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.

deep love for him would also be buried in the grave with time, no one would

the car at the entrance, and Cedric quickly got out.

inside the villa to look

man stepped out of the

tall and well–proportioned, his body

demeanor exuded an air of superiority, accompanied by a potent

would feel a bit jittery, let alone his opponents.

his mood, Cedric approached

“Bernard, you’re back?”

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

Bernard’s unhappy face, though, he didn’t dare

him and strode past

the hallway,

tie, handed it to the maid,

two high–end wine glasses, poured some decanted red wine into them,

“What’s up?”

be something he wanted to say if he

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

offend

the first time Cedric had seen the usually gentlemanly Bernard douse a woman with alcohol.

a cold glance, “Don’t ask what you shouldn’t.”

angry when scolded. Instead, he smiled, “Is

had a mistress, but he’d never seen her.

Cedric might never have known who that woman was.

him with

eyes,

“What do you

want to say?”

saw

Eleanor

originally planned to probe a little more, but seeing