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

white

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

froze, her gaze locking

Likewise, Mark stood motionless.

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

had transformed in ways

eyes filled with a mixture of

overtaken Cecilia,

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

her transition from a girl into a

this very moment, Mark was hit with a profound realization that his

locked on her visage as he softly uttered, “It has been a

be more overwhelmed than

summon her strength and

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,

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

clutching the maid’s hand, and obediently proceeded towards

turned around, she discreetly cleared her throat and

dependent on Rena, grasped her arm

responded, “You two carry on with your

Cecilia, his voice barely above a whisper

head, Cecilia silently complied,

he firmly grasped her wrist, compelling

closed, enclosing them in a

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

both parties lost in

Cecilia, her voice quivering, finally broke the stillness, pleading,

to scrutinize her, lowering his voice as he responded, “I waited

met

with tears, poised to cascade down her

dared not

determined not to shed tears in his presence. The aftermath of their breakup had inflicted immense suffering upon her

bore his own

to lock onto her face. Softly, he inquired,

“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 an

grazing her face, evoking a shudder

her teeth

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

pallor swept

her teeth and replied, her words

that instant, Mark’s eyes

loosened his grip on

now? Mr. Evans, you are a man of

Once upon a time, you used to call

my youthful naivety, I failed to understand things

pressure as she pleaded, “Rena will be here soon. Release me, I implore you. Let us maintain a modicum of decency

relinquished his

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

always owed

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

to grant

finally uttering in a hushed tone, “No. I

forget the events of the

had embarked on a secret journey to Czanch, intending to

endured thirst and denied even the

demanded the chip in Mark’s

Fear had gripped her.

spare no effort

the phone,

had finally

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

upon her that she was not the sole

no concern for her well-being, yet he had

him cradling that woman in his arms, his

did she realize that the woman

numerous women worshipped Mark. And those women possessed a

stood before him,

bring herself to

only entering her room late at night. The first words he uttered upon seeing her were, “Cecilia, let us put an end to our

still

Why?

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

welled up in her

try to

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

him as Uncle Mark,

bear it any

innocent girl who held affection for him, but she evaded his grasp and uttered in a restrained tone,

his gaze fixed upon her before eventually

as the door

used pregnancy test stick

arrival, she had contemplated informing him of her

he had declared that they were ill-suited for

heart still lingered as she recollected the

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

smiled and asked, “Have you concluded your

sob and cried out,

Rena, her countenance bearing the

all along,

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

allowed Cecilia to lean against

awkward atmosphere permeated the air as Mark

not explain to Cecilia, let alone to Rena… In any case,

good care of her. I

He prepared to depart…

the last time I asked if you had considered starting

halted in

the prospect of

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

what did it matter

not voice

Softly, Mark responded, “No.”

Grandma is here. She

Mark turned around.

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