A Second Chance at Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard)

Chapter 1388

His eyes sparkled like distant stars, shrouded by a nebulous veil that obscured the profound depths within.

She couldn’t quite discern what Bernard was thinking, but his words were suffocating. Eleanor couldn’t bear to hear them. At the sound, a sourness tingled at the tip of her nose, and her eyes reddened, unable to hold back the tears.

“Why? Is it because of Sophie threatening you again?”

Just like the last time, using her life to threaten Bernard, leaving him no choice but to push her away. But this time was different.

“I will deal with Sophie as the leader of the Area Opaca, so you don’t have to worry about that.”

Her voice, resolute in its protection of him, was a warm embrace to Bernard’s ears, yet it also filled him with a deep sense of unworthiness.

“Eleanor, this time, Sophie hasn’t threatened me. It’s me… I want a divorce.”

Eleanor stood frozen, heart heavy and nose sour, both sensations pricking at her eyes until the tears fell like pearls slipping off a broken string, “Why?”

were no threats against him. Why, then, did Bernard still want

they wiped her tears, “Eleanor, it’s hard being

her tenderly. But his next words were anything but gentle, “Caleb died here because of me. Many

was slicing through his throat, inch by painful inch.

“Let’s separate, okay?”

barely able to believe that the word “separate” had

him. She left with dignity, thinking she could let go and forget him, but Bernard

home, he begged her, claimed he would die without her. Eleanor etched those words into her

Eleanor felt she would die without him too. Yet he’d rather have her suffer and speak of separation just because he feared for

strength, holding on tightly, “I’ve come through worse before. Whether

strength and let his eyelashes flutter down,

you and I were

then, her heart seizing. She clutched his hand, frantic

that condition