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

the drive way, a white Bentley

wearing a smile. “Rena, Lexi

froze, her gaze locking onto

Likewise, Mark stood motionless.

gaze grew intense, and he momentarily lost

ways he never could

Cecilia, his eyes filled with a mixture of

transformation had overtaken Cecilia, altering her

had now acquired a slender figure while

signified her

hit with a profound realization that

eyes remained locked on her visage as he softly uttered,

to be more overwhelmed than

managed to summon her strength and responded, “Mr.

greetings,

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 and bid her

“I’ll be there to pick you up in

firmly clutching the

and declared, “I shall prepare some fragrant tea for

Rena, grasped her arm and appealed,

smile and responded,

directed his gaze towards Cecilia, his voice barely above a whisper as

silently complied, entering

the threshold, he firmly grasped her wrist, compelling her into the confines

door closed, enclosing them in a small

found herself cornered by Mark, who positioned his arm above her head. The faint scent of tobacco emanating

ensued, both parties lost in

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

voice as he responded, “I waited for

met

up with tears, poised to cascade down her

she dared not

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

too, bore his

lock onto her face.

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 elsewhere… What

Occupied…

eyes revealed an

out, tenderly grazing her face,

teeth chattered

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

swept

she clenched her teeth and replied, her words

that instant,

his

“Could you please release me now? Mr. Evans, you are a man of charm and I’m certain there is no shortage of

Cecilia… Once upon a time, you used to call me Uncle

naivety, I failed to

be here soon.

relinquished his hold on

a firm grip on the 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

always owed

that if she found her true love, he would offer

prepared to grant her

palpable, before finally uttering in a hushed tone, “No. I have no

would never forget the

embarked on a secret journey to Czanch, intending to surprise him, only to be ensnared

for 36 agonizing hours, she endured thirst and denied even the simplest bodily

kidnappers had demanded the

Fear had gripped her.

believed he would spare

heard his calm voice over the phone, he’d merely

had finally

hoping she would still hold a place in his heart. But as she emerged from the dilapidated cottage, it

her that she was not

for her well-being, yet

woman in

that the

And those women possessed a

stood before him, her dignity in

barely bring herself to say

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

still filled

Why?

her for a prolonged moment

welled up

try to make

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

Mark, as well as the

couldn’t bear it any

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

his gaze fixed upon her before eventually

as the door closed, she continued

counter, a used pregnancy test stick lay,

had contemplated informing

declared that they were ill-suited for

still lingered as she recollected

in the living room, two

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

sob

her countenance bearing the weight

love for Mark all along, but he had merely

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

to lean

permeated the air as Mark

not explain to Cecilia, let alone to Rena… In

care of her. I will

He prepared to depart…

asked if you had considered

in his

truth, he had pondered the

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

what did it matter

not voice those

Softly, Mark responded, “No.”

By the way… Grandma is here. She is en route to

Mark turned around.

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