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

parked the car at the entrance, and Cedric quickly

the villa to look for

out

and well–proportioned, his body flawless.

air of superiority, accompanied by a potent

such a Bernard, would feel a bit jittery,

his mood, Cedric

“Bernard, you’re back?”

been since he had left Midnight Bar

though, he didn’t

strode past him into the

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

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

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

“What’s up?”

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

Cedric eyed him and saw his face wasn’t as bad as before,

offend you

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

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

Instead, he smiled, “Is

a mistress, but he’d never seen her.

tonight, Cedric might never have known who that

at him with deep,

eyes,

“What do you

want to say?”

saw

Eleanor

to probe a