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.

saying, “However, that child

my self-centered desires

Cecilia’s eyes grew wide.

you shouldn’t let personal feelings interfere

Cecilia

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 the child to establish an ambiguous relationship with Cathy and create a separate family

words left Mark somewhat

have never considered such a

“Fine. I believe you.”

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

to wait. If you can’t manage it, then we…

words pained Cecilia deeply as she spoke

was the one Cecilia had given her heart to for

asked was simple, yet if he couldn’t

hands formed

stormy, yet he kept

some time to

when his phone

in annoyance,

with severe

shirt and spoke in a hushed

“I’ll be right there.”

the call, Mark said softly to Cecilia, “I’ll head there

him with

child belongs to Cathy. Doesn’t that child have

vast enough for

bring her pain in the

a quiet moment, Mark admitted,

rest, promising to take her and Edwin back

turned away from

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

Cecilia’s face. She wept

beyond her innocence. She wouldn’t permit herself to

Restlessness kept her awake.

rose and dressed

into the night, carrying with it

paused by the window, peering at the glow of street

spot for

blank. Later, she made her way to

flower-shaped frame adorned the

picture displayed Edwin, Mark,

on Mark’s shoulder, both

felt a burning sensation in

the frame face down, unable to look

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

during the late hours of

Laura was undergoing surgery.

outside the operating room. Upon seeing

no attention to

a medical supervisor approached Mark to brief him on

a cold and advised the parents to be more attentive to the

only after he had completed his

could leave Laura in the care of Paul’s parents. That

held Mark

her injured hand, she asked, “Mark, be

a broken

inevitability of

from Cathy’s constant presence was wearing

he lit a cigarette, his voice

you. It’s not about your broken hand. It’s about me not having

eyes held

believed she and Mark were a great fit, but

had Laura, and that

Mark and instead waited silently, resembling worried parents. The doctor mistook Cathy for Mark’s wife and

danger. You must watch over her carefully in the future. We can’t allow this issue to happen again, especially since the child is still so

his gratitude to

to the VIP ward. Mark was about

see how others believe we make a great

was icy

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

let that memory

harmed Cathy’s

this child, Mark would be shadowed by

way to Laura’s

than

stirred awake at the crack

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

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

her eyes. Her countenance

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

guessed it was Zoey calling to give

he got home, so he didn’t

again, he discovered that she had drifted off to sleep, and all

to his

was lingering at the doorway, lost

It might be beneficial for Laura to

lips curled into a slight smile. She knew he wanted her to head to

Laura. He and Cathy were not

his arrival, Cecilia and Edwin were nowhere

“Sir, your son has developed appendicitis

was left

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

burst into tears and engage

shared the location and then abruptly ended

utter

him. At that moment, he was at a

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

made his

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

“At last, you’re here.”

complexion was ghostly as he paced

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in the

dim, and she bowed her head, making it difficult to discern

to one side, leaning on