A Second Chance at Forever

Chapter 680

tallic smell and almost buckled at the knees, but she steeled herself, pushed past the

Even though the door was only slightly opened the strong smell of blood still permeated out. Eleanor got one doctor and quickly entered

Aidyn and Caleb were cleaning up the blood on the floor and when they saw Eleanor barging in the two stopped in fright “M: Shultz?”

She didn’t leave?

Eleanors bright eyes moved past the blood on the floor and focused on the man lying in bed, airenity deep sleep

His strong sturdy back had been cleaned treated with medicine, but left unwapped, and the dense knife wounds could be seen at a glance. The sheets underneath him, perhaps not yet changed, were soaked in blood dripping onto the floor

Seeing the usually cold aloot, and untouchable man now weak ke a child, Eleanor panicked.

She staggered to the bedside, squatted down, and reached out a shaking hand wanting to much those wounds but fearing she might cause him pain

After some tentative a strokes, she placed her hand on his perfectly sculpted arm, ever so lightly touching him

Feeling the touch. Bernard woke up and instinctively grabbed her hand, even though he was still half asleep

“Bernard it’s me”

His eyes were foggy, but his ears were sharp. Hearing her voice, he immediately let go

His gaze was as cold as a hawks but softened considerably when he focused on her

“You didn’t leave?”

his eyes open, and

leave when you’re

saw her tear–streaked face

why he hadn’t told her Yet shed still

pain, reached out and gently caressed

“Hey don’t cry”

was him, yet he was the one

what he’d gone through, but she could imagine

that she dared not even touch him, afraid

“Is it painful

Bernard’s heart ache–not from his wounds, but

It doesn’t hurt anymore, don’t

on his way back to Laurence

injured and enduring pain, how could

too indifferent to his own life, that

held his hand, crying. “You’re such an idiot, risking your life for me over

her, loved her enough to risk his life for her. And it was indeed

love her this much because the was terrified he might one day truly give up

cry, so hard, Bernard was at a loss. All he could do was wipe

to do with you. There was some issue within

him with tear–filled

hurt you?”

could he hurt