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.

the reason Gregory hadn’t sought vengeance on Yates, which only deepened his confusion.

have to do with her?”

looked at Yates with eyes calm and deep, then glanced

Timothy, she framed

little importance,

“What?”

but shock robbed him of composure for a moment.

she

quick-witted. A hint from Bernard was all he needed to piece it together,

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

suddenly fell ill and died, which doesn’t seem like the actions

to avoid divorce.”

spoke, he began to sense that

his love for Pauline, could she have pretended indifference, slowly infiltrating his world while

But then…

without gaining anything…” Was it all in

Yates’ line of thought, looked at him with a pitying gaze, as his mind was overwhelmed with the

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

gang assault Pauline, an act clearly driven

the social ladder of the Sharp family, even killing him, and so he projected the pain of losing his son onto her.