Chapter 1427

Cradled in his arms, Eleanor’s whole body trembled, yet as she caught the familiar, icy scent of him, her shaking subsided.

Slowly, she lifted her eyes to meet the chiseled jawline of the man looking down at her with his long lashes casting shadows on his cheeks.

In each other’s gaze, they saw a reflection of their own faces – one pale, the other resolute neither willing to look away.

“Eleanor, let’s go home.” Ignoring the gunshot wound in his shoulder, Bernard scooped up Eleanor in a bridal carry.

The effort caused blood to trickle from his wound onto Eleanor’s cheek, a startling crimson smear.

“Put me down!” Eleanor commanded.

He was injured and still carrying her was he out of his mind? Eleanor, worried he was in pain, struggled to be released, but Bernard leaned in, pressing a kiss to her forehead.

“Easy, don’t move.”

That familiar term of endearment, “easy,” once again brought tears to Eleanor’s eyes.

“It’ll hurt if you exert yourself.”

His lips were white from strain, yet he smiled faintly. “As long as you don’t squirm, it won’t hurt,” he said.

Moved by Bernard’s stubbornness, Eleanor wrapped her arms around his neck for a fleeting moment.

She buried her face in his chest, feeling his heartbeat, her tears flowing uncontrollably.

such

fool, for her sake, was willing to do anything. Even if it meant giving up his

that

well,

her tear-filled eyes, looking at him

you like this,

expressed her concern for him, which only deepened the smile on

there’s no shame in

on his wounded shoulder, held the woman in his arms tighter as he walked

bewildered Eleanor,

need your

Not letting go.

Never letting go.

a baby on the

extra one,

faded into the

the safe room, watching their

watching quietly, as if through them he

time, had also been heartbroken to see him wounded. She must have loved

of his own making were discovered by Pauline,

left, she clung to him, crying that she had fallen

eyes clouded with tears at

figures before him blurred, he spoke

care of it. Area Opaca will trouble you

Eleanor heard him but offered no reply.

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