A Second Chance at Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard)

Chapter 27

In the deep slumber, the cellphone suddenly kept buzzing non–stop.

She tiredly opened her eyes, forced herself to wake up and picked up the phone.

“Baby.”

Josef’s voice came from the other side, “You said you had a high fever last night. How are you now?”

Eleanor’s spirits lifted slightly at the sound of his voice.

She found Josef bizarre. He always just wanted to possess her, but now he suddenly cared about her health?

Text messages and phone calls – could it be that he knew she was near death and wanted to let her off the hook?

Eleanor’s mind raced, but she acted nonchalant and replied, “I’m better now.”

“Good to know.”

Josef said perfunctorily, then eagerly asked, “Why did you call me? Did that thing work out?”

course Josef wouldn’t care about her health; this was his true

supported her aching head with one hand, coldly saying,

blackmail Bernard with a video to get the

knew that

wouldn’t talk to Bernard, and definitely wouldn’t threaten

planned all along to use

she’d go

Hailey’s peace for the

clearly getting impatient, “The bidding is on the 10th of next month; when is he going to consider it?”

frowned. Hailey’s wedding was on

for Hailey to get married and then go find Josef

was on the 10th, and time was so tight that Josef wouldn’t let

her teeth and said, “On the 9th of next month, he’ll give

“Geez!”

a few times, “Give me the video, and I’ll talk to

anxiety. Fortunately, she

made him quite unhappy with you. If you personally show him this video, it will only enrage him even more. At that time,

and thought Eleanor made sense.