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?”

thought, of course Josef wouldn’t care about her health; this was

with one hand, coldly saying,

day to escape was to blackmail Bernard with a video to get

confident, but only she knew that it was all lies

didn’t have the video, wouldn’t talk to Bernard, and definitely wouldn’t threaten

planned all along to use this excuse to stall

safely, she’d go find Josef and take

her life for Hailey’s peace for the

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

Hailey’s wedding was on the 9th of

Hailey to get married

10th, and time was so tight that Josef wouldn’t let her stall until that day.

for a while, Eleanor gritted her teeth and said, “On the 9th of next month, he’ll give me a definite

“Geez!”

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

sweating with anxiety. Fortunately, she

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 more. At that time, you’ll not only

thought Eleanor