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

Cecilia’s eyes grew wide.

shouldn’t let personal feelings interfere with

Cecilia to stay

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

words left Mark somewhat

considered such

“Fine. I believe you.”

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

want to wait. If you can’t manage it,

pained Cecilia deeply as she

Cecilia had given her heart to

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

hands formed into

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

time to

to respond when his phone interrupted with

in annoyance, but he took the

voice came through, explaining that Laura was struck with severe pneumonia, her temperature soaring to 40 degrees,

shirt and spoke in

“I’ll be right there.”

to Cecilia, “I’ll head there

him with a serene

that child have her grandparents? Mark, why

wasn’t vast enough

bring her pain in

quiet moment, Mark admitted,

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

away from

her silence, Mark departed. Soon after, the sound

down Cecilia’s face. She

beyond her innocence. She wouldn’t

Restlessness kept her awake.

rose and dressed

night, carrying with

at the glow of street

spot

didn’t dwell on anything. Her mind was blank. Later, she made her way to

frame adorned

displayed Edwin, Mark,

hand on Mark’s shoulder, both beaming

felt a burning sensation

quickly flipped the frame face down, unable to look at

her at work with appointments she had pleaded

hospital during the

Laura was undergoing surgery.

and anxious, lingered outside the operating room. Upon seeing Mark, she uttered with uncertainty, “Will Laura

no attention to

a medical supervisor approached Mark to brief him on

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

had completed his conversation with

the care of Paul’s

gaze held Mark

family?” Lifting her injured hand, she asked, “Mark,

would want a woman with a broken hand? Would you want

the inevitability

constant

lit a cigarette, his voice

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

eyes held a burning

Mark were a great fit, but he

had Laura, and that

arguing with Mark and instead waited silently, resembling worried parents. The doctor mistook Cathy

future. We can’t allow this issue to happen again, especially since the child is still so

offered his gratitude to

VIP ward. Mark

others believe

was

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

hadn’t let

intentionally harmed

had Laura. With this child, Mark would

made his way to

older than

awake at the crack of

a kitten’s purr, she gazed at Mark

hair. In a soft and comforting tone, he assured

her eyes. Her countenance remained tranquil and

doctor, his phone rang. The call came from the

guessed it was Zoey calling to give him an

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

that she had drifted off to sleep, and all

to his

lingering at the doorway, lost in

Mark suggested, “The Thomas family is wealthy. It might be beneficial for Laura to live with Paul’s parents. Take some time

into a slight smile. She knew he

and Cathy were not

arrival, Cecilia and Edwin were nowhere

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

left

answered, he

to burst into tears and engage in a heated

composed manner, shared the

utter another

wave of frustration engulfing him. At that moment, he was at a loss for words, unsure how to explain things

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

his way to

ahead of him.

“At last, you’re here.”

was ghostly as he paced toward the

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in

her head, making it difficult to discern

one side,