A Second Chance at Forever

Chapter 561

He wrapped his arms around her tightly, ushering her into his master bedroom. Then, he bent down and planted a gentle kiss on her forehead

Eleanor jotted awake from his peck, thinking it was Ethan who was touching her. She freaked out and immediately opened her eyes

Then, she realized that the man in her sight was not Ethan but Bernard Her anxiety eased a little.

“Eleanor, did I frighten you?”

Eleanor shook her head and lazily patted the spot next to her, “Can you keep me company for a bit?”

Bernard was originally going to instruct Caleb to prepare for action, but seeing her wanting him to stay, he swallowed his anger.

He lay down beside her, holding Eleanor close to him, stroking her back, softly lulling her to sleep

Eleanor leaned against him, comforted by his subtle scent, and quickly fell back into slumber.

Bernard, a man who hadn’t had a good night’s sleep in three months, also found solace in her presence. Yet, he dared not fall asleep, only gazing at her

her steady breathing wore him out.

for a while but eventually

thought holding her would ward off nightmares, but as soon

of the night, Eleanor was sound asleep when she heard Bernard murmuring in a

opened her eyes and saw Bernard, who had pushed her

seemed trapped in a nightmare, shivering and

flesh till it bled, but he was still not able to wake up from the

in pain, Eleanor’s heart ached. Her long lashes were wet with tears welling up in her eyes. She wanted to

don’t do this to me

punish me like

please let me

hearing these words uttered in

cause his nightmares?

she hurt him

back from G country. She hadn’t hurt him otherwise. Why

me. I won’t bother you anymore, okay…”

moment, Bernard was as vulnerable as an abused

calling him gently, “Bernard, you’re having a nightmare Wake