A Second Chance at Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard)

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…

the assistant parked the car at the entrance, and Cedric quickly got

the villa to look

out of the

tall and well–proportioned,

entire demeanor exuded an air of superiority, accompanied by a

Cedric, seeing such a Bernard, would feel a bit

mood, Cedric approached Bernard.

“Bernard, you’re back?”

had been since he

unhappy face, though, he

and strode past

the hallway, saw him coming and quickly

untied his tie, handed it to the maid, and walked

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

“What’s up?”

villa, so there must be something he wanted to say if he was here this late.

him and saw his face wasn’t as bad as before, so he boldly

Shultz offend you

Cedric had seen the usually gentlemanly Bernard douse a woman with alcohol.

cold glance,

he smiled, “Is she

cousin had a mistress,

it hadn’t 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 so

planned to probe a little more,

smile, Cedric asked seriously:

When he