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;

up in bed and supported her aching head with one hand, coldly saying, “I talked to

escape was to blackmail Bernard with a video to

only she knew that it

to Bernard, and definitely wouldn’t threaten Bernard to

all along to use this excuse to stall

married safely, she’d go find Josef and take

trade her life for Hailey’s peace for the rest of her

on the 10th of next month; when is he going to

was on the 9th of next

Hailey to get married and

time was so tight that Josef wouldn’t let her stall

said, “On the 9th of next month, he’ll give me a

“Geez!”

video, and I’ll talk

panicked for a moment, her palms sweating with anxiety. Fortunately, she reacted quickly, steadied herself,

show him this video, it will only enrage him even more. At that time, you’ll not only completely offend him, but also risk losing the

thought Eleanor made