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…

estate, the assistant parked the car at the entrance, and Cedric quickly got out.

about to go inside the villa to look

stepped out of the

and well–proportioned, his body flawless.

an air of superiority, accompanied by

seeing such a Bernard, would feel a bit

Cedric approached Bernard.

“Bernard, you’re back?”

to ask Bernard where he had been since he had left Midnight Bar before him but

Bernard’s unhappy face, though, he didn’t dare

him and strode past

the hallway, saw him coming and quickly

his tie, handed it

poured some decanted red wine into them, and turned to give one to

“What’s up?”

be something he wanted to say if he was

face wasn’t

Ms. Shultz offend

seen the usually gentlemanly Bernard douse a

cold glance, “Don’t ask

he smiled, “Is

a mistress,

tonight, Cedric might never have known who that woman

him with

eyes,

“What do you

want to say?”

saw

targeting Eleanor so

originally planned to probe a little more,

smile, Cedric asked

When he

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