A Second Chance at Forever

Chapter 20

The check was kinda hard, so it hurt when it scraped against her face.

She stood still for a few seconds, then bent down silently to pick up the check.

When she saw the amount on it, the bitterness in her mouth deepened.

Five years for five billion. Well worth it.

Five years ago, she really needed the money.

But now, she didn’t.

Eleanor calmly placed the check back on

the car.

“Mr. Laurence, you are really loaded. But if I take your money, I can’t marry into the Caporal family with a clear conscience.”

What she meant was, compared to Ms. Caporal’s position, this five billion was peanuts.

Taking his money, on the other hand, would impact her chances of marrying into wealth.

It wasn’t until this moment that Bernard understood the reason she didn’t want a cent from him she had plans to marry into high

society.

All the doubts in his heart disappeared. When he looked at her again, he saw a stranger, emotionless.

“Eleanor, from now on, never appear before me again.”

Eleanor just shrugged and chuckled, “Don’t worry, I won’t.”

She never had the chance to appear before him again because there was no future for her.

buried in the grave with time,

estate, the assistant parked the car at the entrance, and Cedric quickly got out.

to go inside the villa to look for

man stepped out of

tall and well–proportioned, his

exuded an air of superiority, accompanied by a potent oppressive force that deterred people from

Bernard, would feel a bit jittery, let alone his

Cedric approached

“Bernard, you’re back?”

Bernard where he had been since he had left Midnight Bar before him but arrived

though, he didn’t

ignored him and strode past him into the

hallway, saw him

took off his suit jacket, untied his tie, handed

wine glasses, poured some decanted red wine into them,

“What’s up?”

private villa, so there must be something he wanted to say if he was here this late.

him and saw his face wasn’t as bad as before, so he boldly

Ms. Shultz offend you

first time Cedric had seen the usually gentlemanly

him a cold glance, “Don’t ask

he

knew his cousin had a mistress, but he’d never

hadn’t been for his unusual behavior tonight, Cedric might never have known

at him

eyes,

“What do you

want to say?”

saw

targeting Eleanor

probe a