A Second Chance at Forever

Chapter 27

In the deep slumber, the cellphone suddenly kept buzzing non–stop.

She tiredly opened her eyes, forced herself to wake up and picked up the phone.

“Baby.”

Josef’s voice came from the other side, “You said you had a high fever last night. How are you now?”

Eleanor’s spirits lifted slightly at the sound of his voice.

She found Josef bizarre. He always just wanted to possess her, but now he suddenly cared about her health?

Text messages and phone calls – could it be that he knew she was near death and wanted to let her off the hook?

Eleanor’s mind raced, but she acted nonchalant and replied, “I’m better now.”

“Good to know.”

Josef said perfunctorily, then eagerly asked, “Why did you call me? Did that thing work out?”

Eleanor thought, of course Josef wouldn’t care about her health; this was his true purpose.

She sat up in bed and supported her aching head with one hand, coldly saying, “I talked to Mr. Laurence. He said he would think about it.”

The excuse she used that day to escape was to blackmail Bernard with a video to get the project from him.

She sounded confident, but only she knew that it was all lies to deceive Josef.

She didn’t have the video, wouldn’t talk to Bernard, and definitely wouldn’t threaten Bernard to get the project.

She had planned all along to use this excuse to stall Josef.

Until Hailey got married safely, she’d go find Josef and take him down.

Yes, she would trade her life for Hailey’s peace for the rest of her life.

Josef was clearly getting impatient, “The bidding is on the 10th of next month; when is he going to consider it?”

Eleanor frowned. Hailey’s wedding was on the 9th of next month.

She originally planned to wait for Hailey to get married and then go find Josef to take him down.

But the bidding was on the 10th, and time was so tight that Josef wouldn’t let her stall until that day.

After thinking for a while, Eleanor gritted her teeth and said, “On the 9th of next month, he’ll give me a definite answer.”

“Geez!”

Josef cursed a few times, “Give me the video, and I’ll talk to him myself.” ·

Eleanor panicked for a moment, her palms sweating with anxiety. Fortunately, she reacted quickly, steadied herself, and calmly replied:

“Mr. Caporal, threatening Mr. Laurence to get the project for you in this way has already made him quite unhappy with you. If you personally show him this video, it will only enrage him even more. At that

time, you’ll not only completely offend him, but also risk losing the project. That would be counterproductive, don’t you think?”

Josef considered and thought Eleanor made sense.

Threatening Bernard through Eleanor was already not aboveboard. If he threatened him again, it might make Bernard fight back out of desperation. Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

He ended the conversation, “On the 9th, I want to see the contract. Otherwise, I’ll have my friends humiliate your bestie at her wedding!”

Eleanor was taken aback that Josef actually knew Hailey’s wedding date, which meant he had been watching them.

Now it wasn’t just Hailey, but also her husband–to–be that could be involved. She had to pull herself together as soon as possible.

With that thought, Eleanor put down the phone and forced herself to stand up despite the pain.

She walked to the desk, opened the drawer, and took out a few bottles of medicine.

She picked out some sleeping pills and transferred them to another empty bottle.

Then, she numbly took the other heart failure medication and swallowed it all at once.

She had to hold on until Hailey’s wedding day and make Josef pay a heavy price for his actions!