A Second Chance at Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard)

Chapter 1278

Scott nodded, assuring her to stay home and wait for Bernard’s return. Nina, always understanding, said, “I’ll wait here for Uncle Bernard. He promised to see me grow up.”

Children are easy to lie to, but Scott couldn’t lie to himself. He raised his eyes to the setting sun, hoping that like the sun, Mr. Law would rise again after his disappearance.

As he sat with the child, waiting for the person inside the house to emerge, a car pulled up. Bryson, the gatekeeper, startled from his reverie at the sound of the horn. Propping up his aging body, he peered at the person in the car. Recognizing who it was, Bryson, with trembling hands, pressed the button to open the gate.

Today was a special day. Eleanor had given the staff the day off, but Bryson, having been with Bernard for so long, was considered more family than employee and had taken over the gatekeeper’s duties.

Like Scott, Bryson had guessed that Bernard was gone, but he clung to Bernard’s final words, to care for Eleanor at all costs, not to let her come to any harm.

So, even though his heart was filled with grief, enough to affect his aging body, Bryson stayed at Fiord Roundabout, silently accompanying the remaining lady of

the house.

The car sped through the garden and stopped abruptly outside the castle. The passenger door swung open and Aidyn, clad in black, quickly got out of the car.

“Scott!” Aidyn, his face pale with anger, stormed over to Scott, grabbed his collar, and hauled him up from his seat.

“Why didn’t you tell me earlier that Mr. Laurence was going to the Area Opaca?!”

trip to Area Opaca. He only knew that Bernard was going on a business trip to North Funland, so he assumed

risk, and you kept it from me for

earlier, he would have gone

his eyes red with rage, stared back at Aidyn, “What good would it do if you went, you’d

least there would be one more person to protect Mr. Laurencel®

escaping his lips,”If Caleb couldn’t

Organization, just Bernard’s assistant. Did he think he could change anything by going?

a punch square on Scott’s

may not be as good as Caleb, but

ignited by these words, swung back, and

as the two men throwing punches at each other. Gathering her courage, she

scream of a child brought the two brawling men to a halt. Both, exhausted

bruised men sat on the grass, their backs to the setting sun, heads hanging

finally spoke, “Your wife is pregnant, so he didn’t

body stiffened, and a wave of grief washed over him, “Mr. Laurence left us behind to protect us.”

in doing so, Mr. Laurence could never

look at Aidyn, whose mouth

Mr. Law, the leader of the