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?

she replied, “Who is this?”

the next second, her phone buzzed

“Answer me.”

heart pounded as she stared at the cold, detached message. It sounded like

wouldn’t send her a message like this.

she texted back, “Who are you,

took an hour for the reply to come. The mysterious person finally revealed his identity:

which had been racing,

Bernard, but instead, it

Josef’s number wasn’t this one. Had

deciding to call the mysterious

but merely sent a text

she mustered up the courage and

answered quickly this time, speaking in a low, impatient voice. “I’m in a meeting.

be in a meeting for real, so she hurriedly replied with “nothing” and

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

would often pester her from different numbers in the past, Eleanor didn’t give it any more thought. She put down her phone, intending to ignore him, but another text message came

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

wouldn’t say anything on the phone call earlier but

wanting to engage, but fearing that ignoring

Chapter 26

spending a night in the hospital, Eleanor’s high fever subsided completely. Although she still felt a bit weak,

and the two

in the kitchen.

here,” Hailey said,

fever had gone, Eleanor’s heart failure

her head

Hailey, she

she

supply, and

told and returned

to support

then, she received a news notification about the entertainment industry on her

informed about his schedule, but noticed that he occasionally made

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

and family background, saying that they were the perfect,

they were indeed a suitable pair: Bernard, handsome and

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

an unknown number, asking, “why did you go

How did this person know she’d been to

she realized the message had been sent the night before, right

stared at the message, a