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.

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

assistant parked the car at

inside the villa to look for Bernard

stepped out of the car.

was tall and well–proportioned, his

entire demeanor exuded an air of superiority, accompanied by a potent oppressive force

a Bernard, would feel a bit jittery,

Cedric

“Bernard, you’re back?”

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

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

and strode past

waiting in the hallway, saw him coming and

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

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

“What’s up?”

so there must be something he wanted to say if he was here

face wasn’t as bad as before, so he

Ms. Shultz offend

the first time Cedric had seen the usually gentlemanly

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

he smiled, “Is

knew his cousin had a mistress,

been for his unusual behavior tonight, Cedric might never have known who that woman

him

eyes,

“What do you

want to say?”

saw

targeting Eleanor so

had originally planned to probe