A Second Chance at Forever

Chapter 1427

Chapter 1427

Cradled in his arms, Eleanor’s whole body trembled, yet as she caught the familiar, icy scent of him, her shaking subsided.

Slowly, she lifted her eyes to meet the chiseled jawline of the man looking down at her with his long lashes casting shadows on his cheeks.

In each other’s gaze, they saw a reflection of their own faces – one pale, the other resolute neither willing to look away.

“Eleanor, let’s go home.” Ignoring the gunshot wound in his shoulder, Bernard scooped up Eleanor in a bridal carry.

The effort caused blood to trickle from his wound onto Eleanor’s cheek, a startling crimson smear.

“Put me down!” Eleanor commanded.

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He was injured and still carrying her was he out of his mind? Eleanor, worried he was in pain, struggled to be released, but Bernard leaned in, pressing a kiss to her forehead.

“Easy, don’t move.”

That familiar term of endearment, “easy,” once again brought tears to Eleanor’s eyes.

“It’ll hurt if you exert yourself.”

His lips were white from strain, yet he smiled faintly. “As long as you don’t squirm, it won’t hurt,” he said.

Moved by Bernard’s stubbornness, Eleanor wrapped her arms around his neck for a fleeting moment.

face in his chest, feeling

you’re such

for her sake, was willing to do anything. Even if it meant giving up his life, he was always without

love was so pure that Eleanor felt overwhelmed

as well, yet this

tear-filled eyes, looking at him

me to see you like

for him, which only deepened

once said, there’s no shame in a

the woman in his arms

bewildered

need your concern,

Not letting go.

Never letting go.

“There’s a baby on the way,

replied, “Even with an extra one, your

into the distance as they left.

out of the safe room, watching their retreating figures without trying

watching quietly, as if through

heartbroken to see him

seeds of his own making were discovered by Pauline, who then left without

crying that she had fallen

clouded with tears at the memory of

blurred, he spoke in a low,

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