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.

“However, that child belongs to

to my self-centered

Cecilia’s eyes grew wide.

shouldn’t let personal feelings interfere with

implored Cecilia to

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 what’s your plan? Will you use the visits to

words left Mark

considered

“Fine. I believe you.”

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

wait. If you can’t manage it, then

pained Cecilia deeply as she

one Cecilia had given

simple, yet if he couldn’t meet this

formed into tight

expression turned stormy, yet he kept his

me some time to sort it

to respond when his phone interrupted with

creased in annoyance, but he

was struck with severe pneumonia,

shirt and

“I’ll be right there.”

call, Mark said softly to Cecilia,

him with

Doesn’t that child have her grandparents? Mark, why do

vast enough for

would only bring her pain in

quiet moment, Mark admitted, “I owe Paul a

Cecilia to rest, promising

away from him, saying

Mark departed. Soon after, the sound of the car engine

rolled down Cecilia’s face.

She wouldn’t permit herself to weep

Restlessness kept her awake.

rose and dressed

the night, carrying with it a

at the glow of street lamps

lingered in that spot for

dwell on anything. Her mind was blank. Later, she made her way

frame adorned

picture displayed Edwin, Mark, and

on Mark’s shoulder, both beaming

burning sensation in

the frame face down, unable to look at

dawn. Midday obligations awaited her at work with appointments she had

reached the hospital during the late hours

Laura was undergoing surgery.

frail and anxious, lingered outside the operating room. Upon seeing Mark, she uttered with

paid no attention to

medical supervisor approached Mark

explained that the child had developed severe pneumonia due to a cold and advised the parents to be more

after he had completed his conversation

suggested, “You could leave Laura in the care of Paul’s

gaze held Mark

injured hand,

woman with a broken hand? Would

inevitability of this

constant presence

he lit a cigarette,

not about your broken hand. It’s about me

eyes held a burning

and Mark were a great fit, but he didn’t

had Laura, and that

silently, resembling worried parents. The doctor mistook Cathy for Mark’s wife and addressed her as

watch over her carefully in the future. We can’t allow this issue

gratitude to the

ward.

see how others believe we make a great

gaze was

erased the

certainly hadn’t let that

intentionally harmed

had Laura. With this child, Mark

way to

older than

awake at the

voice as soft as a kitten’s purr, she gazed at Mark and uttered, “Uncle

caressed her hair. In a soft and comforting tone, he assured her, “You’re safe.

Her countenance remained tranquil

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

calling to give

he got home, so he didn’t

off to sleep, and all her vital signs were within

to

was lingering at the

might be beneficial for

She knew he wanted her to head to

and Cathy were

Cecilia and Edwin were nowhere to be

your son has developed appendicitis and has been taken to

left in

answered, he inquired

into tears and engage in a heated argument with

composed manner, shared the location and then abruptly ended the

didn’t utter another

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

the fact that she was left

hurriedly made his

of him. Drenched in sweat, Peter approached as Mark

“At last, you’re here.”

as he paced

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lingered in

lighting was dim, and she bowed her head, making it difficult

stood to one side, leaning