A Second Chance With My Billionaire Love

Chapter 771-780

Yet, from the beginning to the end, the only thing he offered her was clandestine happiness within the confines of that apartment.

He never even acknowledged their relationship publicly.

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Mark sat inside the car.

As the car halted near the apartment building, he placed a call.

In truth, he shouldn’t have come but he couldn’t resist making this special trip, even keeping it hidden from his personal secretary.

Cecilia declined his offer.

Mark ascended the stairs and unlocked the door to the apartment.

He had already arranged for it to be cleaned beforehand.

Everything remained unchanged, except for the absence of that one person.

Mark, known for his scheming nature, had never felt such deep desolation and longing to see someone in his entire life.

He sat on the sofa throughout the night.

Recalling the intensity of their past connection, he remembered how she would lie in his embrace and affectionately call him Uncle Mark. @

There had never been a girl as pure and uncomplicated as her.

Everyone around him seemed seasoned and sophisticated.

Individuals like him had long lost their innocence, but in his early forties, he found himself entangled in a love affair with a young woman. He cherished her, yet he didn’t wish for her to be entwined in his dangerous world.

His world held too many perils.

However, she lacked the means to protect herself, so he had to divert his attention to safeguard her.

Subsequently, following that incident two years ago, she appeared disheartened, and he also began to feel that they were ill-suited for each other…

They had been separated for over two years, and he had believed that he had moved on, but Waylen had unintentionally reopened his old wounds.

As it turned out, he hadn’t truly gotten over her.

The first rays of morning sunlight streamed into the apartment.

Mark rose and prepared breakfast. Subsequently, out of habit, he made his way to the bedroom, intending to wake the girl and share their usual meal together. She had a hearty appetite but was undemanding. She always had a fondness for junk food.

However, the bedroom was empty.

The fragrance of her hair had long dissipated from the bed.

Mark walked out of the bedroom with a heavy heart and ate breakfast alone…

Peter called, informing him of a meeting scheduled for ten o’clock.

Mark responded casually, “Postpone it until tomorrow. I’m in Duefron. I want to see Rena and Alexis.”

Peter understood the situation all too well.

He sighed, recognizing that Cecilia was the sole person in Mark’s life whom he had failed.

Mark indeed went to visit Rena.

He brought toys that Alexis adored and arrived early.

Fortunately, he managed to avoid encountering Waylen, as the man had departed on a business trip early that morning.

However, Rena was perceptive. She felt a slight unease upon seeing Mark.

Observing the loving expression on Mark’s face as he spent time with Alexis, Rena couldn’t help but think of Edwin.

In a hushed voice, she inquired, “Uncle, have you ever considered starting a family?”

Mark smiled. “What? Are you here to persuade me on behalf of your grandmother?”

Rena remained silent and prepared coffee silently.

After a while, she softly said, “I’ve noticed how fond you are of children.”

Mark lifted Alexis and planted a tender kiss on her cheek. “I have Alexis, and that’s enough.”

Alexis returned the affectionate gesture, holding Mark’s handsome face in her small hands. Speaking softly, she remarked,

“Edwin is handsome too. He has brown hair and smooth skin, just like me.”

Mark furrowed his brow and inquired, “Who is Edwin?”

Rena placed the coffee on the table and cradled Alexis in her arms. “He is a child from the Fowler family.”

It wasn’t a falsehood.

Without dwelling too much on it, Mark forced a smile.

He had come here to inquire about Cecilia, yet Rena remained tight-lipped, refusing to utter a single word regarding her.

Mark thought Rena was astute.

While conversing with Mark, Rena tossed a phone to Alexis.

Alexis glanced at Mark and then at her mother.

Rena smile, and Alexis instantly grasped her intention.

With determination, Alexis began typing on the phone.

“Auntie Cece, I miss you.”

“Mom isn’t feeling well. Can you come and drive me to school?”

Afterwards, Alexis tossed the phone onto the sofa.

Mark voiced his disapproval. “It’s not suitable for such a young child to play with a phone.”

Rena discreetly checked the messages and smiled. “She was just checking her kindergarten homework. Waylen always insisted that she do it on her own.”

Thereafter, Mark fell silent.

He remained seated for a while before preparing to take his leave. His mood was already sour.

