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 purpose.

coldly saying, “I talked to Mr.

to blackmail Bernard with a video to get the

confident, but only she knew that it was all lies to deceive Josef.

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

had planned all along to use this excuse to stall

she’d go

she would trade her life for Hailey’s peace for the rest of her life.

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

Hailey’s wedding was on the 9th

wait for Hailey to get married and then go find Josef to

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

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

“Geez!”

few times, “Give me the video,

with anxiety. Fortunately,

Caporal, threatening Mr. Laurence to get the project for you in this way has already made him quite unhappy with you. If you personally show him this video, it will only enrage him even

and thought Eleanor made sense.