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.

champagne gown, her gaze lost in the crowd. The breeze teased her

tonight. Timestamped

was deaf to Yates’ words, his misty eyes locked onto the woman in the video.

unchanged. It couldn’t be a fake. So… she

each throb of his heart came a pang of pain, even his palms ached. His trembling fingers reached out, yearning

gaze from the video to look at Peterson,

behind his mask, met those reddened eyes, feeling a twinge of guilt but ignoring the questioning look. He took away the phone and walked

ironic – his enemy stood before him, yet

what the terms were. For Eleanor, he would agree to anything. Yates saw it; Bernard

–

brain a catalyst for their bitter rift

a measured tone, “Cameron pushed her into the sea, then went back and saved her.” Yates’

the calmness that made it hard for Bernard

very man sent to kill Eleanor…

revealed to Cameron that

only to be cast into the sea

believable. Bernard’s spark of life reignited. Like the rebirth of spring, it gave him a reason to live. His lips curled slightly, his emotions spilling over