A Second Chance at Forever

Chapter 369

She thought about it for a moment and eventually agreed.

Bernard took her to the terrace, and the waiter brought them two glasses of red wine.

Eleanor wasn’t supposed to drink, but being alone with him was super awkward.

All she could do was hold the wine glass, lower her head, and take sips of wine to pass this painfully brief time together.

Bernard saw her take a few sips and reached out with his long fingers to take the glass from her.

“You just had a major surgery, so don’t drink too much.”

He placed the wine glass on the nearby bar and looked at Eleanor.

The dim light shone on her palm–sized face, highlighting her fair and delicate skin.

His gaze slowly moved down, past her unruly short hair clinging to her pale neck, and then to her chest, which had made him weak countless times before.

One glance got his blood boiling, afraid of doing something irrational, he quickly looked away.

He picked up his wine glass, took a sip, and asked Eleanor, who was sitting beside him, “Have you started working?”

hummed in response, raised her restless little hands and placed them on the edge of the

turned his head again,

skin and a few scars, his heart ached.

by the sulfuric acid, but then remembered she was

repeatedly warning himself that he no longer had the right

“You just recovered from your

lowered her head, fiddling with the bar and replied, “My sister left some projects before she died, and the progress

wasn’t wearing a wedding ring. He couldn’t help but ask, “Are you…okay with

hesitated for a few seconds

not to tell him about her own issues. She didn’t want to affect

her face, and the heart–wrenching pain made it hard for him

after marrying her childhood sweetheart, but why was

ran cold, wanting to leave this suffocating place but unable to let go of her.

glanced at Bernard as he drank, swallowing unconsciously as she saw his

reached out to touch his sexy neck. When she touched his cold skin,