A Second Chance at Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard)

Chapter 1059

The area was as dark as a crypt, with only the weak glow of a distant streetlight casting an eerie light on the overgrown bramble bush in front, exposing a large indentation in the earth

Cedric stepped towards the brambles, bending over, his hands shaking as he pushed aside the prickly foliage

The sight that met him – Hailey, lying on the ground, her clothes torn, her body smeared with blood–shocked him to his core

He’d never experienced such terror before. It was as if his blood had suddenly frozen in his veins

His heart pounded against his chest, feeling as though it had been dropped into an abyss, the sheer dread robbing him of breath.

He tried to speak, to say something to Hailey, but the words refused to leave his throat.

It was as if someone had clenched his throat in a vice. All he could do was extend a shaky hand to touch Hailey’s icy face

At his touch, Hailey flinched. She tried to move but found she couldn’t

Her tears mixed with the blood, trickling from the corner of her eyes

‘Please, don’t touch me please

Hearing her plea, Cedric’s heart ached so much he could hardly breathe

“Hailey, it’s me!

voice stopped Hailey in her tracks

towards him, slowly lifting her

she could hardly make

matter who you are, don’t touch me…

Hailey’s words, Cedric’s eyes welled up with

it’s me,

Cedric

it’s you, Cedric

why I don’t want you to see me like this.

him to see her in this

was covered not just in blood, but also in cuts and scrapes

injuries, Cedric crouched down,

the blood on her neck, and buried his head in her shoulder.

don’t be afraid, I’ll take

holding her tenderly,

see her like this, but she was too exhausted to

clutching, and buried her head

enjoy this

off his coat and wrapped it around her, then picked her up.

in his

Cedric’s foot,

an ambulance I cant hold