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.”

and sent a message to all the operatives: no one was to speak of the

who, miles away in his office, furrowed his brow at the cryptic

lab, resuming his imposing

what’s your decision?”

response. Yates wasn’t in a hurry; he settled back into a couch, patiently waiting for an

answer.

the promise of unlimited freedom 1-1 had initially offered. The offer might seem to favor Bernard, but the

the cutthroat business world for years, and now he faced a formidable opponent. A sardonic smile played on his lips, like a soulless vessel, hollowly

have a

but without the Siren Organization, she

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

urge to ask him what Eleanor’s misfortunes had to do with the

score to settle, and

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

your terms, then take off that

tell you everything she knows when she arrives tomorrow. Let her

if he couldn’t hide the fact that he was the founder of

tomorrow.

not one to act against his own interests, so today’s negotiation did not involve revealing

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