A Second Chance With My Billionaire Love

This room was essentially soundproof. Mark closed the door behind them before he placed Cecilia on the soft bed.

It was then that Cecilia finally exploded.

“Mark! What do you want? Do you still want to sleep with me?”

Mark quietly stared at her with an unfathomable gaze as he watched Cecilia’s chest heave with rage.

After a while, he decided to turn up the temperature inside the room.

While waiting for the room to warm up, the two of them shared a suffocating silence.

After all these years, this might be the first real argument between the two of them.

In the past, whatever quarrel they had was resolved by Mark’s unilateral suppression of the issue.

This time was different. Standing in front of the heater, Mark contemplated how he should phrase his next words. After a long time, he finally turned around and said to her, “I did let Cathy stay in Czanch. But, Cecilia, I’ll quit. I have already prepared my resignation.”

Cecilia knew that if they weren’t able to talk this through tonight, he would never let her go.

She pulled the quilt closer to her and crumpled its corners.

“So, will you stop seeing her and keep your distance from her in the future? Can you leave that child alone? If you say yes to these questions, then I will forgive you here and now. Then, our wedding will be held as scheduled.”

Mark gnashed his teeth and looked away.

He still had lingering feelings of guilt toward what had happened to Paul. On top of that, Paul’s child was completely innocent.

He took a deep breath and finally faced Cecilia.

“I won’t meet them unless it’s necessary.”

As soon as he said that, the disappointment became quickly evident on Cecilia’s face.

Mark had always been handsome even though he was tired. Many women yearned for him, but they were all unsuccessful.

Before, he said that he only wanted her and her alone, and back then, she believed him.

ALL she wanted from him was a relationship where both of them were equals.

However, after years of suffering and anticipation, she couldn’t even get a promise out of him.

Tears began to well up in her eyes.

After taking a deep breath, Cecilia looked Mark straight in the eye and emphasized each word, saying, “Mark, that’s Cathy! She was the mother of that little girl you once held in your arms and your past lover, someone whom you’ve had sex with! Well, what did you do? You should take care of her child! Are you kidding me? What? You want me to bear with it? Can’t I just marry someone else? Why do I have to keep humiliating myself Like this?”

Not to mention that Cathy almost killed her at that time.

Yet, over the years, her love for Mark had never wavered, not even once.

But at this moment, after repeated disappointments, she was starting to lose affection.

She began to harbor the idea of leaving him.

Right now, she was doubting whether his love for her was actually as deep as she had initially thought. Because if that were the case, then how come he would treat her like this? He was such a ruthless man! He knew how much she cared about their relationship.

Seeing the pained look on her face, Mark stepped forward and gently placed a hand on her shoulder, wanting to give a comforting pat.

But then, Cecilia slapped his hand away, shouting, “Don’t touch me!”

Her voice sounded harsh and venomous.

Mark swallowed hard. He tried leaning forward to kiss her lips, but Cecilia turned her face away.

With a tone as cold as ice, she told him, “Mark, is that how you see me? A dispensable woman? A sex partner? You indulge me whenever you’re in a good mood, but you push me away whenever you don’t need me.”

As Mark heard these words come out of Cecilia’s mouth, his countenance darkened.

Gazing at Cecilia’s troubled expression, Mark battled with his rising frustration.

“Do you view me that way? Am I just someone who wants intimacy from you in your eyes?”

“Didn’t you assume that?” Cecilia shouted in her heart.

She felt a wave of discomfort, her throat ached. She looked away in a sulk.

“I’m heading back to my room.”

Cecilia shifted a bit, and Mark’s hand instantly rested on her shoulder.

Mark’s gaze grew intense. He muttered in a hoarse tone, “Rest here.

I’m going to check on Edwin.”

Cecilia felt extremely downhearted.

Edwin arrived with a big smile, but his joy turned to disappointment when he spotted Mark holding another child. Edwin was taken aback and didn’t dare to inquire while she struggled to find the right words to clarify the situation.

Mark was away for around thirty minutes before he returned.

Cecilia was lost in thought, perched on the edge of the bed.

Mark observed her quietly for some time, then positioned himself near the heater without uttering a word.

The room was filled with an eerie silence.

This bedroom held their most cherished sweet memories.

When Cecilia’s eyes were getting teary, Mark’s phone chimed. He gazed at the phone and eventually picked it up. His tone was very gentle and loving.

