A Second Chance at Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard)

Chapter 129

7 don’t quite know how you feel about Ms. Shultz…”

With concern about her potential analytical mistake, Liana summoned the courage to ask.

If Bernard doesn’t care about Eleanor, then Liana’s keeping the lie about her illness is understandable. But if Bernard genuinely cares about Eleanor, then he will likely blame Liana when he discovers the truth. Liana hoped to get a clear answer from Bernard, so it could help her decide whether to tell him the truth. While Liana was racking her brain, Bernard put down his phone and raised his glass for a sip of wine. His demeanor suggested to Liana that he might not care about Eleanor as much as she thought.

“To me, she’s just someone to satisfy my physical needs.”

Bernard’s answer hinted to Liana that his concern went no further than that.

So, Liana finally understood how Bernard thought of Eleanor.

She’d assumed, because of how he rushed to take Eleanor to the hospital and then brought her back home for care, that he liked her to some extent.

Turns out it was just a matter of meeting his physical need.

That’s probably why he hadn’t switched a sex partner in five years, she thought.

Eleanor was the woman by Bernard’s side; she

that Bernard’s reluctance to change partners in all this time was because he genuinely liked

might care more about

with severe obsessions. Once he found a woman who he

the door half opened, sounds from the conversation outside

face as she became acutely aware of

that she had even been moved by his occasional kind gestures in the past. She felt

had kept her emotions for him in check with rationality.

Eleanor raised her right hand and adjusted the drip speed on the IV bag, believing that a faster

working until the butler, Bryson, brought

aside, looked up at

then realized that Mr. Laurence wanted to

quickly handed the tray over, cautioning, “Mr. Laurence, be careful not to

and carried the

closed her eyes and pretended to be

room, he noticed Eleanor’s closed eyes but also saw that her eyelids were slightly quivering. He knew she was faking sleep. His usually cold