Rena invited him to stay for another cup of coffee. Just as the sound of a car echoed in the courtyard, she smiled and remarked, “Alright, I won’t keep you any longer if you have other business to attend to. I’ll bring Alexis to visit Grandma in Czanch another day.”

Mark gently patted her head, turned around and departed.

accompanied him to

the drive way, a white Bentley glided to a gradual

from the car’s backseat, wearing a smile. “Rena, Lexi

her gaze locking

Likewise, Mark stood motionless.

her here. His gaze grew intense, and he momentarily lost

transformed in ways he never could have

fixated upon Cecilia, his eyes filled with a

had overtaken Cecilia, altering

slender figure while exuding an air

her transition from a girl

this very moment, Mark was hit with a

remained locked on her visage as he softly uttered, “It has

to be

voice, she managed to summon her strength and responded, “Mr. Evans,

exchanged greetings,

position. She carefully scooped up Alexis, her daughter, and requested the assistance of the trustworthy driver and maid to escort Alexis to kindergarten. Alexis, displaying obedience, planted

the kiss and reassured Alexis, “I’ll be there to pick you up in the afternoon,

Rena’s embrace, firmly clutching the maid’s hand,

her throat and declared, “I shall prepare some fragrant tea

dependent on Rena, grasped her

smile and responded, “You

his gaze towards Cecilia, his voice barely above a whisper as he

her head, Cecilia silently complied, entering the

threshold, he firmly grasped her wrist, compelling

them in a

cornered by Mark, who positioned his arm above her head. The faint scent of tobacco emanating from him momentarily distracted her, causing

parties

voice quivering, finally broke the stillness, pleading,

lowering his voice as he responded, “I waited for you throughout the entire

abruptly met

tears, poised to

she dared not

The aftermath of their breakup had inflicted immense suffering upon her and crying

bore

lock onto her face. Softly, he inquired, “Why haven’t

lips as she responded, “What concern is it of you, Mr. Evans? If I had chosen not to return surely I must have been occupied elsewhere… What right

Occupied…

eyes revealed an enigmatic

face,

teeth

you? Have you found

swept across Cecilia’s

she clenched her teeth and replied, her words

that instant, Mark’s

loosened his

you are a man of charm and I’m certain there is no shortage

Cecilia… Once upon a time, you used to call me Uncle

my youthful naivety, I failed

chest, exerting gentle pressure as she pleaded, “Rena will be here soon. Release

relinquished his hold

the doorknob, she clenched her teeth, summoning her strength to open the door. Behind her, in a raspy voice, he murmured, “Cecilia, are you truly

always owed

true love, he would offer

to

slightly, her restraint palpable, before finally

forget the events of

secret journey to Czanch, intending to surprise him, only

denied even the simplest bodily needs. Bound to a chair, she suffered in such

the chip in Mark’s

Fear had gripped her.

had believed he would spare no effort to

she had heard his calm voice over the phone, he’d merely uttered, “Sorry,

she had finally been

she emerged from the dilapidated cottage, it was not his embrace that awaited

then dawned upon her that she was not the sole

not to know her, showing no concern for her well-being, yet he

cradling that woman in his arms, his gaze filled with

realize that the woman was…

women possessed a

before him,

barely bring herself to

her room late at night. The first words he uttered upon seeing her were, “Cecilia, let us

still

Why?

on the sofa, he had quietly observed her for

up in her

try to make him

sorrow, as she

to him as Uncle Mark, as well as the last time she had

couldn’t bear it any

affection for him, but she evaded his grasp and uttered in a restrained tone,

there, stunned, his gaze fixed

as the door closed,

counter, a used pregnancy test stick lay,

to his arrival, she had

that they were

pain in her heart still lingered

in the living room, two cups of fragrant tea adorning the table before

welling up in Cecilia’s eyes, Rena gently smiled and asked, “Have

out a sob and

settled beside Rena, her countenance bearing the weight

an ardent love for Mark all along, but he had merely toyed with her

still harbored affection for this man, and she could not forgive herself or him

Cecilia to lean

atmosphere permeated the air as

not explain to Cecilia, let alone to Rena… In

her. I will

He prepared to depart…

I asked if you had considered starting a family. Now… I wish

in

pondered the

spent with Cecilia, he had entertained the idea, for it had

what did it matter

could not voice those

Softly, Mark responded, “No.”

way… Grandma is

Mark turned around.

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