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

drive way, a white Bentley glided to

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

suddenly froze, her gaze locking

Likewise, Mark stood motionless.

her here. His gaze grew intense,

transformed in ways he never could

filled with a mixture of

remarkable transformation had overtaken Cecilia, altering

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

signified her transition from a girl

a

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

to be more overwhelmed

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

two exchanged greetings, acknowledging each other’s

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

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

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

discreetly cleared her throat and declared, “I shall prepare

dependent on Rena, grasped her arm and appealed,

offered a gentle smile and responded, “You two carry on with

voice barely above a whisper as he suggested, “Shall

Cecilia silently complied, entering the

firmly grasped her wrist, compelling her into the confines of

closed, enclosing them in a

her 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 distracted her, causing a lapse in her

parties lost

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

he responded, “I

met

tears, poised to cascade down her

she dared not

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

bore

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

it of you, Mr. Evans? If I had chosen not to return surely I must have been occupied elsewhere… What right

Occupied…

revealed an

reached out, tenderly grazing her face, evoking a shudder

teeth

touches repulse you? Have you found someone else?” he

swept across Cecilia’s

clenched her teeth and

that instant, Mark’s eyes

loosened his

maintain her composure. “Could you please release me now? Mr. Evans, you are a man of charm and

time, you used

naivety, I

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

his

murmured, “Cecilia, are you truly forsaking me? We can resurrect our former bond. You may refer to

always

love, he would offer his blessings. But before that, he wanted to

would be prepared to grant her every

head ever so slightly, her restraint palpable, before finally uttering in a hushed tone, “No. I

never forget the events

had embarked on a secret journey to Czanch, intending

hours, she endured thirst and denied even the simplest

demanded the chip in Mark’s

Fear had gripped her.

believed he would spare no effort to

voice over the phone, he’d merely

had finally been

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

dawned upon her that she was not the

her well-being, yet he had utilized the chip

in his arms, his gaze filled

realize that the woman was… one of his

women possessed

him, her dignity in

bring herself

The first words he uttered upon seeing her were, “Cecilia, let us put an end

gaze, still

Why?

observed her for a prolonged moment before stating, “We

had welled up

not try to

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

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

couldn’t bear

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

stunned, his gaze fixed upon her before

door closed, she continued

bathroom counter, a used pregnancy test stick

his arrival, she had contemplated informing him

declared that they were ill-suited

in her heart still lingered

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

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

a sob and cried

her countenance

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

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

Cecilia to lean against her

permeated the air as

Cecilia, let alone to Rena… In any case,

care of her. I will return

He prepared to depart…

you had considered starting a family. Now… I wish to

halted in

the prospect

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

did

could not voice

Softly, Mark responded, “No.”

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

Mark turned around.

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