Chapter 381


    Such warm and humble words hit her ears, sending a jolt through her heart.


    She gently turned her head to look at Bernard, who was holding her tightly from behind


    His face was gaunt, pale, and his eyes were red, even the corners of his eyes were red


    The Bernard the remembered was always high and mighty, full of himself


    But now, he had lowered his haughty and arrogant attitude time and time again just to hold onto her


    Like a star in the night sky, unreachable that now suddenly fell into dust.


    Yet those stars that fell to the ground were still celestial bodies, how could they change for her?


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    She reached out and lightly touched the thick hair on his forehead….


    Such a gentle touch made Bernard’s body stiff


    He looked at the woman within his reach, seemingly seeing determination beneath her gentleness.


    He instinctively tightened his hold on her Eleanor please, don’t be so heartless to me.”


    His grip was so strong that it almost crushed her into his bones, forcing Eleanor to swallow back what


    she wanted to say


    She withdrew her hand, lowered her gaze, looked at his scarred right hand, and sighed deeply after a


    long silence


    “How long are the few days you mentioned?”


    Bernard’s face stiffened, and his disappointed eyes it up with hope again.


    Eleanor had a soft spot, she was still the same gentle and kind Eleanor


    He held her with both hands, tighter this time, as if he had regained something precious, holding onto it


    for dear life.


    “When you find what you’ve lost, well end this, okay?”


    He wanted forever, but she still had Gareft, and it was impossible for her to be with him forever


    He knew it was absurd, unreasonable, and despicable to make such a request knowing that she was


    married


    But he would rather be a secret lover if it meant he could be with her, even if it was only for a few days.


    Eleanor clenched her fists, hesitated for a few seconds, and thenpromised. “Okay I promise you”


    Bernard hugged her tightly and said gratefully into her ear, “Eleanor, thank you for giving me another


    chance to start again…”


    Eleanor’s clear eyes slowly moved upward, looking at the afterglow outside the window, her gaze lost


    She didn’t know if the decision she made was right or wrong. She was both scared and unsettled….


    Because in her heavy memory, Bernard was very persistent. When he liked something, he had to have


    it.


    But once he got it, he was more indifferent


    She had seen his coldness, that bone–chilling coldness that kept people at bay was the most vivid


    image in her memory


    She was afraid of that Bernard, and also afraid of his persistence just to get her…


    When she was filled with helplessness and fear, Bernard turned his head and gently kissed her cheek


    “Eleanor, don’t be afraid, I wont hurt you again”


    He felt her petite body tremble, knowing what she was scared of


    He wanted to tell her that he had made a mistake once and would never make it again, b


    ut he knew very well that words are the weakest


    Eleanor lost a heart, had several near–death experiences, her heart was scarred


    With such a scarred heart, how could a few simple words easily untangle her inner knots?


    Bernard didn’t make grand promises, instead, he picked up the hairdryer again and helped her blow–


    dry her still damp hair


    After the hair between his fingers waspletely dry, he knelt on one knee, bent down, lifted her foot,


    and took off her shoes for her