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.

Yates finally pressed the intercom button again.

it is first,

tinged the indifference in Bernard’s eyes.

without releasing her? Do you think

come and get her.”

composed, gave Bernard the location of the

the biozone corridor, behind the square white wall, you’ll find the escape room. The console code is

the last resort of a defeated man, and Yates

shaking their heads at

glanced at them, his gaze drifting past the 48 corpses lying in

say it again, you’re in no position

unearthly glow, hinting at an obscure

over my wife personally, or you’ll

full well that Bernard had the upper hand,

Yates, still a camel in his own right, was loath to

Eleanor, yet you’re unwilling to come for her yourself. How can I trust you with her?”

if Bernard didn’t personally retrieve Eleanor, his

her grandfather/why won’t you deliver her yourself?”

negotiation had turned into a contest of

always win such a

to argue further, simply broadcasted the surveillance footage of

had been ready to outlast Yates changed his mind

a leaf despite her pregnancy,

blind to the world around