A Second Chance at Forever (Eleanor and Bernard) novel Chapter 278

Garett's fork just froze mid-air, as he gawked at Eleanor with a look that screamed 'whaaaat?!'.

After wrapping up a call with Ethan Ziegler, Eleanor spilled the beans:

"Garett, I woke up and heard you kicked the bucket. I was like, no way, and hightailed it back to the homeland to see if it was legit."

"But Ethan got all antsy, afraid I'd vamoose with my sis's ticker. He played the 'marry me or else' card. So, I said 'yeah', but I married him as Emilia, not a shred of love between us."

Garett's gobsmacked face melted into a sad puppy look, "Eleanor, my bad. I lost my marbles and you got roped into this mess."

Eleanor shook her head, calm as a cucumber, like she'd seen the light, "Even if I didn't say 'I do', he'd still have me on a leash 'cause of Emilia's heart."

Garett got all frowny. "Eleanor, Ethan's bad news. Hangin' with him is just askin' for trouble."

Eleanor's no dummy, "I know he's scum, so I'm cookin' up a plan to get him off my back."

Garett looked like a storm cloud at the thought of her begging someone else for help.

If he were still the big cheese of the Clowers Group, he could've gone toe-to-toe with Ethan and saved Eleanor. But now he's just a dude in a wheelchair, not only can he not help, but he's gotta be taken care of.

Then, like a lightbulb moment, Bernard crossed his mind. The guy's got clout coming out of his ears. If Bernard steps up, Eleanor's golden.

He clenched his fists, and after some hemming and hawing, spilled it, "Eleanor, Bernard's now the big kahuna of the Laurence family, the Stanley family, AND he's got a slice of the Clowers Group pie. The Zieglers are chump change to him. If he steps in..."

Eleanor cut him off, "Garett, are you telling me to hit up Bernard?"

Garett hesitated and finally mumbled, "He's the only one who can take on Ethan."