She had never seen anyone who could talk to her father so casually.

Later, after Mark left, Cecilia overheard her father saying that Mark was a cunning fox.

Waylen, on the other hand, didn’t say anything.

Cecilia disagreed with her father’s remark. In her eyes, Mark was very gentle and polite, exuding an inexplicable air of confidence whenever he spoke.

At that time, she wondered how there could be such a good-looking man in this world.

She had to admit that she was attracted to him.

It was infatuation at first sight.

Cecilia didn’t think that she’d cross paths with Mark again so soon.

Let alone, that their second encounter would take place in such an unusual setting.

The day after Mark had visited the Fowler’s house, Cecilia had coffee with her friend in a cafe.

The coffee shop was in the lobby of a five-star hotel, and thus, it had quite a nice ambience.

Cecilia’s childhood friend, Shelly Johnson, sat opposite her. Shelly asked her anxiously, “Cece, are you alright? Man, what a jerk! I can’t believe you took three sleeping pills because of him. He’s not worth it!”

Cecilia lowered her head and said weakly, “! had no idea he was pining for my sister-in-law. I wanted to kill him as soon as I realized that he had cheated on Rena.”

Sniffling, Cecilia continued, “Fortunately, my sister-in-law didn’t let him trick her into sleeping with him.”

With a shake of her head, Shelly laughed angrily.

Her friend was such a sweet and innocent girl.

The two girls continued to chat over their coffee. They didn’t notice that a few tables away from them sat several decent-looking men. It was Mark, Peter, and a retinue of bodyguards.

It was Peter who seemed to notice Cecilia first.

He lowered his voice and said, “Mr. Evans, it’s the daughter of the Fowler family.”

Mark sipped his coffee leisurely, seemingly unbothered.

He had noticed Cecilia’s presence earlier and had eavesdropped on the girls’ conversation just now… What a little fool!

Mark was a very busy man, and there was no shortage of women who chased after him.

Thus, he had no intention of getting involved with the girl from the Fowler family. He was about to stand up to leave, and seeing this, the bodyguards immediately stood up first.

“Cecilia!”

Suddenly, a decent-looking man showed up and grabbed Cecilia’s wrist.

It was Harold. ©

As soon as word got out that Harold had a mistress, Cecilia blocked him and refused to listen to whatever excuse he might have.

Cecilia had even resorted to taking sleeping pills to get him off her mind.

Harold hadn’t gotten a hold of her until now…

Cecilia shook off his hand and frowned unhappily. “You hurt me.”

Harold gritted his teeth and swallowed back his frustration. After all, he was determined to get Cecilia back.

But he wasn’t doing it out of love. He was doing it because Cecilia’s family was rich, and Cecilia was a simple-minded girl. In Harold’s eyes, Cecilia was the ideal wife.

He lowered his posture to make himself less intimidating and said, “Can we talk?”

Shelly couldn’t help herself. She butted in and snapped, “There’s no need to talk, Harold. You slept with another woman, and now, the cat is out of the bag. Cecilia might be a kind girl, but do you really think she’ll forgive you after you cheated on her?”

Despite their high-end surroundings, Shelly flipped Harold off without hesitation.

Mark was about to leave just now, but then he suddenly sat back down and watched them with interest. To Peter, he remarked, “Look. Young people these days, am I right?”

Peter was the best at buttering up to his boss, so he acted accordingly and pretended to be unhappy.

“You’re barely over 40. You’re still young.”

Sure enough, this made Mark smile.

Enraged, Harold couldn’t help but get into a physical altercation with Cecilia.

Cecilia was fine, but the bag she left on the chair was knocked over, its contents scattering all over the floor.

Eight lipsticks rolled across the marble tiles.

There were also several adorable mini plushies; the one shaped like a lamb was especially cute.

And there was a small feeding bottle.

The atmosphere became quite awkward for a moment.

Mark’s eyebrows shot up in surprise.

He knew that Cecilia was two years older than Rena, but… Why would she keep a feeding bottle and cute little plushies in her bag?

Was she still a baby?

Peter, who had been quietly observing Mark, saw that the man who seldom smiled all year round was now smiling very faintly. It could be seen that Mark was actually happy.

Cecilia, on the other hand, felt very aggrieved.

Cheeks burning with shame, she bit her lip and murmured, “Harold, we already called off the engagement.”

