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 his

supported her aching head with one hand, coldly saying, “I talked to

was to blackmail Bernard with a video to

sounded confident, but only she knew that it was all lies to

to Bernard, and definitely wouldn’t threaten

along to use

got married safely, she’d go

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

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

on

to get married and then go find Josef to take him

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

gritted her teeth and said, “On the

“Geez!”

“Give me the video, and

with anxiety.

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

thought Eleanor made sense.