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

way, a white Bentley glided to a

car’s backseat, wearing a smile. “Rena, Lexi mentioned that you

her

Likewise, Mark stood motionless.

her here. His gaze grew intense, and he momentarily

in ways he never could have

filled with a mixture of curiosity and

had overtaken Cecilia, altering her

figure while exuding an air of maturity

signified her transition from a girl into

this very moment, Mark was hit with a

as he softly

be

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

greetings, acknowledging each other’s

her daughter, and requested the assistance of the trustworthy driver and maid to escort Alexis to kindergarten.

reciprocated the kiss and reassured Alexis, “I’ll be there to pick you up

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

Rena turned around, she discreetly cleared her throat and declared, “I shall prepare some fragrant

on Rena, grasped her arm and appealed,

gentle smile and responded,

his gaze towards Cecilia, his voice barely above

her head, Cecilia silently complied, entering

grasped

them in

his arm above her head. The faint

prolonged silence ensued, both parties lost in

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

lowering his voice as he

abruptly met

to cascade down her cheeks with every

she dared

their breakup had inflicted immense suffering upon

bore his own

towards the door before returning to lock onto her face. Softly, he inquired,

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…

eyes revealed an enigmatic

grazing her face,

her teeth

found someone else?” he queried in a subdued

swept

her teeth and replied, her words

that instant, Mark’s

his grip

release me now? Mr. Evans, you are a man of charm and I’m certain there is no shortage of women vying for

Cecilia… Once upon a time, you used to call

youthful naivety, I failed to understand things

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

his hold

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

always owed

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

prepared to grant

ever so slightly, her restraint palpable, before finally

would never forget the events

to Czanch, intending to surprise him, only to be

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

demanded the chip in Mark’s

Fear had gripped her.

he would spare no

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

had

as she emerged from the dilapidated cottage, it was not his embrace that awaited her. Instead, she witnessed a picturesque tableau of him

dawned upon her that she was

for her well-being, yet he had utilized

in his arms, his gaze

the woman was… one

those women possessed a sensuality and sweetness surpassing

him, her

barely bring herself to say

arranged for her accommodation, only entering her room late at night. The first words he

gaze, still filled with

Why?

her for

welled up in her

try to make him

filled with sorrow, as she

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

bear it any

yearned to embrace the innocent girl who held affection for him, but she evaded his grasp and uttered in a restrained tone, “Tomorrow morning…

stood there, stunned, his gaze fixed upon her before

the door

pregnancy test stick lay, two

she had

had declared that they

heart still lingered as

living room, two cups of fragrant tea

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

let out a sob and cried

settled beside Rena, her countenance

love for Mark all along, but

harbored affection for this man,

Cecilia to lean against her

atmosphere permeated the

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

her. I will

He prepared to depart…

considered starting a family. Now…

in his

truth, he had pondered the prospect

he had entertained the idea, for it had been

did it matter

could not voice those

Softly, Mark responded, “No.”

way… Grandma is here. She

Mark turned around.

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