A Second Chance at Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard)

Chapter 1240

Robin’s deep, melancholy eyes landed on Bernard, then drifted to Eleanor standing beside him. As Eleanor lifted her head to look at him, their eyes met. Robin quickly averted his gaze.

Bernard, holding Eleanor’s hand, noticed Robin’s sneaky glances at his wife. Subconsciously, he let go of Eleanor’s hand and wrapped his arm tightly around her waist instead, then tilted his head slightly, looking at Robin with disdain.

Feeling Bernard’s glare, Robin clenched his fists and turned to Caleb beside him. Caleb caught his signal and stepped in to clear the air. “Mr. Laurence, Robin says Eleanor is also part of the Pine family. Her sister’s getting married, so of course they had to come and bring a gift. So, I brought these two.”

– After explaining, Caleb flashed a big smile, awkwardly grinning at Bernard and Eleanor. His facial expression and eyes hinted that he was bullshitting. In

reality, Robin and Elbert had tagged along because they heard Caleb was bringing Katharine to the wedding!

Bernard didn’t feel like dealing with their nonsense and wanted to take Eleanor away. But they were guests, and Eleanor didn’t want to make it awkward. “The bride and groom are in the lounge,” she said. “Caleb, why don’t you take them in…”

took Katharine’s hand, turning to the

or coaxing him with kind words. He

he passed Bernard, he deliberately bumped into his shoulder. But instead of knocking Bernard aside, he

him with a smirk. “Mr. Spencer,” he said. “If you’re not feeling well,

to retort, he noticed Eleanor staring at his waist. Her gaze seemed to

of

shook off Bernard’s hand, raised a finger, pointed at Bernard with gritted teeth, then stormed off

a bouquet of flowers to Eleanor. “Eleanor, it’s

and thanked him for the

with a smile,

gave Bernard, who was looking rather glum, a provocative glance. “Eleanor, if you like the flowers I gave you, can I send you a bouquet