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Chapter 147
Eleanor knew Jason was waiting outside the door, but she didn’t ask him to leave. She knew the Clowers family wouldn’t allow Jason to waste too much time in A City, and he’d be taken away before long.
After getting home, she took a shower, opened the drawer, and took the medicine prescribed at the hospital.
She forgot to bring the special medicine and cell phone that Liana had given her.
As she left in a hurry at the time, Eleanor just put on Bernard’s coat and helped Jason leave the villa.
Eleanor picked up the coat with a faint manly scent, touched it gently and felt reluctant to let go.
But when she thought of what he said in her ear, the tenderness in her eyes faded away.
The suicide note still lay in the drawer. Eleanor took it out and found the piece of paper with the word “Bernard.”
She picked up a pen and wrote below it: he said, “don’t even think about me falling for you.” It turns out he doesn’t love me.
Eleanor might have been so exhausted these past few days, she fell asleep as soon as she lay on the bed.
Terminal patients tend to sleep a lot, and she quickly slipped into unconsciousness.
While the man outside the door leaned against the door frame, motionless, seemingly waiting for her to soften her heart.
However, he waited an entire night, but she never opened the door.
The light in the man’s eyes gradually dimmed…
At the Laurence family’s estate:
Liana arrived as usual with her medicine box for a follow–up.
However, she was told that Eleanor had left and there was no need for further treatment.
Liana was surprised, unaware of what happened yesterday, thinking that Eleanor had left on her own accord.
She thought it was better for her to leave, given her serious illness, and her demise at the Laurence family’s estate could cause misunderstandings.
Liana nodded to the butler, planning to take her medicine box back to the hospital, but then she heard Aidyn Reyes‘ voice from upstairs-
“Liana, Mr. Laurence wants you to come up.”
Upon hearing this, Liana obediently went upstairs.
“What does Mr. Laurence want with me?”
Aidyn was Liana’s brother, both working for Bernard.
But Aidyn grew up with Bernard, so he was closer to him than Liana.
However, their closeness didn’t matter as they were both Bernard’s capable assistants.
“You’ll know when you go in.”
Aidyn gestured for Liana to enter the study alone.
Liana nodded, pushed the door open.
“Mr. Laurence, you wanted to see me?”
The man sat in the study, staring at the data on his computer. As Liana entered, he merely glanced at her with his peripherals before refocusing on the computer.
“Take these things to her.”
The man pushed a white leather bag and several boxes of medicine from the table in front of Liana.
She immediately recognized them as Eleanor’s belongings.
The medicine was what she had given to Eleanor before, but the packaging had been changed.
She had turned late–stage patient’s special medicine into packages designed for ordinary heart patients.
Liana congratulated herself for secretly changing the packaging to avoid arousing suspicion, ensuring that Bernard hadn’t discovered
the truth.
“Alright, Mr. Laurence, I’ll take these things to Eleanor later.”
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The readers' comments on the novel: A Second Chance At Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard)
Loved the story, many times caught in so much actually crying with the situation. Wish had more chapters to a better ending....
It's weird that the story went from narrative to slang use. Good story so far though...