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.”

chin on one hand, looking at the embarrassed and uneasy Eleanor in the rear–view mirror. He reassured her gently, “It’s

her head against the car window, closing

warm air blowing,

at the entrance

Cedric said, “Ms. Shultz, we’re

and receiving no response

window, sound asleep, his eyes widened

this woman too naive? Could she just fall asleep so comfortably in a

he was a good

and motioned to

to the back seat, opened the car

you’re home.”

her eyes to see the darkness, and couldn’t make out

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

car.

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

“Ms. Shultz.”

stopped her and handed her an umbrella from the back seat, “It’s raining heavily outside,

umbrella, knew it was worth tens of hundreds, and was afraid she wouldn’t have a chance to return it to him. So, she gently refused, “Thank you, but it’s just

paused, seeming to see her thoughts through her eyes. He simply tossed her

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

please give me your contact information so I can find a time to

expression gradually