A Second Chance at Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard)

Chapter 22

Eleanor stole a glance at Cedric sitting in the passenger seat.

Seeing him focused on looking out the window, the embarrassment in the her heart gradually eased.

She held a tissue, bowing her head and silently cleaning the rainwater off her body.

Cedric looked in the rear–view mirror at the thin figure in the back seat.

In such cold weather, she didn’t even have a coat on, and was out in the rain trying to hail a cab. Cedric was quite curious.

“Ms. Shultz, why didn’t Mr. Caporal give you a ride home?”

Hearing the name Mr. Caporal, Eleanor furrowed her brows in confusion. It took her a moment to remember that she was currently Josef’s “girlfriend“.

She clenched the tissue in her hand and lied, “We had a fight, and he just left me by the road.”

Cedric nodded, “I see.”

Seeing her shivering from the cold, he raised the car’s heating without asking further.

The sudden increase in temperature inside the car gradually warmed Eleanor’s icy, stiff body.

She glanced at Cedric gratefully, then carefully explained, “I actually wanted to take a taxi, but my phone was out of power, and the nearby shops were closed. I had no place to wait out of the rain, so I stood by the road. Sorry to trouble you.”

rested his chin on one hand, looking at the embarrassed and uneasy Eleanor in the rear–view mirror. He reassured her gently,

and leaned her head against the car window,

air blowing,

after, the car stopped at the entrance of her residential

said, “Ms. Shultz, we’re here.”

a while and receiving no response from

sound asleep, his eyes widened

naive? Could she just fall asleep so comfortably in a

he was a

and motioned to his

up, went to the back seat, opened

you’re home.”

up with difficulty, opened her eyes to see the darkness, and couldn’t make out anything

condition, but luckily, her mind was still clear, and she remembered

car.

him again, then pushed the door open and got out.

“Ms. Shultz.”

her an umbrella from the back seat, “It’s raining heavily outside, take this

the logo on the umbrella, knew it was worth tens of hundreds, and was afraid she wouldn’t have a chance to return it to him.

paused, seeming to see her thoughts through her eyes. He simply tossed her the umbrella, “you

hesitated, but seeing Cedric’s assertive look, she had to accept it.

so I

Cedric’s expression gradually became disdainful, “I