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.

be buried in the

the assistant parked the car at the entrance, and Cedric

the villa to look

tall man stepped out of the

tall and well–proportioned, his body flawless.

of superiority, accompanied by a potent oppressive force that deterred

a Bernard, would feel a bit jittery, let alone his opponents.

his mood, Cedric

“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

ignored him and strode past

the hallway, saw him coming and quickly bowed, respectfully

suit jacket, untied his tie, handed it to the maid, and walked to

red wine into them, and turned to

“What’s up?”

be something he

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

Shultz offend you before?”

seen the

him a cold glance, “Don’t ask what you

angry when scolded. Instead, he smiled, “Is she

a mistress, but he’d never

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

at him

eyes,

“What do you

want to say?”

saw

targeting Eleanor

originally planned to probe a little more,