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 ever

the assistant parked the car at the entrance, and Cedric

inside the villa to look for

out

was tall and well–proportioned, his

exuded an air of superiority, accompanied by a potent oppressive

Cedric, seeing such a Bernard, would feel a bit jittery, let alone his

his mood, Cedric approached Bernard.

“Bernard, you’re back?”

to ask Bernard where he had been since he had left Midnight Bar

though,

him and strode past him

had already been waiting in the hallway, saw him coming and quickly bowed,

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

glasses, poured some decanted red wine into them, and turned to give one to

“What’s up?”

so there must be something he wanted to say if he

wasn’t as

Shultz offend you

first time Cedric had seen the usually gentlemanly Bernard douse a

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

scolded. Instead, he smiled, “Is

cousin had a mistress, but he’d

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

him with deep, cold

eyes,

“What do you

want to say?”

saw

Eleanor so

to probe a little more, but seeing