A Second Chance at Forever

Chapter 12

Eleanor thought Josef and Bernard had a good relationship, but it turned out Cedric introduced them.

It seemed like this party Josef organized wasn’t just for her to meet a few friends – he also wanted to get a project through Bernard.

But that was fine; discussing a project would take time, which would give her a chance to figure a way out.

With that thought in mind, Eleanor’s tense body relaxed a little.

Just as she took a breath, Josef suddenly signaled to her to drink up.

Unable to feign ignorance any longer, Eleanor grabbed her glass and gulped down its contents.

She seldom drank, as Bernard disliked the smell of alcohol, so she had managed to abstain completely.

The sudden consumption of a strong liquor caused her eyes to well up with tears.

Observing this, Josef swiftly embraced her and helped by patting her back.

Bernard’s icy gaze fixated on the hand wrapped around Eleanor.

her teary eyes, she perceived a flicker of

her vision cleared, all she

lips. Bernard only viewed her as a replacement and had never truly cared for her, so

composure, Josef embraced her and addressed Cedric, “This girl has no

and remained silent, yet the woman beside him suddenly grew infuriated. “What

“Ma’am, I made no mention of you. Why are you

foot, then turned to Cedric and whined, “Cedric, look at him, what he said was

her hand. “Norene, you know Mr. Caporal’s personality.

wouldn’t let it go. Being the top girl in the club, she didn’t want to hear ‘no experience‘ after

it out on his woman was no

We’re here to have fun, right?

at the mention of a game.

kind of game?”

and put them on the table.

teams, and whoever loses takes off

“Interesting.”

this kind of scene, and

comfortable with this, glanced at him. “Bro, they always play a little wild. If you don’t want to…” Before he could finish, Bernard took the cards from Norene. “How do