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, that

my self-centered desires

Cecilia’s eyes grew wide.

let personal feelings

implored Cecilia to stay

child as an excuse to let Cathy stay in Czanch, and what’s your plan? Will you use the visits

unkind words left Mark

never considered

“Fine. I believe you.”

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

and I don’t want to wait.

Cecilia deeply as she

had given her heart to for so

she asked was simple, yet if he couldn’t meet this request, she

hands formed into tight

yet he kept his anger in

some time to

about to respond when

brow creased in annoyance, but he

was struck with severe pneumonia, her temperature soaring to 40 degrees, causing

his shirt and spoke

“I’ll be right there.”

softly to Cecilia, “I’ll

with a serene

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

vast

only bring her pain in the

Mark admitted, “I owe Paul a

changed his shirt and assured Cecilia to rest, promising

turned away from him,

her silence, Mark departed. Soon after, the sound of the car engine echoed from the

down Cecilia’s face. She wept

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

Restlessness kept her awake.

and dressed in a

early spring crept into the night, carrying with it

window, peering at the glow of street lamps piercing

spot for

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

flower-shaped frame

picture displayed Edwin,

his hand on Mark’s shoulder, both beaming with

a burning sensation in

quickly flipped the frame face down,

she packed up her belongings, resolving to return to Duefron with Edwin by dawn. Midday obligations awaited her at work with

the hospital during the late hours of

Laura was undergoing surgery.

the operating room. Upon

paid no attention

supervisor approached Mark to brief him on

pneumonia due to a cold and advised the parents

had completed

leave Laura in the care of Paul’s

held Mark

family?” Lifting her injured hand,

a broken hand? Would

the inevitability

constant presence was

lit

not about your broken hand. It’s about

held a burning

were a great fit,

she had Laura, and

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

We can’t

offered his gratitude

the VIP ward. Mark was about to visit Laura, and Cathy

see how others believe

was

erased the memory of your

hadn’t let that memory

intentionally harmed Cathy’s

Cathy had Laura. With this child, Mark would be shadowed by

way to

years older than Edwin, bearing a resemblance to

awake at the crack

with a voice as soft as a kitten’s purr,

he assured her, “You’re safe. Laura, you’ll

shut her eyes. Her countenance remained tranquil

phone rang. The call came

calling

to explain once he got

again, he discovered that she had drifted off to sleep, and all her vital signs were within

to

at the doorway, lost in

Mark suggested, “The Thomas family is wealthy. It might be beneficial for

curled into a slight smile. She

sole concern was for Laura. He and Cathy were not acquaintances. Without uttering a

Cecilia and Edwin were nowhere to

informed, “Sir, your son has developed

was left in

number. Once she answered, he inquired with a raspy voice,

and engage in a

shared the location and then abruptly

didn’t utter

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

of his reasons, they couldn’t alter the fact that she

made his way to

hospital ahead of him. Drenched in sweat, Peter approached as Mark

“At last, you’re here.”

ghostly as he paced toward the

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in

she bowed her head, making it difficult to

side, leaning on