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

a white Bentley

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

her gaze locking

Likewise, Mark stood motionless.

gaze grew

transformed in ways he never could have

Cecilia, his eyes filled with a mixture of curiosity

had overtaken Cecilia,

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

undergone signified her transition from

with a profound realization that

he softly uttered, “It

seemed to be more overwhelmed than

summon her strength and responded,

two exchanged greetings,

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

affectionate gesture, Rena reciprocated the kiss and reassured Alexis, “I’ll be there to pick

embrace, firmly clutching the maid’s hand, and obediently proceeded towards

discreetly cleared her throat and declared, “I shall

dependent on Rena, grasped

offered a gentle smile and responded, “You

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

Cecilia silently complied, entering the

firmly grasped her wrist, compelling her into the

door closed, enclosing them

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

parties lost in their

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

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

met

poised to cascade down her

dared

The aftermath of their breakup had inflicted immense

bore his

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

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 an

tenderly grazing her face, evoking

her teeth

you found someone else?”

pallor swept across Cecilia’s

him, she clenched her teeth and

instant,

his grip on

a man of charm and I’m

upon a time,

I

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

relinquished his

doorknob, she clenched 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,

always

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

would be prepared to grant

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

forget the

secret journey to Czanch, intending to surprise him,

even the simplest bodily

demanded the chip in

Fear had gripped her.

spare

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

then she had finally

But as she emerged from the dilapidated cottage,

upon her that she was not

know her, showing no concern for her well-being, yet he had utilized

cradling that woman in his arms, his

the woman was…

those women possessed a sensuality

him, her

barely bring herself to say

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

her gaze, still filled with

Why?

for a prolonged moment before stating, “We

welled up in her

try

wept, her voice filled with sorrow, as she softly

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

couldn’t bear

for him, but she evaded his grasp and uttered in

gaze fixed upon her before

as the door closed, she

a used pregnancy test stick lay, two

arrival, she had contemplated

had declared that they were ill-suited

still

gracefully upon the sofa in the living room, two cups

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

let out a sob

beside Rena, her countenance bearing

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

man, and she could not forgive herself or

Cecilia to lean

the air as

explain to Cecilia, let alone to Rena…

“Take good care of her. I will return to Czanch

He prepared to depart…

asked if you had considered starting a family.

halted in his

had pondered the prospect of starting

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

did it

could not voice those

Softly, Mark responded, “No.”

By the way… Grandma is here. She is en

Mark turned around.

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