A Second Chance at Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard)

Chapter 1257

Yates realized she honestly didn’t have a clue, so he didn’t press further. He picked up his coffee, crossed his desk, settled into the chair, and then lifted his gaze to Eleanor sitting opposite him.

“I’m looking to build a mansion.”

Finally, they got down to brass tacks. Eleanor promptly took up her notebook and pen, ready to jot down details, “Please let me know your requests, Mr. Sharp.”

Yates started to describe from his memory to Eleanor…

“A white cottage, a garden full of tulips, a fish pond under the arch bridge with lots of little fish swimming, a backyard where fruit trees can be planted…”

Eleanor was a bit taken aback, having expected a complex commercial building design, only to find out it was a simple residential house.

“Mr. Sharp, any designer could handle this. Why me specifically?”

Plus, he wanted Eleanor personally.

his coffee again, taking a

love once told me that if we ever had a daughter, she’d want to build her a

“And your daughter…”

never had one.”

first love were still around, their daughter

thought, he couldn’t help but size up Eleanor again. The woman in front of him did bear

ask why he still wanted to build such a house, was it to make up for the regret? But then she thought, everyone has their story. Being an outsider, she only needed to design according to the

either. They sat in silence

Yates, I’ll go get Mr. Peterson and he can show me the construction site. I won’t

handle such trifles, there’s no need for Yates to personally intervene. But Yates stopped her, “The site

there.”

aback, not expecting

several lawns, and

pointed to the wasteland, telling Eleanor the style and square footage he wanted,