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.

voice, saying, “However, that

self-centered desires back

Cecilia’s eyes grew wide.

let personal feelings interfere

implored Cecilia to

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

words left

considered such a

“Fine. I believe you.”

continued softly, “Could you refrain from getting involved in Cathy’s affairs from now on? Mark, I’m not as remarkable

and I don’t want to wait. If

words pained Cecilia deeply as she spoke

given her heart

if he couldn’t meet this request, she would let him

hands formed into tight

usually kind expression turned stormy, yet he kept his anger in

give me some time to

about to respond when

creased in annoyance,

that Laura was struck with severe pneumonia, her

shirt and spoke in

“I’ll be right there.”

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

with a serene

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

heart wasn’t vast enough

only bring her pain

moment, Mark admitted, “I owe Paul a big

changed his shirt and assured Cecilia to rest, promising to take her and Edwin back to Duefron tomorrow

turned away from him, saying

after, the sound of the

Cecilia’s face. She wept

innocence. She wouldn’t permit herself to weep for an extended

Restlessness kept her awake.

rose and dressed in

into the night, carrying

at the glow of street lamps

in that spot for quite

dwell on anything. Her mind was blank.

frame

displayed Edwin, Mark, and

hand on Mark’s shoulder, both beaming with reserved

a burning sensation in her

face down,

her at work with appointments she had pleaded to delay

during the late hours of the

Laura was undergoing surgery.

operating room. Upon seeing Mark, she

no attention to

Mark to

had developed severe pneumonia due to a cold and advised the parents to

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

leave Laura in the care of Paul’s parents. That way, you can embark on

gaze held

new family?” Lifting her injured hand, she asked,

want a woman with a broken hand? Would you want

the inevitability of

constant

lit a cigarette, his voice a

about your broken hand. It’s about me not

held a burning

she and Mark were a great fit, but he didn’t share the same

Laura, and that

The doctor mistook Cathy for Mark’s wife and addressed

We

gratitude to the

ward. Mark was about to visit Laura,

see how others believe we

gaze was icy and

you haven’t erased the memory of

certainly hadn’t let that

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

child, Mark would be shadowed

way to Laura’s

years older than Edwin, bearing a resemblance

awake at the

voice as soft as a kitten’s purr, she gazed

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

eyes. Her countenance remained

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

calling to

planned to explain once he got home, so he didn’t answer

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

rose to

was lingering at the doorway,

“The Thomas family is wealthy. It might be beneficial for Laura to live

a slight smile. She

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

and Edwin

has developed appendicitis and

was left in

delay, he dialed Cecilia’s phone number. Once she answered, he inquired with a raspy voice,

into tears and engage in a heated argument with

shared the location and then abruptly ended the

utter another

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

his reasons, they couldn’t alter the fact that she was left alone

his way

him. Drenched in sweat, Peter approached as Mark

“At last, you’re here.”

as he paced toward the operating

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in

she bowed her

side,