Chapter 680


    tallic smell and almost buckled at the knees, but she steeled herself, pushed past the


    Even though the door was only slightly opened the strong smell of blood still permeated out. Eleanor


    got one doctor and quickly entered


    Aidyn and Caleb were cleaning up the blood on the floor and when they saw Eleanor barging in the two


    stopped in fright “M: Shultz?”


    She didn’t leave?


    Eleanors bright eyes moved past the blood on the floor and focused on the man lying in bed, airenity


    deep sleep


    His strong sturdy back had been cleaned treated with medicine, but left unwapped, and the dense knife


    wounds could be seen at a nce. The sheets underneath him, perhaps not yet changed, were soaked


    in blood dripping onto the floor


    Seeing the usually cold aloot, and untouchable man now weak ke a child, Eleanor panicked.


    She staggered to the bedside, squatted down, and reached out a shaking hand wanting to much those


    wounds but fearing she might cause him pain


    After some tentative a strokes, she ced her hand on his perfectly sculpted arm, ever so lightly


    touching him


    Feeling the touch. Bernard woke up and instinctively grabbed her hand, even though he was still half


    asleep


    “Bernard it’s me”


    His eyes were foggy, but his ears were sharp. Hearing her voice, he immediately let go


    His gaze was as cold as a hawks but softened considerably when he focused on her


    “You didn’t leave?”


    Eleanor saw his eyes open, and tears instantly fell


    “How could leave when you’re hurt like this?”


    Bernard saw her tear–streaked face and sighed gently


    He hadnt wanted to worry her, which was why he hadn’t told her Yet shed still found out


    The man bore the pain, reached out and gently caressed her face


    “Hey don’t cry”


    The one hurt was him, yet he was the oneforting her. This only made Eleanor cry more.


    Seeing the wounds on his back, she couldn’t imagine what he’d gone through, but she could imagine


    the pain he was in


    That pain made her so heartbroken that she dared not even touch him, afraid that she might hurt him.


    “Is it painful


    Her sobbing voice was nasal, making Bernard’s heart ache–not from his wounds, but from seeing her


    cry


    “Tve taken painkillers. It doesn’t hurt anymore, don’t worry”


    The pain was indeed unbearable when he was on his way back to Laurence Manor. The doctor had


    treated his wounds, and the pain had reduced.


    Besides, he’d grown up getting injured and enduring pain, how could he not handle this?


    It was precisely because he was too strong, too indifferent to his own life, that Eleanor worned so much


    She tightly held his hand, crying. “You’re such an idiot, risking your life for me over and over again”


    Everyone said that Bernard loved her, loved her enough to risk his life for her. And it was indeed true


    But she didn’t want Bernard to love her this much because the was terrified he might one day truly give


    up his life for her.


    Seeing her cry, so hard, Bernard was at a loss. All he could do was wipe away her tears.


    “Eleanor don’t cry, my injures have nothing to do with you. There was some issue within thepany”


    Eleanor looked at him with tear–filled eyes.


    “Diant Casey hurt you?”


    “How could he hurt me?”


    The man scoffed recalling something unpleasant, his eyes suddenly cold and wild


    Seeing his eyes full of murderous intent, Eleanor quickly asked who had hurt him, but Bernard didn’t


    tell her, wanting to protect her


    He didn’t want to talk and Eleanor didn’t want to push, but the horrifying knife wounds still made her


    heart ache.


    “How can there be such cruel people in the world, using a knife to cut your back over and over again?”


    No. Bernard was so powerful, how could anyone get close to him? Unless he let them.


    Eleanor was frightened by her own thought, but also thought it might be possible.


    She looked up, her eyes swollen and red at the silent Bernard


    “Bernard, tell me, did you run into some trouble?”


    Seeing her overthinking. Bernard quickly reassured her


    *Theres nothing that could trouble me You don’t need to worry I can handle it”


    Eleanor looked at him, and after a while she felt he wasnt lying She then grabbed his hand again,


    cing it over her heart


    “Bernard, can you take better care of yourself from now on?”


    Regardless of who had hurt him turd time if only he cared more about himself he wouldn’t have to risk


    his life for her


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    The man responded firmly cant Youll always be my number one”


    in other words, she waymore important than himself and Eleanor was both moved and helpless “You


    are like this, how should repay you‘ The man didn’t want to see her cry anymore, his tone yfully


    lightened,


    “Wait till I recover, let me love you a few more times.”