“Laura?”

It was that lovely girl whose parents were Cathy and Paul. Mark and Laura had a brief conversation over the phone.

Then, Cathy grabbed the phone and whispered, “Laura’s running a fever.

Mark, could you help find a reputable doctor for her?”

Mark’s brow creased. Why would Laura suddenly become feverish?

Cathy spoke gently.

“Could you come over for a bit? Laura likes you deeply and wishes for your company.”

Without hesitation, Mark responded, “I’ll arrange for a doctor to see her.”

Mark then made a call to a doctor.

All this time, Cecilia observed with a detached gaze.

Once Mark finished the call, she questioned him calmly, “Mark, do you plan to look after them forever? It’s not your duty, and that child is not yours.”

Approaching her, Mark’s hand brushed Cecilia’s hair tenderly.

hushed his voice, saying, “However, that child

to my self-centered

Cecilia’s eyes grew wide.

personal feelings interfere with

Cecilia

remarked, “You’re the one who can’t stay composed. Mark, who is it that weighs on your conscience? Paul, the child, or Cathy? Are you merely using that child as an excuse to let Cathy stay in Czanch, and

unkind words left

have never considered such a

“Fine. I believe you.”

in Cathy’s affairs from now on? Mark, I’m not as

I’m impatient, and I don’t want to wait. If you can’t manage it, then we…

words pained Cecilia deeply as

had given her

if he couldn’t meet

formed

expression turned stormy, yet he kept his anger in

time

about to respond when

creased in annoyance, but

that Laura was struck with severe pneumonia, her temperature soaring to 40

his shirt and spoke

“I’ll be right there.”

Mark said softly to Cecilia, “I’ll

with a

have her grandparents?

vast enough

bring her pain in the

admitted, “I

Cecilia to rest, promising to take her

turned away from

after, the sound of the car

down Cecilia’s face.

she had grown beyond her innocence. She wouldn’t permit herself to weep for an extended

Restlessness kept her awake.

and dressed in

night, carrying with it a Light

at the glow of street lamps piercing the

lingered in that spot for quite a

blank. Later, she made

bronze flower-shaped frame adorned the

picture displayed Edwin, Mark, and

rested his hand on Mark’s shoulder, both beaming

felt a burning sensation

the frame face down, unable to

she packed up her belongings, resolving to return to Duefron with Edwin by dawn. Midday obligations awaited her at work with appointments she had pleaded to delay until then, and she couldn’t afford to miss

hospital during the late

Laura was undergoing surgery.

outside the operating room. Upon

no

approached Mark

pneumonia due to a cold and advised the parents

eyes met Cathy’s only after he had completed his conversation with the medical

Mark suggested, “You could leave Laura in the care of Paul’s parents. That way, you can embark

gaze held Mark in

her injured hand, she asked,

with a broken hand? Would

inevitability of this

weariness from Cathy’s constant

against the wall, he lit a cigarette,

your broken hand.

eyes held a burning

great fit, but

Laura, and that

worried parents. The doctor mistook Cathy for Mark’s wife

Little one’s out of danger. You must watch over her carefully in the future. We can’t allow this issue to happen

offered his gratitude to

nurse escorted Laura straight to the VIP ward. Mark was about to

how others believe we

gaze was icy

erased the memory of your fractured palm,

let that

sake of Cecilia, Mark intentionally harmed Cathy’s hand, causing her to

Laura. With this child, Mark

his way

years older than Edwin,

stirred awake at the

as a kitten’s

tone, he assured her, “You’re safe. Laura, you’ll feel much better

her eyes. Her countenance

phone

was Zoey calling to give him an

once he got

she had drifted off to sleep, and all her vital signs were within the normal

rose to his

lingering at the doorway, lost

wealthy. It might be beneficial for Laura to live with Paul’s parents. Take

smile. She knew he wanted her to

was for Laura. He and Cathy were not acquaintances. Without

Cecilia and Edwin

servant informed, “Sir, your son has developed appendicitis and has been taken to the

left

Cecilia’s phone number. Once she answered, he

expected Cecilia to burst into tears and engage in a heated argument with

manner, shared the location and then abruptly ended the

utter

moment, he was at a loss for words, unsure how

reasons, they couldn’t alter the fact that

made his way to the

of him. Drenched

“At last, you’re here.”

he

*

lingered in

dim, and she bowed her head, making it

stood to one side, leaning on a