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 anger in

vision cleared, all she found was

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

composure, Josef embraced her and addressed Cedric, “This girl has

yet the woman beside him suddenly

raised an eyebrow and responded calmly, “Ma’am, I made no mention of you. Why are you

speechless and stomped her foot, then turned to Cedric and whined, “Cedric, look at him, what he said was so mean! Let’s not talk to him anymore, let’s

hand. “Norene, you know Mr. Caporal’s personality. He didn’t mean

girl in the club, she didn’t want to

but taking it out

We’re here to have fun, right? But just sitting around is kind of

up at the

of game?”

out some cards and

takes off

“Interesting.”

this kind of scene,

that Bernard might not be comfortable with this, glanced at him. “Bro, they always play a little wild. If you don’t want