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.

him to the

a white Bentley

from the car’s backseat, wearing a smile. “Rena, Lexi mentioned that you weren’t

suddenly froze, her gaze locking

Likewise, Mark stood motionless.

hadn’t anticipated seeing her here. His gaze grew intense, and he momentarily lost his

ways he never

filled with a

overtaken

she had now acquired a slender figure while exuding an air of maturity and charm through

metamorphosis she had undergone signified her transition from a girl into

moment, Mark was hit with a profound realization that his longing for

locked on her visage as he softly uttered, “It

be more overwhelmed than

managed to summon her strength and responded, “Mr. Evans, indeed, it has been quite

greetings, acknowledging each other’s

the trustworthy driver and maid to escort Alexis to kindergarten. Alexis, displaying obedience, planted a

“I’ll be there to

herself from Rena’s embrace, firmly clutching the maid’s

around, she discreetly cleared her throat and declared, “I shall prepare some

grasped

gentle smile and responded,

voice barely above a whisper as he suggested,

silently complied, entering

threshold, he firmly grasped her wrist, compelling her into the confines of

them in

back against its surface, Cecilia found herself cornered by Mark, who positioned his arm above her head. The faint scent of tobacco emanating from him momentarily

both parties lost in

what seemed like an eternity, Cecilia, her voice

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

met

to cascade down her

she dared not

to shed tears in his presence. The aftermath of their breakup had inflicted immense suffering

too, bore his own

door before returning to lock onto her face. Softly,

smile graced Cecilia’s 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 do you have to meddle in

Occupied…

eyes revealed

hand reached out, tenderly grazing her face, evoking a shudder

her teeth

touches repulse you? Have you found someone else?” he queried in a

pallor swept across Cecilia’s

at him, she clenched her teeth and replied, her

instant, Mark’s eyes

his

you are a man of charm and I’m certain there is no shortage of women vying for your

Evans? Cecilia… Once upon a time,

my youthful naivety, I

she pleaded, “Rena will be here

relinquished his

to open the door. Behind her, in a raspy voice, he murmured, “Cecilia, are

always owed

believed that if she found her true love, he would offer his

prepared to grant

ever so slightly, her restraint palpable, before finally uttering in a hushed

would never forget the events

journey to Czanch, intending

darkened room for 36 agonizing hours, she endured thirst and denied even the simplest bodily needs.

kidnappers had demanded the chip in

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, I do not know

then she had

a place in his heart. But as she emerged from the dilapidated cottage, it was

that she was not the

her well-being,

in

realize that the woman was… one

And those women possessed

before him,

bring herself

for her accommodation, only entering her room late at night. The first words he uttered

raised her gaze, still filled with

Why?

had quietly observed her for a prolonged moment before stating, “We

up in her

try to make

filled with sorrow, as she softly uttered,

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

couldn’t bear it

yearned to embrace the innocent girl who held affection for him, but she evaded his grasp and uttered in a restrained tone, “Tomorrow morning…

stood there, stunned, his gaze fixed upon her before eventually

soon as the door closed, she continued

pregnancy test stick lay, two lines distinctly

to his arrival, she had contemplated informing him

they were ill-suited for one

still

the living room, two cups of fragrant

Cecilia’s eyes, Rena gently smiled and asked, “Have you

out a sob and cried

her countenance bearing the

Mark all along, but

still harbored affection for this man, and

allowed Cecilia to

the air

certain matters he could not explain to Cecilia, let alone to Rena… In any case,

whispered, “Take good care of her. I

He prepared to depart…

gently inquired, “Uncle, the last time I asked if you had considered starting a family. Now… I wish to pose

halted in his

truth, he had pondered the prospect of

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

did it

not voice

Softly, Mark responded, “No.”

nodded, her expression understanding. “I understand. By the way… Grandma is here. She is en route

Mark turned around.

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