A Second Chance at Forever

Chapter 1238

After Bernard responded with a ‘sure, he lowered his head, tenderly kissed Eleanor’s hair, and said, “Sorry, babe, I didn’t mean to worry you.”

Eleanor then lifted her head from his embrace, looking up at the man with the chiseled jawline, “I saw you with Sophie earlier. What’s up with that?”

Bernard stiffened, apparently not expecting her to have seen Sophie. After hesitating for a moment, he casually said, “She’s got a list of members from the Siren Organization. I thought I’d deal with her.”

The truth was, he was going to take her down, but couldn’t. Sophie was surrounded by people from Area Opaca. If Bernard, with his reputation, took her on, they’d start suspecting him. Once that happened, infiltrating Area Opaca would not only become harder but also riskier.

Luckily, he noticed a revealing insignia before he made his move and aborted the plan. Otherwise, this Sophie situation would’ve thrown a wrench into his entire plan.

But there was something he couldn’t figure out. V Why didn’t Sophie and Mr. Ben, who knew his identity, spill the secret to Area Opaca?

Did the folks from Area Opaca already know and were just baiting him? But their endgame was to take down the leader of Siren Organization. If they already knew who it was, what are they waiting for?

Bernard mulled over this, thinking it was strange that Sophie and Mr. Ben hadn’t exposed his identity, not even to Cameron. They were sitting on some pretty big secrets, and he couldn’t figure out what game they were playing.

mean ‘teach her a lesson’, not

Mr. Ben, who’s memorized the list. Unless he drops dead, the list is out of my

this Mr. Ben was when she noticed Bernard looking extremely

Eleanor didn’t disturb him. After a moment of contemplation, Bernard bent down slightly, picked her up again, “I’ll handle my issues. Don’t worry about it. Let’s go celebrate Cedric

now, with his mind filled with concerns, he didn’t want

her arms around his neck and

dispel his gloom and give him the courage to forge ahead, no matter

from afar, grabbed a glass of champagne from

interrupted

the champagne, a chilly glint in his

a doctor, you should know that one should avoid alcohol during

was why Garett had agreed to let her handle his treatment. However,

of his worries. The real headache was that she sometimes needed video tutorials

to fire her, but Sigrid asked for one more month to prove her worth. If she still couldn’t deliver, she promised to leave voluntarily. Considering she was

month yet, but Garett was already hoping for her failure so she’d leave sooner. Otherwise, he feared his condition might wofsen due

“Oh come on, a little drink won’t hurt.”