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

white Bentley glided

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

suddenly froze, her gaze

Likewise, Mark stood motionless.

her here. His gaze grew intense,

transformed in ways he

eyes filled with a

remarkable transformation had overtaken Cecilia, altering her

beauty, she had now acquired a slender figure while exuding an

her transition from a girl into

this very moment, Mark was hit with a profound

her visage as he softly uttered,

seemed to be more overwhelmed than

summon her strength and responded,

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

reassured Alexis, “I’ll be there to pick you up in the afternoon,

clutching the maid’s hand, and

and declared, “I shall prepare some fragrant tea for

grasped her arm and appealed,

responded, “You two

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

her head, Cecilia silently complied,

grasped her wrist, compelling her

closed, enclosing them in a

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

parties lost in

voice

lowering his voice as he responded, “I waited for you

met

to

dared

to shed tears in his presence. The aftermath of their breakup had inflicted

bore his

returning to lock onto her face. Softly, he inquired, “Why haven’t you returned home

you, Mr. Evans? If I had chosen not to return surely I must have been occupied

Occupied…

eyes revealed an

her face,

her teeth

touches repulse you? Have you found someone

pallor swept

teeth and replied, her words

that instant,

his

you are a man of charm

Cecilia… Once upon a time, you

naivety, I failed to understand things

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

relinquished his

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 resurrect our former bond. You may refer to me as Uncle Mark once again,

always owed

he would offer his blessings. But before that, he

be prepared to grant

her head ever so slightly, her restraint palpable, before finally uttering in a

would never forget the

journey to Czanch, intending to

a darkened room for 36 agonizing hours, she endured thirst and denied even the simplest bodily needs. Bound to a chair, she suffered in such a

kidnappers had demanded the chip in Mark’s

Fear had gripped her.

believed he would spare no

voice over the phone, he’d merely uttered, “Sorry,

then she had

hoping she would still hold a place in his heart. But as she emerged from the dilapidated cottage, it was not his embrace that awaited her. Instead, she witnessed a picturesque

her that she was

her well-being, yet he

beheld him cradling that woman in his arms,

then did she realize that the woman was…

Mark. And those women

before him, her

bring

night. The first words he uttered upon seeing

her gaze, still

Why?

quietly observed her for

had welled up in her

not try to make

her voice filled with sorrow, as she softly uttered,

Mark, as well as the

couldn’t bear

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

stood there, stunned, his gaze fixed upon

door closed, she continued

used pregnancy test stick

had contemplated informing him of

he had declared that they were ill-suited

her heart still lingered as she recollected

emerged, Rena sat gracefully upon the sofa in the living room, two cups

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

out a sob and

beside Rena, her countenance bearing the weight of

harbored an ardent love for Mark all along, but he had merely

was that she still harbored affection for this man, and she could not forgive

Cecilia to lean against

permeated the air as

Cecilia, let

“Take good care of her.

He prepared to depart…

gently inquired, “Uncle, the last time I asked if you had considered starting a family. Now… I wish to pose the question once

in his

he had pondered the prospect of

the six months he had spent with Cecilia, he had entertained the idea, for it had been

did it

not voice

Softly, Mark responded, “No.”

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

Mark turned around.

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