A Second Chance at Forever

Chapter 14

When Cedric took off his suit jacket, he still had his white shirt on. But if she took off her dress, she’d be completely naked.

She looked around at the room of people, and it seemed like everyone was waiting for her to strip. No one was helping her out of this

situation.

Even Josef was staring at her expectantly, wanting her to take off her clothes.

She felt like an animal in a zoo, being gawked at by a bunch of ridiculously rich kids.

If she complied, they might let her go. If she resisted, they wouldn’t let her leave the room easily.

Once Eleanor realized this, she relaxed her clenched fists.

What’s the big deal, dignity doesn’t matter when you’re dead anyway.

She went to unzip the back of her dress, but Cedric suddenly spoke up.

“I screwed up. It’s my fault Ms. Shultz is in this situation. Let me take off my clothes instead.”

Without hesitation, Cedric took off his white shirt, revealing his strong and muscular torso.

care so little for

in turn avoided her gaze and gratefully said, “Thank you,” to Cedric.

his

been leaning on the couch looking indifferent, coldly chimed in, “You have

with Cedric taking off his clothes for Eleanor.

glanced at Bernard, feeling something strange about him tonight. He knew full well that Eleanor would be completely naked if she took off her dress. Why would Bernard, who never really cared about women, try to make Eleanor

all the way: “I’ve taken off

bottle of wine. “How about Eleanor pours Mr. Laurence a

Eleanor undress too. But on second thought, she was his date, introduced

quickly agreed. “Yeah, let her pour you a

with his eyes for Eleanor to pour

didn’t say yes or no. She couldn’t

she mustered the courage to pick up an expensive bottle of red wine from the table and walked over to him,

wine into his glass,

onto her face, and he uttered one word, “It’s dirty.”

ached so much that she could hardly breathe. Her hand, gripping the

contempt. There was

Josef now that he thought

for five years, did

felt a sudden anger. Standing up straight, she handed the