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

Chapter 25

“Hey, young lady, you’re looking gorgeous.” Ray said with a playful grin, his eyes a mischievous twinkle.

“Hello” Flora nodded.

Ray frowned at her voice. Why did it sound like that beast?

He quickly dismissed the thought. How could that ugly duckling compare to the beauty before him? Her skin was glowing, her lips fresh and plump like newly blossomed roses.

He teased Connor, “Look at you, fancying this type, huh!”

Ray draped an arm over Connor’s shoulder winking, “Did you have a change of heart? I always said that ugly girl wasn’t right for you. Look how much better this is, a handsome man and a beautiful lady, quite the sight.”

Connor shot him a cold glance, but he remained unfazed, leaning back in his chair with an air of ease.

“A ugly girl?” Flora’s lips twitched. Well, she indeed looked hideous back then.

“Gorgeous, don’t overthink it. That horrible creature couldn’t hold a candle to you,” Ray said with a roguish charm. “You’re so cute, if Mr. Connor hadn’t made his move, I might have pursued you-”

Before Ray could finish, his mouth was stuffed. Connor fed him a peeled shrimp, his gaze holding a warning.

Ray, unfazed, chewed on his shrimp, grinning at Flora, “So, beauty, what’s your name?”

straightened up, meeting Ray’s gaze, and curved her lips into a sweet smile. “I,

“Oh, you’re Flora–what?!” R

choked on the lobster he hadn’t

at Flora, persisting. “The Flora I

radiant, “That would be

After a long pause,

course not. I’ve always been naturally beautiful, just underappreciated

shameless tone, I believe

peeled for her. She also

two of them shared their food, making Ray frown deeply. Was this

chair, eyeing Connor, his lips twisted in a smirk. “So, you’re

dried his hands, every move exuding nobility. “I don’t mind

However, Ray

fleeting softness in

wrapped around a

Ray’s

“Already forgotten the pain

glared at

last time occurs again,

his demeanor casual, but his

stairs, Ray was so mad that he actually

her, Connor had

knew his friend meant well, but Flora