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,

assistant parked the car at

just about to go inside the villa to look for Bernard

out of the

well–proportioned, his body

by a potent oppressive force that deterred people

seeing such a Bernard, would feel a bit jittery,

Cedric

“Bernard, you’re back?”

he had been since he had left Midnight Bar before him

face, though, he

and strode past him into

in the hallway, saw him coming and

jacket, untied his tie, handed it to the

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

“What’s up?”

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

wasn’t as bad as before,

offend you before?”

the

glance, “Don’t ask what you

wasn’t angry when scolded. Instead, he smiled, “Is she your mistress?”

had a mistress, but he’d

tonight, Cedric might never have known who that woman was.

him with deep,

eyes,

“What do you

want to say?”

saw

targeting Eleanor so

probe a