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 drive way, a white Bentley

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

suddenly froze, her gaze

Likewise, Mark stood motionless.

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

transformed in ways

Cecilia, his eyes filled with a mixture of curiosity and

overtaken Cecilia,

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

her transition from

hit with a profound realization that his

her visage as he softly uttered, “It has

seemed to be more overwhelmed than

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

two exchanged greetings, acknowledging each other’s

driver and maid

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

from Rena’s embrace, firmly clutching the

and declared, “I shall prepare some fragrant tea

dependent on Rena, grasped her arm and

responded, “You

voice barely above a whisper as he suggested, “Shall we step

Cecilia silently complied, entering

she crossed the threshold, he firmly grasped her wrist, compelling her into

door closed, enclosing them in

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

prolonged silence ensued, both parties lost in

voice quivering, finally broke the stillness, pleading, “Please

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

abruptly met

welled up with tears, poised to

she dared

his presence. The aftermath of their breakup had

bore his

shifted briefly towards the door before returning to lock onto her face. Softly, he inquired, “Why haven’t you returned

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

Occupied…

eyes revealed

her face, evoking a shudder

her teeth chattered

Have you found someone else?” he queried in a subdued

swept across Cecilia’s

at him, she clenched her teeth and replied, her words tinged with

that instant, Mark’s

loosened his

struggled to maintain her composure. “Could you please release me now? Mr. Evans, you are a man of charm and I’m certain there is no shortage of women vying for

time,

I failed to understand

exerting gentle pressure as she pleaded, “Rena will be here soon. Release me, I implore

relinquished his

her teeth, summoning her strength to open the door. Behind her, in a raspy voice, he murmured, “Cecilia, are you truly forsaking me? We can resurrect our former bond. You may refer to me as Uncle Mark once again, and I will

had always

would offer his blessings. But before that, he wanted

would be prepared to grant her

raised her head ever so slightly, her restraint palpable, before finally uttering

forget the

secret journey to Czanch, intending to surprise him, only to

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

demanded the chip in Mark’s

Fear had gripped her.

spare no effort to

she had heard his calm voice over the

then she had finally

But as she emerged from the dilapidated cottage, it was not his embrace that awaited her. Instead, she witnessed a picturesque tableau of him standing side by side with

that she

concern for her well-being, yet he had

beheld him cradling that woman in his arms, his gaze filled

realize that the woman was… one of his

numerous women worshipped Mark. And those women possessed a sensuality and sweetness surpassing

before him, her

barely bring herself

night. The first words

her gaze, still

Why?

for a prolonged moment before stating, “We are not

welled up in her

did not try to make him

with sorrow,

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

bear it

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

stood there, stunned, his gaze fixed

as the door

counter, a used pregnancy test stick lay, two lines distinctly

arrival, she had contemplated

had declared that they were

her heart still lingered as she recollected the

Cecilia emerged, Rena sat gracefully upon the sofa in the living room, two cups of fragrant tea adorning the

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

let out a sob and

beside Rena, her countenance bearing the weight of

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

harbored affection for this man, and she

allowed Cecilia to lean against

the air as

matters he could not explain to Cecilia, let alone to

care of her. I will return to

He prepared to depart…

asked if you had considered starting a family. Now…

in his

he had pondered the prospect of starting

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

did

could not

Softly, Mark responded, “No.”

By the way… Grandma is here.

Mark turned around.

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