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

way, a white Bentley

a smile.

her

Likewise, Mark stood motionless.

His gaze grew

ways he

fixated upon Cecilia, his eyes filled with a mixture of curiosity

had overtaken Cecilia, altering her appearance

while exuding an air of maturity and

had undergone signified her transition from a girl

a

her visage as he softly

to be more overwhelmed than Mark

her strength and responded, “Mr. Evans, indeed,

exchanged greetings,

herself caught in an awkward position. She carefully scooped up Alexis, her daughter, and requested the assistance of the trustworthy driver and maid to

Alexis, “I’ll be there to pick you up in

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

discreetly cleared her throat and declared,

somewhat dependent on Rena, grasped

smile and responded, “You two

Cecilia, his voice barely above

silently complied, entering

crossed the threshold, he firmly grasped her wrist, compelling

closed, enclosing them

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

ensued, both parties lost in their own

like an eternity, Cecilia, her voice quivering, finally broke the stillness, pleading, “Please release

he responded, “I waited for

met his

to cascade down her

she dared

in his presence. The aftermath of their breakup

bore his

shifted briefly towards the door before returning to lock onto her

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…

revealed

out, tenderly grazing her face, evoking a shudder throughout

her teeth

Have you found someone else?” he queried in

swept

teeth and replied,

instant, Mark’s eyes

loosened his grip on

a man of charm and I’m certain there is no shortage of women vying

upon a time, you

my youthful naivety, I failed to understand

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

his hold on

in a raspy voice, he murmured, “Cecilia, are you truly forsaking me? We can

had always owed

offer his

to grant her

finally uttering in a hushed tone, “No. I have no

never forget the events

intending to surprise him, only

denied even the simplest bodily needs. Bound to a chair,

demanded the chip in Mark’s

Fear had gripped her.

would spare

calm voice over the phone, he’d merely uttered, “Sorry,

then she had finally

But as she emerged from the dilapidated cottage, it was not his embrace that awaited her. Instead,

that she was not

for her well-being, yet he

him cradling that woman in

then did she realize that the woman was… one

worshipped Mark. And those women possessed a

before him, her dignity in

barely bring herself to say

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

gaze, still

Why?

her for a prolonged

had welled up in her

did not try to

filled with sorrow, as she softly uttered, “Alright. Farewell,

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

couldn’t bear it

but she evaded his grasp and uttered in a restrained tone, “Tomorrow

his gaze fixed

as the door closed,

a used pregnancy test stick lay, two lines distinctly marking

arrival, she had contemplated informing him of

declared that they were ill-suited for one

in her heart still lingered

the sofa in the living room, two cups of fragrant

the tears welling up in Cecilia’s eyes, Rena gently smiled and asked, “Have you concluded

let out a sob and cried out,

her countenance bearing the weight of

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

was that she still harbored affection for this man, and she could

Cecilia to lean against her

the air as Mark

let alone to Rena… In any case, he had failed

of her. I will return to

He prepared to depart…

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

in his

had pondered the prospect of starting

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

what did

could not

Softly, Mark responded, “No.”

Grandma is here. She is en route

Mark turned around.

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