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 to

drive way, a white

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

suddenly froze, her gaze locking onto

Likewise, Mark stood motionless.

hadn’t anticipated seeing her here. His gaze

transformed in ways he never could

upon Cecilia, his eyes filled with a mixture of curiosity and

overtaken Cecilia, altering her

acquired a slender figure while

undergone signified her transition from

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

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

to be more

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

greetings,

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,

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

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

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

grasped her

responded, “You two carry on with

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

her head, Cecilia silently complied, entering the

threshold, he firmly grasped her wrist, compelling her into

closed, enclosing them in

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

both parties lost in their

her voice

as he responded, “I waited for you throughout the entire night

met

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

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…

eyes revealed an

tenderly grazing her face, evoking a shudder

her teeth

Have you found someone else?” he

swept across

him, she clenched her teeth and

instant, Mark’s

his grip

a man of charm and I’m certain there is no shortage of women vying

Once upon a time, you used to

my youthful naivety, I failed to

she pleaded, “Rena will be here soon. Release me, I implore you. Let us maintain

his

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

always

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

prepared to

her restraint palpable, before finally uttering in a hushed tone, “No. I have no need for

the events of the

journey to Czanch, intending to surprise him, only to be ensnared

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

had demanded the

Fear had gripped her.

would spare no effort to rescue

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

then she had finally been

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

dawned upon her that she

her, showing no concern for her well-being, yet he had utilized the chip to save

woman in his

did she realize that the woman

numerous women worshipped Mark. And those women possessed a sensuality and sweetness surpassing her

before him, her

could barely bring herself to say

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

still filled

Why?

sofa, he had quietly observed her for a

had welled up in

not try to make him

sorrow, as she softly uttered,

time she referred to him as Uncle Mark, as well as the

bear it any

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

his gaze

door closed,

used pregnancy test stick lay, two lines distinctly marking its

had contemplated informing him of

he had declared that they

still lingered as she

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

Cecilia’s eyes, Rena gently smiled and asked, “Have you concluded your conversation? Come, have

a sob and

countenance bearing

an ardent love for Mark all

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

to lean against her

the air as Mark

let alone to Rena… In any case, he

care of her. I will return to

He prepared to depart…

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

in his

he had pondered the prospect

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

did it

not

Softly, Mark responded, “No.”

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

Mark turned around.

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