Flora’s Guide to a Second Chance at Love and Life

Flora skimmed through the messages with an unreadable face and replied, "He called me a nobody."

Just those two words.

He didn't even get them out before she had him on the ground. But she clearly saw his mouth form the words.

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"Damn it!"

Miles away, a big guy read the message and lost it. The guy next to him, munching on chips, was so startled he dropped them.

"Get Riley on the phone," the big guy growled, grinding his teeth in anger, "Tell him he's out of the club! If he dares to misuse the TM Club's name again, I'll break his arms!"

"And tell him to apologize to my ancestors!"

"Who does he think he is, insulting the president like that? Get me a plane, I'm heading to Lone Island right now! Let's see how he likes it!"

After dinner, Flora headed back to her villa, choosing not to drop by the Reyes family. She was still fuming, and the issue with the Reyes family's racing team could wait. Things were a mess there anyway. Adrian had arranged for someone to look after Riley's injuries. He was in bad shape, with a broken rib. He needed to be in bed for a couple of days.

"Riley, you take it easy. We'll handle the training ourselves for the next few days," Adrian said coolly.

"You're just gonna let it go like that?" Riley fumed, "She beat me up like this, and you're just gonna let it slide?"

Adrian almost said it was his own fault. He had seen the shape of those words too. Who's to blame for a foul mouth?

"Adrian, if you still want me coaching, that Flora better come apologize!"

"Riley, you're partly to blame here, and it's best not to blow this out of proportion," Adrian replied, a hint of impatience creeping into his voice.

"She gets away with hitting people?

You're lucky to have me as your coach with this sorry excuse of a Reyes family! You're siding with her, huh? Well, let me make it clear, if Flora doesn't come apologize, I'm not training you, and let's see how you fare against the Jones family!"

"Riley, I think you've misunderstood your position. Flora is my sister, the Reyes family's Miss. And you?

You're just a coach we hired. Do you honestly think you deserve an apology from her?"

Adrian had had it, "Why you got beat up, don't you know? After what you said, how is she wrong for hitting you?"

With that, Adrian walked out with purpose. He was done.

What a joke of a coach. Acting all high and mighty just because he's a senior coach at TM Club, as if he owned the Reyes family. "Adrian!"

Riley was livid, fine, fine! Everyone's siding with Flora, huh? He'd wait for them to come crawling back to him! Without him, they wouldn't even make it to the starting line!

At the hospital, Karter got wind of the situation too.

"Did you say Flora beat someone up?"

"Yeah," Ryan nodded, "That Riley guy said a lot of nasty things, so Ms. Flora just..."

"Good for her! And he thinks he deserves an apology from Flora? Get outta here!"

Ryan hadn't even finished before Karter cut in. How good-natured is their Flora? To get her that riled up, he must've really crossed a line.

Riley, always swaggering around with his so-called talents, had gone too far this time.

"Riley getting what he deserved, sure, but with him refusing to train, our chances against the Jones family look slimmer."

"Win or lose, we can't let Flora be wronged."