A Second Chance at Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard)

Chapter 1423

The name “Timothy” crashed into Yates’ heart like a stone causing ripples across a pond, gripping his throat with a suffocating and lethal sensation.

“Is it because I killed Timothy, that Gregory took his revenge on Pauline?” Yates found it hard to believe. He had dug into the Howard family from the start-after all, he had killed Timothy. A vendetta was only natural, yet no clues pointed to Gregory.

And Gregory, in the presence of the Sharp family, especially in front of his father, had always kept a low profile, meek to the core. Even when his son was gone, Gregory didn’t dare to confront.

Could such a timid man really have the audacity to establish an underground syndicate, erase all traces, and then murder Pauline in such a brutal manner?

“No, that can’t be right.” Yates was still full of doubt. “If Gregory knew it was me who killed Timothy, why didn’t he seek revenge directly from me?”

“Gregory didn’t come after you because of your ex-wife, Samantha.” Bernard sneered.

“Samantha?”

Samantha had been a marriage of convenience for Yates, a business partnership with an agreement to part ways after three years. Unfortunately, she fell gravely ill and passed away before their time was up.

Her passing came shortly after Pauline’s murder. Yates had been so consumed with tracking down Pauline’s killer that he neglected Samantha entirely. It was only when the police notified him, after her body had been left undiscovered for three days, that he realized she was gone.

To Yates, their marriage was nothing more than a formality, arranged by his father. He had barely visited the Stanley household, and his memories of her were faint.

was suggesting that Samantha was the reason Gregory hadn’t sought vengeance on Yates, which

to

deep, then glanced at Yates with snowy white

you killed Timothy, she framed Pauline

as if narrating a matter of little importance,

“What?”

robbed him of composure for a

divorce to go through, so she

was all he needed to piece it together, yet he still

made it clear she didn’t like me. That’s why I chose her from several candidates. She agreed to all my conditions, claiming she too was forced into this marriage and that it was a good

which doesn’t seem like the actions

to avoid divorce.”

but as he spoke, he began

love for Pauline, could she have pretended indifference, slowly infiltrating his world while maintaining the facade of

But then…

she died so quickly, without gaining anything…”

at him with a pitying gaze, as his mind was overwhelmed

and that Samantha was framing Pauline. He just didn’t care for Pauline and, fearing retaliation from the all-powerful Sharp family due to Timothy’s death, he directed his anger

Darkness gang assault Pauline, an act clearly driven by spite rather than

to climb the social ladder of the Sharp family, even