And what was he doing now?
She was merely meeting new people and talking to them, while he was in close quarters with another woman.
Mark’s cards clattered to the floor as he sprinted after Cecilia. A flustered Charlie attempted an apology.
“I’m sorry, Mark. I meant well, but it just backfired. I never anticipated Flora would be so impulsive.”
Mark brushed past Charlie, focused solely on Cecilia.
Flora’s complexion shifted between pale and flushed.
They had been friends for years and occasionally joked around Like this.
Flora knew there was no real intimacy between her and Mark.
Realizing Cecilia had misinterpreted the situation, Flora resolved to clarify things on Mark’s behalf at a later time.
Mark, meanwhile, hastened to catch up with Cecilia just as she reached the door.
As she was about to open her car door, Mark grasped her arm.
With a determined pull, he drew Cecilia into his embrace.
Cecilia resisted, her fists lightly beating against his chest.
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“Release me, Mark. Please.”
But Mark held on.
Employing all his strength, he enveloped her in his arms.
He sought her gaze, but she evasively turned away. Her voice was a soft plea.
“Please, don’t create a scene. Release me.”
With one hand securing her, Mark used the other to gently tilt her chin.
He compelled her to face him.
His voice was low and raspy, betraying his emotion.
“You claimed you didn’t want to reconcile, that we were finished. Why, then, do tears fall seeing me with another? Have you not ceased to care, Cecilia?”
“Quit taunting me. I avoid your gaze solely to spare my sight,” she countered sharply.
Yet, she averted her eyes, cheeks flushed in mortification.
Despite her bravado, tears coursed down her cheeks.
The exchange, achingly reminiscent of times past, unsettled her.
Despite her reluctance to relent and her inability to break free, their confrontation drew attention at the club entrance.
Given her status, she was acutely aware of the public’s eyes on them.
Collecting herself, she managed, “There’s no point in mutual recriminations. Release me. Return to your companions; they await your presence.”
“Is your indifference genuine?” Mark sought confirmation.
Her nod was resolute.
He persisted, “Understand, Flora is married. She holds no special place in my life.”
This revelation only heightened Cecilia’s distress. Her voice trembling, she asserted, “Your liaisons are not my concern.”
With a forceful shove, she freed herself, climbed into her car, and left without a backward glance.
Mark, fraught with worry, rapped gently on the window.
“Take care on the road. We’ll converse on this anon.”
As she drove off, Charlie emerged, just in time to observe her retreat.
He brushed his lips, musing aloud, “Her temper remains as fiery as ever. Mark, is such vivacity common among the youth?”
His smile was laced with suggestive undertones.
Mark’s only reaction was a fleeting glance as he produced a lighter from his confines.
He toyed with the device, lost in thought.
Eventually, his words were barely audible.
“My affection for her leaves no room for others.”
Charlie, somewhat disconcerted, confessed, “Your romantic inclinations are a revelation.”
That night, Mark reached out to Rena.
“Cecilia might seek your company. Please, be there for her. Indeed, I’m the cause of her distress.”
As Mark hung up the phone, Charlie leaned over and patted his shoulder.
“I’m really sorry. What if I ask Cecilia out some other day? Then perhaps you can explain things to her?”
Mark craned his neck upwards and stared at the night sky.
It was a picturesque scene, with stars dotting the heavens.
But even so, Mark thought that Cecilia was much more beautiful than this.
He returned to the room to get his jacket and car keys. As he was about to leave, Charlie and the others anxiously asked him to stay.
“Play a Little longer!” they pleaded.
Mark flashed them a faint smile.
“Cecilia is still mad at me,” he explained.
“I can’t leave her alone.”
Charlie burst into laughter and slapped the back of Mark’s shoulder.
“Make sure to take care of her, okay? After all, she did give birth to two children for you.”
Upon hearing this, Mark’s smile faded a little.
When he left, he didn’t even glance at Flora.
her heart. To her, Mark was the man she longed for the most. So, for him to leave without even acknowledging her made her
to the table and put down the cards, causing a soft
said, “People’s feelings
meant for each other. Besides, Mark is a complicated man. A woman like Cecilia
this, Flora’s
course she knew that, but knowing it
expected by Mark, Cecilia had gone to Waylen
of
freshly bloomed
them. She even almost broke
time, Alexis didn’t want
claimed that her head had
Cecilia, she ran to her and
Great-uncle Mark make you angry?” she asked
child to expose her like that was more
Rena spanked
just gone downstairs from the second
home, he always
stared at his sister from above with a scrutinizing
couldn’t bear the serious look
to Cecilia,” she said softly to
take care of the
her,” Waylen insisted as
Waylen ever since
his face made her purse her lips and turn to
Rena was just as
Even the slightest inconvenience or offense
other choice, Cecilia followed Waylen
is so awesome!” Alexis
turn his head. However, instead of looking
smile formed
Rena
Alexis didn’t listen to
thought that what she
Waylen asked Cecilia to sit on the sofa while he went
known about
heard what had happened tonight from Rena after
about it, he felt both
glass of water and slid it towards Cecilia. Then, he sat down and leaned back, asking casually,
lips and
“I’m not,” she denied.
his eyes and took a good look at
then why are your nose and eyes red? I don’t
more Waylen talked like this, the redder
were siblings, they were very comfortable talking honestly with
answered, her voice almost sounding like a
just remember a lot of
days, Mark had
a while, it made
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she
Ever since she broke up with Mark, he had the
an inexplicable sadness burgeoned
sofa as she let out
like him, don’t you?”
“Waylen…”
her a warm
don’t see any reason for the two of you to get back together. That’s why for the past few months, we have never put in a good word for Mark. But Cecilia, if you need
no
would only lose her mind like this if
the pros and cons to avoid doing something that
didn’t know
he was petting a small
Rena. You’re not even as good as Alexis. I mean, she brought home with her such a proud boy Like
her head in
placed his
Don’t do it because others tell you to do it. Do it because it is what you want for
while before adding, “I thought among everyone,
So what?” Waylen replied with
like him, that’s all that
soon as he said that, the
in with a fruit plate and happened to see the intimate
Waylen a look, which he responded
plate and
is here. He wants to see
Cecilia
she had not yet
ahead and meet
always feel
deep breath and braced herself before heading
was supposed to follow but Waylen
locked the
his hands on the back of the sofa behind Rena. In
jealous just now?” he teased
was about
as she said, “Yes, I was jealous. How
out
asleep, he would’ve taken her at the spot and pounded her until
a while, he pulled
buried her face in
could feel the warmth of his skin against her cheek. Up close,
very masculine about it that she couldn’t help but caress his neck
body. This woman really wasn’t afraid of
had just arrived, with Alexis
water and
him, she reminded Mark a
Alexis to sit beside him. As he did, he couldn’t help but muss Alexis’ hair lovingly. When Cecilia went
how he had looked in the club. Now, he didn’t look like someone who would do the things
heard footsteps nearby, he looked up and
Their eyes met.
was a calmness between them, absent of the tumultuous feelings that had characterized
home, Cecilia didn’t want
drive here?” she
Mark nodded.
cast her eyes downwards and said, “I’ll take your
Without hesitation, Mark agreed.
he stood up, Alexis’ hands were
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