealt with in the best way possible, but it depended on their greed and the other party’s willingness to give up some interests. If their greed was too extreme, however, it would end up in a battle. The results would be uncertain.
The drive went on for a while in peace-until Liam started criticizing and doubting Justin again.
“You said you had ways to learn that Flossie was in danger, but there’s something I can’t figure out…” After a pause, Liam’s gaze turned sharp. “Why did you get involved with Xavier? He’s Halston’s friend. You should be Halston’s rival in love right now.”
“So?” Justin faked a smile as he looked at Liam. “Yes, I’m not close with Xavier. As for being Halston’s rival in love, what about it?”
“So… Did Xavier inform you to join the rescue or the other way around?” Liam pressed.
“Is there a difference?”
“Of course!”
Liam hit the nail on the head.
“If you informed Xavier to join the rescue, you must be lying. It’s illogical! But it’s weirder if it’s the other way around. He should have informed his buddy to come to the rescue instead of the guy’s rival in love. Am I right?”
Justin leaned against the seat and said calmly, “How strange. Why is it illogical if I informed Xavier to come here?”
“If you learn that your beloved woman is in danger, you’ll come to her rescue immediately instead of wasting time with your rival’s buddy. Telling your rival is risky, too. He might event snatch the chance to save the damsel in distress. Am I right?” Liam analyzed logically, his logic irrefutable.
Justin spread his hands helplessly.
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