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

white Bentley glided

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

froze, her gaze

Likewise, Mark stood motionless.

seeing her here. His gaze grew intense, and he

in ways he never could

fixated upon Cecilia, his eyes filled with

overtaken Cecilia, altering her appearance

figure while exuding

her transition from a girl into

was hit with a profound realization that his longing for

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

be more overwhelmed than Mark

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

exchanged greetings, acknowledging each other’s

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

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

clutching the

cleared her throat and declared, “I shall prepare some fragrant

grasped her arm and

smile and responded,

voice barely above a whisper as

head, Cecilia silently complied, entering

threshold, he firmly grasped her wrist, compelling

closed, enclosing them in

Cecilia found herself cornered by Mark, who positioned his arm above her head. The

silence ensued, both parties

like an eternity, Cecilia, her voice

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

abruptly met his

up with tears, poised to cascade down her cheeks with

dared

tears in his presence. The aftermath of their breakup had inflicted immense suffering upon her and crying in front of him now felt

too, bore his

to lock onto her face. Softly, he

faint smile 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 elsewhere… What right do you have to meddle

Occupied…

revealed an

hand reached out, tenderly grazing her face, evoking a shudder throughout

teeth

you found someone else?” he queried

swept across Cecilia’s

intently at him, she clenched her teeth and replied, her

that instant,

loosened his

Evans, you are a man of charm and I’m certain

time, you

naivety, I failed to

placed her hand on his chest, exerting gentle pressure as she pleaded, “Rena will be here soon. Release me, I implore you. Let us maintain a modicum of decency

relinquished his

“Cecilia, are you truly forsaking me? We can resurrect our former bond. You may refer to me as Uncle Mark once again, and I will

had always

would offer his blessings. But

to grant

palpable, before finally uttering in a hushed tone,

would never forget the events

to Czanch, intending to surprise him, only to be

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

demanded the

Fear had gripped her.

he would spare

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

then she had finally

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

her that she was not

know her, showing no concern for her well-being,

woman in his arms, his

the woman was… one of

those women

stood before him, her

could barely bring

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

raised her gaze, still filled with

Why?

for

had welled up

try to

filled with sorrow, as she softly

final time she referred to him as Uncle Mark, as

bear it any

held affection for him, but she evaded his grasp and uttered in a

his gaze

soon as the door

pregnancy test

had contemplated informing him

had declared that they were ill-suited for

still lingered as

the sofa in the living room, two cups of fragrant

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

out a sob and cried

beside Rena, her countenance bearing the weight

an ardent love for Mark all along, but he

was that she still harbored affection for this man,

allowed Cecilia to lean against

permeated the

explain to Cecilia, let alone to Rena… In any case,

of her. I

He prepared to depart…

you had considered

halted in his

pondered the

Cecilia, he had entertained the idea, for it

did it matter

not

Softly, Mark responded, “No.”

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

Mark turned around.

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