A Second Chance at Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard)

Chapter 1421

Yates arched a skeptical brow, seemingly caught off guard by Bernard’s offer.

Was it sheer desperation to save Eleanor, or did he have an ulterior motive?

Yates didn’t trust Bernard all that much, yet he was dying to know who the founder of the Siren Organization really was. His eyes, seasoned by years of life’s trials, spun with the complexity of human nature.

“If you’re playing me, you’ll never see Eleanor again.” The cunning and shrewd always overthink, resorting to threats.

That was what made Yates detestable, and Bernard found it utterly contemptible.

“What right do you have to threaten me now?”

Bernard’s voice, deep and clear, flowed through the intercom into Yates’ ears.

“I’m only negotiating because of my wife.”

The unspoken message was clear: if Eleanor wasn’t in Yates’ clutches, would Bernard even bother with negotiations?

He would have stormed the biozone like he had other territories, capturing Yates without a second thought, not patiently hashing

out terms.

Now, a thoroughly defeated Yates truly had no ground to stand on. He couldn’t possibly harm Eleanor, could he?

After all, how could Yates harm Eleanor, the granddaughter he had finally-found?

But Yates suspected Bernard’s offer was a ruse.

much deliberation, Yates finally pressed the intercom

who it is first,

smirk tinged the

releasing her? Do

and get

Bernard the location of

you’ll find the escape room. The console code is

last resort of a defeated man, and Yates exemplified

speechless at this development, almost simultaneously shaking their heads at Bernard, signaling him not to go.

past the 48 corpses lying in glass coffins, towards the end of the corridor.

again, you’re in no position to make demands.”

with an unearthly glow, hinting

or you’ll get no information, and your people

Bernard had the upper hand, whether in setting terms or making demands.

in defeat, Yates, still a camel in his own right, was loath to be dictated to by a

come for her yourself. How can I

to suggest that if Bernard didn’t personally retrieve Eleanor, his love

be her grandfather/why won’t you deliver

a contest

would always win such

Yates, unable to argue further, simply broadcasted the surveillance footage of Eleanor

been ready to outlast Yates changed his mind the instant he saw

the bed, fragile as a leaf despite her

deaf and blind to the world around her,