A Second Chance at Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard)

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Chapter 1381

Bernard couldn’t help but let out a bitter chuckle; he felt like he was a pawn in some sick cosmic game. His laugh, paired with the bloodshot look in his eyes, didn’t seem to faze Yates.

“I will give you ten minutes to think it over,” Yates said, then turned on his heel and left the sterile, white lab, his entourage of suited goons trailing behind

him.

Only Peterson lingered, waiting until Yates and the others had left before leaning in to whisper to Bernard, “Just play along for now, and once you’re out, you can explain everything to her.”

“Boy, do you think I’m deaf?” Yates’ menacing voice came from outside the door, making Peterson clamp his mouth shut and quickly step out of the lab.

Yates removed his mask, revealing eyes that simmered with malice, as he glared at Peterson.

“You’ve just earned yourself another twenty lashes,” he ordered coldly.

Peterson, slightly afraid of his grandfather, nodded his head in resignation and murmured, “Yes, sir.”

Yates looked away, directing the others.

“No.3, head to the control room and initiate the program; I’ll need it later.”

“The rest of you, secure the chip in the mobile unit, and then destroy the chip lab.”

Yates pulled out his phone and sent a message to all the operatives: no one was to speak of the chip or Bernard’s ordeal

office, furrowed his brow at the

returned to the lab, resuming his imposing stance

your

eyelashes quivered slightly, but he offered no other response. Yates wasn’t in a hurry;

answer.

was to accept the deal, contradictory as it seemed to the promise of unlimited freedom 1-1 had initially offered. The offer might seem to favor Bernard, but the true beneficiary was

cutthroat business world for years, and now he faced a formidable opponent. A sardonic smile

have a grandfather

the Siren Organization, she wouldn’t have faced

Siren Organization. If she hadn’t been killed, Eleanor’s mother wouldn’t have remarried to Cameron, and Eleanor and her sisters would’ve been

to ask him what Eleanor’s misfortunes had to do with the Siren Organization. But just as

settle, and whatever

icy, layered with hatred enough to burn through his protective suit. But being in a position of weakness, he reigned in his

me to agree to your terms, then take

tell you everything she knows when she

was the founder of Area Opaca, letting Bernard know his identity prematurely would surely alert

tomorrow.

so today’s negotiation did not involve revealing his identity

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