A Second Chance at Forever

Chapter 1378

The name Eleanor sent an electric jolt through Bernard’s long-stagnant heart, igniting a spark in his dim eyes.

“Eleanor’s news?”

She and the child she carried had sunk to the depths of the sea. What news could there possibly be? Yates remained silent, his stare fixed on Bernard with an intensity that spoke volumes.

The anxious man, seeing no response, felt his temper darken, “Speak up!”

After a drawn silence, Yates stepped back, sinking into a sofa with the weight of unsaid words. “You think Eleanor’s dead, don’t you?”

Bernard’s eyes flickered with a storm of emotions before settling into a shade of skepticism.

“If you’re here to play me with some fake information of her survival, just get out.”

Sophie and Cameron would never let Eleanor off the hook. Who would save her? Who could?

He didn’t believe it, and Yates, unhurried, gestured to Peterson with a flick of his cigarette-bearing fingers, “Show him the video.”

With understanding, Peterson pulled out his phone, opening a video sent from a photographer at the family reunion. He placed it before Bernard’s eyes.

pear tree, clad in a champagne gown, her gaze lost in the crowd.

tonight. Timestamped for

eyes locked onto the woman in

It couldn’t be a fake. So… she wasn’t dead?

pain, even his palms ached. His trembling fingers reached out, yearning

video to look at

guilt but ignoring the questioning look. He took away the phone and walked emotionlessly back

Peterson, shifting to Yates. It was ironic – his enemy stood before him, yet in his powerlessness, he sought their mercy, “Tell me the truth, and

For Eleanor, he would agree to anything.

–

enemies, and that chip in his brain a catalyst for their

into the sea, then went back and saved her.” Yates’ voice was

was the calmness that made it hard for Bernard to believe, “How could

Eleanor… why would

into the sea, Eleanor revealed to Cameron that she

revealed the secret to save her life, only to be cast into the sea anyway. But, regardless, Cameron’s conscience hadn’t completely faded, and he

reason was believable. Bernard’s spark of life reignited. Like the rebirth of spring, it gave him a reason to live.