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.

why he hadn’t switched a sex partner in

woman by

partners in all this time was because he

dawned on her–men and women could view relationships differently. Some guys might care

Bernard, a man with severe obsessions. Once he found a woman who he

conversation outside reached Eleanor’s

the face as she became acutely aware of Bernard’s true feelings.

by his occasional kind gestures in the past. She felt so

kept her emotions for

been restraining her feelings for him. That way, when he eventually discarded her, she wouldn’t be utterly pathetic. Eleanor raised her right hand and adjusted the drip speed on the IV bag, believing that a faster pace might heal her more quickly.

left, Bernard busied himself for a while, working until the butler, Bryson,

up at Bryson and

then realized that Mr. Laurence wanted to serve Eleanor

Laurence, be careful not to burn your hands.”

stood, and carried the food