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.

also be buried in the grave with

parked the car at the entrance, and

inside the villa to look

tall man stepped out

and well–proportioned, his

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

would feel a bit jittery, let alone

mood, Cedric approached Bernard.

“Bernard, you’re back?”

where he had been since he had left Midnight Bar

though, he

him and strode past him into the

waiting in the hallway, saw him coming and

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

picked up two high–end wine glasses, poured some decanted red wine into them, and turned to

“What’s up?”

be something he wanted to

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

Shultz offend you before?”

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

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

wasn’t angry when scolded. Instead, he smiled, “Is

cousin had a mistress, but he’d never seen

unusual behavior tonight, Cedric might never have known who

looked at him

eyes,

“What do you

want to say?”

saw

Eleanor so

probe a little more,