A Second Chance at Forever

Chapter 26

After spending a night in the hospital, Eleanor’s high fever subsided completely. Although she still felt a bit weak, there was no need for her to stay in the hospital any longer.

So, she asked Hailey to pay the hospital fee, and the two of them went straight home after completing the discharge procedures.

Upon returning home, Hailey immediately got busy cooking in the kitchen. Eleanor wanted to help, but Hailey refused.

“You just rest up, I’ll handle things here,” Hailey said, shooing Eleanor away with a wave of her hand.

While her fever had gone, Eleanor’s heart failure had worsened.

Her chest felt really painful, her head was barely stand.

Unable to help Hailey, she did as she

she

both insufficient blood and oxygen supply, and she was so weak, she could

told and returned

her bedroom, struggling to support herself.

Lying in bed, Eleanor wanted to get some sleep. Just then, she received a news notification about the entertainment industry on her phone, which sat on her bedside table.

Since she met Bernard, she hadn’t been very informed about his schedule, but noticed that he occasionally made the news, so she followed some related accounts.

She checked the news and saw that paparazzi had snapped pictures of Bernard carrying Sophie to the emergency room. The report claimed that their love had reignited.

Most of the comments praised their appearance and family background, saying that they were the perfect, well–matched couple.

As Eleanor read this, she also thought that they were indeed a suitable pair: Bernard, handsome and noble; Sophie, elegant and beautiful.

With a bitter smile, she closed the news and was about to turn off her phone when she noticed an unread text.

Opening the message, she found it was from an unknown number, asking, “why did you go to the hospital?”

Eleanor was startled. How did this person know she’d been to the hospital?

Checking the time, she realized the message had been sent the night before, right when she woke up in the hospital…

Eleanor stared at the message, a little incredulous.

ནྭཱ འༀ ཚེ ཅ ཋོ ཅ ú ཇ ཇ ཝཿ ༞ ཡོ ཚ

The only person she’d run into at the hospital last night was Bernard. Could it be from him?

replied, “Who is this?”

expect an immediate response, but the next second, her phone

“Answer me.”

the cold, detached message. It sounded like Bernard.

intuition told her that he wouldn’t send

texted back, “Who

reply to come. The mysterious person finally

name, Eleanor’s heart, which had

it was Bernard,

number wasn’t this one.

puzzled over this before deciding to call the

mystery texter didn’t pick up, but merely sent a

she mustered up the courage and dialed Josef’s work number.

this time, speaking in a low, impatient voice. “I’m in a meeting. What is it?”

a meeting for real, so she

was in a meeting, yet texted her from an unknown number. Was

from different numbers in the past, Eleanor didn’t give it any more thought. She put down

to the original question: “Tell me, why were you

something off about him. He wouldn’t say

to engage, but fearing

Chapter 26

high fever subsided completely. Although she still felt a bit weak, there was no need for her to stay in the hospital any

two of them

home, Hailey immediately got busy cooking in the kitchen. Eleanor wanted to help, but Hailey

Hailey said, shooing

Eleanor’s heart

her head

to help Hailey, she did as

she

oxygen supply, and she

told and returned

to support herself.

a news notification about the entertainment industry on her phone, which sat on her bedside table.

noticed that he occasionally made the news, so she followed some related

snapped pictures of Bernard carrying Sophie to the emergency room. The report claimed

appearance and family background, saying

she also thought that they were indeed a suitable pair: Bernard, handsome

bitter smile, she closed the news and was about to turn off her phone when she noticed an unread

it was from an unknown number, asking, “why did you go to the

startled. How did this person know she’d been to

message had been sent the night before, right when she woke

stared at the message,