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.

in the grave with time, no one would ever

the assistant parked the car at the entrance, and Cedric quickly got out.

inside the villa to look for Bernard when a Koenigsegg pulled into

stepped out of

and well–proportioned, his

superiority, accompanied by a potent oppressive force that deterred people

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

mood, Cedric approached

“Bernard, you’re back?”

since he had left Midnight Bar before him but

face, though, he didn’t

him and strode past

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

tie, handed it to

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

“What’s up?”

private villa, so there must be something he wanted to say if he was

face wasn’t as bad as before, so he boldly spoke up.

Ms. Shultz offend

Cedric had seen the usually gentlemanly Bernard douse a woman with alcohol.

a cold glance, “Don’t ask what you

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

a mistress,

Cedric might never have known

at him with

eyes,

“What do you

want to say?”

saw

targeting Eleanor so

had originally planned to probe a little