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

way, a white

a smile. “Rena, Lexi mentioned that you weren’t feeling

froze, her gaze

Likewise, Mark stood motionless.

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

in ways he

upon Cecilia, his eyes filled with

overtaken Cecilia, altering her appearance

beauty, she had now acquired a slender figure while exuding an air

had undergone signified her transition from a

hit with a profound realization that

eyes remained locked on her visage as he softly uttered,

to be more overwhelmed than Mark

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

exchanged greetings, acknowledging each other’s

found herself caught in an awkward 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 a kiss on Rena’s cheek and bid her farewell, saying, “Goodbye,

“I’ll be there to pick you up in the afternoon, my

clutching

her throat and declared, “I

Rena, grasped her arm and appealed,

and responded,

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

head, Cecilia silently complied, entering the

grasped her wrist, compelling

closed, enclosing them in a

above her head. The faint scent of tobacco emanating

ensued, both parties lost in their own

her voice

he responded, “I

abruptly met his

tears, poised to cascade

dared

his presence. The aftermath of their breakup had inflicted immense suffering upon her and crying in front of him now

too, bore his own

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

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 my

Occupied…

eyes revealed an

face, evoking a shudder

teeth chattered

repulse you? Have you found someone

swept

clenched her teeth and

that instant, Mark’s eyes

his

composure. “Could you please release me now? Mr. Evans, you are a man of charm and I’m certain

a time, you used to call

youthful naivety, I failed to

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

relinquished his hold on

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

always owed

believed that if she found her true love, he would offer his blessings. But before that, he

be prepared to grant her every

so slightly, her restraint palpable, before finally uttering

forget the

to Czanch, intending to surprise him, only to

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

demanded the chip

Fear had gripped her.

believed he would spare

heard his calm voice over the phone, he’d merely uttered, “Sorry, I do not know

she had finally

in his heart. But as she emerged from the dilapidated cottage, it was not his embrace

her that she was not the sole

for her well-being, yet he

woman in his

then did she realize that the woman was… one

And those women

him, her

bring

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

raised her gaze, still filled with lingering

Why?

the sofa, he had quietly observed her for a prolonged moment before

welled up

try to make

had wept, her voice filled with sorrow, as she softly uttered, “Alright. Farewell,

Mark, as well as

couldn’t bear

yearned to embrace the innocent girl who held affection for him, but she evaded his grasp and

stunned, his gaze fixed upon her before eventually

as the door closed, she

the bathroom counter, a used pregnancy test stick

had contemplated informing him

had declared that they were ill-suited for one

still lingered as she recollected

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

eyes, Rena gently smiled and asked, “Have you concluded your conversation?

out a sob and cried

countenance

all

most pitiable aspect was that she still harbored affection for this man,

allowed Cecilia to

permeated the air as Mark

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

of her. I will

He prepared to depart…

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

halted in

the prospect of starting a

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

what did it

not

Softly, Mark responded, “No.”

understanding. “I understand. By the way… Grandma is here. She

Mark turned around.

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