A Second Chance at Forever

Chapter 129

7 don’t quite know how you feel about Ms. Shultz…”

With concern about her potential analytical mistake, Liana summoned the courage to ask.

If Bernard doesn’t care about Eleanor, then Liana’s keeping the lie about her illness is understandable. But if Bernard genuinely cares about Eleanor, then he will likely blame Liana when he discovers the truth. Liana hoped to get a clear answer from Bernard, so it could help her decide whether to tell him the truth. While Liana was racking her brain, Bernard put down his phone and raised his glass for a sip of wine. His demeanor suggested to Liana that he might not care about Eleanor as much as she thought.

“To me, she’s just someone to satisfy my physical needs.”

Bernard’s answer hinted to Liana that his concern went no further than that.

So, Liana finally understood how Bernard thought of Eleanor.

She’d assumed, because of how he rushed to take Eleanor to the hospital and then brought her back home for care, that he liked her to some extent.

Turns out it was just a matter of meeting his physical need.

a sex partner in

by Bernard’s

had believed that Bernard’s reluctance to change partners in all

relationships differently. Some guys might care

found a woman who he could

half opened, sounds from the conversation outside reached Eleanor’s ears and made

face as she became acutely aware of Bernard’s

was that she had even been moved by his occasional kind gestures in the past. She felt so foolish.

kept her emotions for him in

That way, when he eventually discarded her, she wouldn’t be utterly pathetic. Eleanor raised

a while, working

his work aside, looked up at Bryson and said, “Give it

Mr. Laurence wanted to

quickly handed the tray over, cautioning, “Mr. Laurence, be careful not

the food to Eleanor’s