A Second Chance at Forever

Chapter 347

Garett put down the contract in his hands, a grin spread across his face.

Eleanor lay on the hospital bed, quietly watching him. It was like seeing a glimpse of their younger selves.

He used to sit at the back of the class, propping his hand on the desk, watching her pass by the window.

He was as gentlemanly then as he was now.

They stared at each other, as if bidding farewell to the regrets of their youth.

After a while, Garett shifted his gaze, glanced at his watch, and when he looked up at Eleanor again, he seemed at peace.

“Eleanor, I’ve got to head back to B City at a quarter past four.”

Eleanor felt a pang of guilt, but when she saw the look in his eyes, she swallowed back her words.

like when she used to send him off to his games, gently saying,

the contract, “Eleanor, do you remember what

but couldn’t remember, so she

lips curling into

him leave; all she could hear was the sound of the wheelchair rolling

at the clouds outside the window, memories of their seventeen–year–old selves came flooding back. Garett holding

said, “Eleanor, when I told you I liked you, it was exactly 4:15. Remember that

“Okay,

the time he confessed his feelings to her when they

bed and turned to look at Garett. “I’m sorry, Garett,

wheelchair came to a halt, but he didn’t turn

making her break out in a cold sweat. “Garett, will I ever see

but he didn’t turn around. “Eleanor, let’s not see each other anymore, no more contact…”

step out of her life to truly

he ever forget

left the