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.

his voice, saying, “However,

my self-centered desires

Cecilia’s eyes grew wide.

let personal feelings interfere

implored Cecilia to

using that child as an excuse to let Cathy stay

unkind words left Mark somewhat

have never considered such

“Fine. I believe you.”

from now on? Mark, I’m not as remarkable as Rena, who can wait for someone for so many years and

wait. If you can’t

deeply as she

given her heart to for so

couldn’t meet

formed into tight

stormy, yet

time to

to respond when his

creased in annoyance, but he

with severe pneumonia, her temperature soaring to 40

shirt and spoke in

“I’ll be right there.”

softly to Cecilia, “I’ll head there to check on

him with a serene

child belongs to Cathy. Doesn’t that child have her grandparents? Mark, why

heart wasn’t vast

bring her pain

a quiet moment, Mark admitted, “I owe

promising to take her

from him,

departed. Soon after, the sound of the

down Cecilia’s

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

Restlessness kept her awake.

rose and dressed in a

chill of early spring crept into the night, carrying with it a Light sprinkle

paused by the window, peering at the glow

spot for quite a

anything. Her mind was blank. Later, she made

frame adorned

displayed Edwin, Mark,

on Mark’s shoulder, both beaming with reserved

felt a burning

flipped the frame face down, unable to look at it any

Edwin by dawn. Midday obligations awaited her at work with appointments she had pleaded to delay until then, and

the

Laura was undergoing surgery.

operating room. Upon seeing Mark, she uttered

no attention

Mark to brief him on

developed severe pneumonia due to a cold and advised the parents to be more attentive to the child’s well-being in

after he had completed his conversation

of Paul’s parents. That way, you can embark on a fresh journey to build

held Mark

new family?” Lifting her injured hand,

a woman with a broken hand? Would you

inevitability of this

Cathy’s constant presence

he lit a cigarette, his voice

I wouldn’t want you. It’s not about your broken hand. It’s

held a burning

were a great fit, but

had Laura,

instead waited silently, resembling worried parents. The doctor mistook Cathy

carefully in the future. We can’t allow this issue to

his gratitude to the

ward. Mark was about to visit Laura, and Cathy spoke

how others believe we make a great

gaze was icy

smirked, saying, “Cathy, you haven’t erased the memory of your fractured palm, have

let that memory

of Cecilia, Mark intentionally harmed Cathy’s hand,

Cathy had Laura. With this child, Mark would

his way to

was two years older than Edwin, bearing a resemblance

awake at the

as soft as a kitten’s purr, she gazed at Mark

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

eyes. Her countenance remained

another brief conversation with the doctor, his phone rang. The call came

it was Zoey calling

he got home, so he didn’t answer

that she had drifted off to sleep, and all

rose to

was lingering at the doorway, lost

a subdued tone, Mark suggested, “The Thomas family is wealthy. It might be beneficial for Laura to

into a slight smile. She knew he

Cathy were not acquaintances. Without uttering a word, he drove back

Cecilia and Edwin were

your son has developed appendicitis and has been taken to the

was left in

he dialed Cecilia’s phone number. Once she answered, he

into tears and engage in a heated argument

shared the location and then

utter

a wave of frustration engulfing him. At that moment, he was at a loss for

reasons, they couldn’t alter the fact that she was left alone to deal with

made his way to the

hospital ahead of him. Drenched in

“At last, you’re here.”

was ghostly as he paced

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lingered in

her head, making

one side, leaning on a