A Second Chance At Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard) novel Chapter 1416

Sheldon froze, a puzzled look crossing his face as he stared at the expressionless Bernard.

“What do you mean?”

“He’s your sister Tammie’s kid, didn’t you know?”

Evan’s casual words left Sheldon gobsmacked. “What… aren’t you Donna’s child?”

Sheldon knew about the saga of Tammie and her undying bond with Leonard Laurence.

But it never crossed his mind that Bernard could be their child.

This revelation left Sheldon incredulous, scrutinizing Bernard from head to toe.

Just by looks, you couldn’t tell much, but those eyes…

On closer inspection, they had a distant aloofness about them, quintessentially Tammie.

In Sheldon’s memory, Tammie always had a certain chilliness, as if nothing in the world mattered to her.

Bernard, standing not far off, had the same air of detachment, as if perched on a high pedestal yet indifferent to it all.

The more Sheldon looked, the more he saw the resemblance, and the disbelief in his eyes softened.

“No wonder you called me uncle before.”

He’d thought it was just a slip of the tongue because of Eleanor, and he went along with the uncle bit. Little did he know, Bernard was already privy to their family ties.

“If you knew I was your uncle all along, why didn’t you tell me sooner?”

Bernard’s accusing gaze shifted from Evan, settling on Sheldon in the distance.

“No need.”

Just a bit of blood relation, not close, what was the point of mentioning it?

Bernard’s cool voice was familiar to Sheldon. But to Robin, it was a thunderbolt from the blue!

“You… are my aunt’s child?!”

If Bernard was his aunt’s kid, then that made him Bernard’s…Cousin?!

Damn! His lifelong nemesis turned out to be his cousin?!

The shock in Robin’s eyes could only be described as a bolt from the blue.

He stared at Bernard with wide, incredulous eyes.

No wonder Bernard had always been one step ahead; it was bloodline supremacy.

Supremacy be damned, but if Bernard was his cousin, then Eleanor was…

Both sides were on a knife-edge, ready to erupt into a hail of bullets at a single command.

Yet Sheldon’s group, guns in hand aimed at Bernard, never gave the order to fire.

Evan, who sought a bloodless victory, took in the scene and knew Sheldon was hesitating. He spoke up again.

“Mr. Pine, even if you don't consider family ties, think about your brothers-in-arms.”

“Area Opaca sent you out alone to intercept us, clearly willing to sacrifice you.”

With just a few words, Evan’s gaze moved beyond Sheldon to the gun-wielding men in black.

“By numbers, you are fewer than us, and you're outgunned.”

“You must be well aware that with our manpower and firepower, we could turn you into Swiss cheese.”

“Why become Yates' sacrificial lamb with your brothers when you could be thinking about your own welfare?”

Sheldon glanced back at his brothers-in-arms, then turned his gaze to the hundreds of masked Siren Organization members behind Bernard.

In terms of numbers and weaponry, they were outmatched; a fight would leave them without an advantage.

But to betray Area Opaca at this moment seemed like an impossibility.