Chapter 20

The check was kinda hard, so it hurt when it scraped against her face.

She stood still for a few seconds, then bent down silently to pick up the check.

When she saw the amount on it, the bitterness in her mouth deepened.

Five years for five billion. Well worth it.

Five years ago, she really needed the money.

But now, she didn’t.

Eleanor calmly placed the check back on

the car.

“Mr. Laurence, you are really loaded. But if I take your money, I can’t marry into the Caporal family with a clear conscience.”

What she meant was, compared to Ms. Caporal’s position, this five billion was peanuts.

Taking his money, on the other hand, would impact her chances of marrying into wealth.

It wasn’t until this moment that Bernard understood the reason she didn’t want a cent from him she had plans to marry into high

society.

All the doubts in his heart disappeared. When he looked at her again, he saw a stranger, emotionless.

“Eleanor, from now on, never appear before me again.”

Eleanor just shrugged and chuckled, “Don’t worry, I won’t.”

She never had the chance to appear before him again because there was no future for her.

Her deep love for him would also be buried in the grave with time, no one would ever know…

parked the car at

look for Bernard

man stepped out of

tall and well–proportioned,

exuded an air of superiority, accompanied by a potent oppressive force that deterred people from approaching.

feel

mood, Cedric

“Bernard, you’re back?”

since he had left Midnight Bar before him but

face, though, he didn’t dare

strode past

who had already been waiting in the hallway, saw him coming and quickly

jacket, untied his tie, handed it to

some decanted red wine into them,

“What’s up?”

be something he

eyed him and saw his face wasn’t as bad as

Ms. Shultz offend you

was the first time Cedric had seen the usually gentlemanly Bernard douse a

shot him a cold glance, “Don’t ask

scolded. Instead, he smiled, “Is

had a mistress, but he’d

been for his unusual behavior tonight, Cedric might never have known who that woman

looked at him

eyes,

“What do you

want to say?”

saw

targeting Eleanor

had originally planned to probe a little

smile, Cedric asked seriously:

When he

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