A Second Chance at Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard)

Chapter 680

tallic smell and almost buckled at the knees, but she steeled herself, pushed past the

Even though the door was only slightly opened the strong smell of blood still permeated out. Eleanor got one doctor and quickly entered

Aidyn and Caleb were cleaning up the blood on the floor and when they saw Eleanor barging in the two stopped in fright “M: Shultz?”

She didn’t leave?

Eleanors bright eyes moved past the blood on the floor and focused on the man lying in bed, airenity deep sleep

His strong sturdy back had been cleaned treated with medicine, but left unwapped, and the dense knife wounds could be seen at a glance. The sheets underneath him, perhaps not yet changed, were soaked in blood dripping onto the floor

Seeing the usually cold aloot, and untouchable man now weak ke a child, Eleanor panicked.

She staggered to the bedside, squatted down, and reached out a shaking hand wanting to much those wounds but fearing she might cause him pain

After some tentative a strokes, she placed her hand on his perfectly sculpted arm, ever so lightly touching him

Feeling the touch. Bernard woke up and instinctively grabbed her hand, even though he was still half asleep

“Bernard it’s me”

His eyes were foggy, but his ears were sharp. Hearing her voice, he immediately let go

His gaze was as cold as a hawks but softened considerably when he focused on her

“You didn’t leave?”

eyes open, and tears instantly fell

leave when you’re hurt

face

her, which was why he hadn’t told her

out and gently

“Hey don’t cry”

he was the one comforting

what he’d gone through, but she could imagine the pain he was in

pain made her so heartbroken that she dared not even touch him, afraid

“Is it painful

voice was nasal, making Bernard’s heart ache–not from his

It doesn’t

to Laurence

up getting injured and enduring pain, how could he not

was precisely because he was too strong, too indifferent to his own life,

idiot, risking your life for

said that Bernard loved her, loved her enough to risk

her this much because the was terrified he might one

so hard, Bernard was at a loss. All he could

my injures have nothing to do with you. There was some

him with tear–filled

hurt

could he hurt me?”

scoffed recalling something unpleasant, his eyes

had hurt him, but Bernard didn’t tell her, wanting to protect

and Eleanor didn’t want to push, but the horrifying knife wounds still made