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.

sex

Liana knew that Eleanor was the woman by Bernard’s side; she just hadn’t

to change partners in

relationships differently. Some guys might

especially emphasized in Bernard, a man with severe obsessions. Once he found a woman who he could accept, he wouldn’t let her go

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

slapped her in the face as she became acutely aware of Bernard’s true

had even been moved by his occasional kind gestures in

she had kept her emotions for him in check

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

for a while, working until the butler, Bryson, brought the prepared

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

Laurence wanted to serve Eleanor the

the tray over, cautioning, “Mr. Laurence, be

the