A Second Chance at Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard)

Chapter 10

Once she’d gotten everything ready, Josef sent his assistant Wyatt to pick her up.

Eleanor grabbed her bag and got into a Maybach.

She thought Wyatt would take her straight to Josef’s house, but to her surprise, he took her to a mall.

Several stylists and makeup artists surrounded her, putting her long wavy hair into an updo and applying a delicate makeup look.

She tried on a very expensive evening gown that seemed tailor–made for her, looking perfect without any flaws.

A diamond necklace worth tens of millions added to her elegance.

Looking at her gorgeous reflection in the mirror, she felt unfamiliar, like she was Sophie, not herself.

If Bernard saw her like this, he might think she was deliberately imitating Sophie.

She laughed mockingly, a bitter smile on her lips.

After the makeover, Wyatt quickly took her to the Midnight Bar.

in A City, where the rich and powerful came.

to get footage, so many wealthy people liked to

possibly wanting to rape

violated made her heart race like an

elevator approached the top floor, she steadied herself, clutching her bag tightly and following Wyatt

opened the

and ambiguous light flowed out, along

she thought Josef would prefer a bar–like atmosphere, but the decor here was high–end and classy. Even the music wasn’t deafening like in a

Eleanor stood at the door taking it all in, a strong hand suddenly

into his embrace, kissing her cheek, “Baby,

his touch but accidentally saw a man sitting on the

a white shirt, the collar

g firm

and long, slender fingers holding a wine

light, just like the sinister scarlet in the eyes that stared at her.

Bernard to be here, too–quite a surprise.

Bernard and Josef weren’t

Laurence Group, after all, controlled the whole A Country’s economic lifeline… while the Caporal Group was merely A

vastly different people would actually gather in such an

hadn’t called Bernard that day; she would