A Second Chance at Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard)

Chapter 20

The check was kinda hard, so it hurt when it scraped against her face.

She stood still for a few seconds, then bent down silently to pick up the check.

When she saw the amount on it, the bitterness in her mouth deepened.

Five years for five billion. Well worth it.

Five years ago, she really needed the money.

But now, she didn’t.

Eleanor calmly placed the check back on

the car.

“Mr. Laurence, you are really loaded. But if I take your money, I can’t marry into the Caporal family with a clear conscience.”

What she meant was, compared to Ms. Caporal’s position, this five billion was peanuts.

Taking his money, on the other hand, would impact her chances of marrying into wealth.

It wasn’t until this moment that Bernard understood the reason she didn’t want a cent from him she had plans to marry into high

society.

All the doubts in his heart disappeared. When he looked at her again, he saw a stranger, emotionless.

“Eleanor, from now on, never appear before me again.”

Eleanor just shrugged and chuckled, “Don’t worry, I won’t.”

She never had the chance to appear before him again because there was no future for her.

Her deep love for him would also be buried in the grave with time, no one would ever know…

private estate, the assistant parked the car at the entrance,

to go inside the villa to look for

tall man stepped out of the

was tall and well–proportioned, his

of superiority, accompanied by a

would feel

Cedric

“Bernard, you’re back?”

he had left

Bernard’s unhappy face, though, he

and strode past him into the villa.

been waiting in the hallway, saw

untied his tie, handed it to the maid, and walked to the

picked up two high–end wine glasses, poured some decanted red wine into them, and turned to give one to Cedric who had

“What’s up?”

villa, so there must be something he wanted to say if he was here this late.

face wasn’t as bad as before,

Ms. Shultz offend you

time Cedric had seen the usually gentlemanly

him a cold glance, “Don’t ask

Instead, he smiled, “Is she

a mistress,

Cedric might never have known who that woman

looked at him with

eyes,

“What do you

want to say?”

saw

Eleanor so

to probe

gentle smile, Cedric asked

When he