Harold was about to say something when a low, masculine voice interrupted him.

“Peter, pick up her things,” Mark ordered domineeringly.

The contents of a girl’s purse, especially that feeding bottle, were exposed for the world to see, which was not appropriate.

Smiling, Peter nodded obediently and proceeded to pick up the scattered things, even going so far as to considerately put them back inside Cecilia’s purse and zip it up before putting the purse back.

In a daze, Cecilia looked up and met Mark’s intent gaze.

Shelly, on the other hand, was stunned. Who was this guy? And why did he look so cool and confident?

a perfect gentleman, but there was also

a long pause, Cecilia finally managed to say, “Uncle

sitting amidst several other

himself standing up and walking towards her. She raised her head slightly, tears

so pitiful that Mark’s heart

reminded him of a wounded

sudden felt the impulse to touch Cecilia’s head, but he

sound, halfway between

maintained eye contact with

faint. The man standing before her was undeniably good-looking,

on the other hand,

hadn’t seen such pure eyes in a long time. Cecilia almost looked

her petite figure resembled a

was indeed so

couldn’t help but feel pressured by the man in front of him. He demanded, “Cecilia, who is this guy? Your new boyfriend, huh? Cecilia, didn’t you try

statement revealed how reluctant Harold was to

knew that Cecilia loved him very much and always obeyed

crawling back to

he expect that one day, Cecilia would look at someone

it was a

but a pest. In his eyes, Harold was just as. bad

ordered, “Take him

Harold was stunned.

wireless earphones, exuding a highly professional aura. The leader of the guards

Mr. Evans?

didn’t know Mark, but he felt that the

mysterious man. Patting the invisible dust off his suit, he

head away and ignored

Harold again, deciding to let the matter

her eyes were still

all, she used to love

at the young girl’s tearful eyes,

all of a sudden, he felt a small hand grab

Mark, can we talk? I’ll treat you to

Mark frowned slightly.

man and didn’t have time to deviate from his schedule. He had a few more meetings lined up that

a long time, he found himself unable to resist such

out of

dozen bodyguards followed Mark. Even though he was dressed casually, anyone could tell at a glance that he

things and

wide in disbelief, Shelly stopped Cecil

can’t just

my sister-in-law’s uncle, Mark Evans from Czanch. You know,

her lip, Cecilia walked away, leaving Shelly

her leave in a

had seized a hold of the most

such a man

elevator, several bodyguards

sleeping pills and had a gastric lavage,

her best to get closer to

all his bodyguards stopped her.

Seeing this, Peter smiled.

Mark said, “Let her close

way for Cecilia. Making a face at Mark’s fierce-looking

help thinking about the little

and shook his

whether or not it was the miracle of young girls that gave

hotel suite

even had a small gym

After he went in and ordered some

an hour, a cart full of scrumptious dishes was

the documents he was reading, Mark asked, “Young girls nowadays all seem

“Sure,” Cecilia replied.

say that

Peter was Mark’s confidant, and he was good at maintaining conversation. He kept the air light by joking from time to

wasn’t accustomed to

dishes, her throat had started to burn, and

“Why are we eating in a hotel suite? It will

all young girls liked spicy

Cecilia’s murmurs, but he chose not to say anything because he thought that watching

signaled to Peter

Evans to dine in a restaurant. It seems

eyes. “I want fried chicken

cook fried

mentioned Rena

and thought Cecilia was being

whispered to Peter, “Order what she wants

was quite surprised. Mr. Evans wasn’t usually this good-tempered and accommodating. It was always others who accommodated him. How could he compromise with

believe that he would order fried chicken and milk shakes for

got Cecilia what

circle for nearly 20 years, but all this time, he had been able to maintain such a fit and healthy body. He didn’t

sat there and stared at the beautiful young

raised very well

now, she had a run-in with her ex-fiance. But at the moment, she was happily eating some fried chicken and

feeling a

had already been removed.

all arrived, Mr. Evans. Would you like to see

Mark nodded.

“Shall we go to the

“No need. The matter’s not a very important

and smiled, “You go ahead with your work, Uncle Mark. We can talk about our business

hold in his laughter and failed

could Cecilia and

Mark didn’t say anything.

members of the elite, their

looked very

an exceedingly fascinating woman among them. Before leaving, that woman noticed Cecilia

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