A Second Chance at Forever (Eleanor and Bernard) novel Chapter 629

After Blake backed off from meddling in their marriage, Bernard whisked Eleanor off to various parts of the world for their wedding shoot.

He custom-made a ton of wedding gowns for Eleanor just for a few snaps; even the wedding rings were designed by top-notch designers worldwide.

Bernard hired a bunch of famous teams, make-up artists, stylists, you name it, all for the sake of making her look fabulous on her big day. Once that was all sorted, he went off to plan the wedding venue. After setting everything up, he kept it a secret from Eleanor, probably planning to surprise her.

Eleanor didn't press him about it, instead immersing herself in designing their love nest...

Initially, Eleanor planned to hand over the design to the renovation company. But when Bernard caught wind of it, he swiped her blueprints, insisting on taking care of it.

In the following days, she was chugging down the herbal tea Liana brought over while giving her all to the project her sister left behind.

To rake in her wedding gifts, Eleanor started to work her butt off, busy with designing from dawn to dusk, even brushing off Bernard when he came looking for her.

Bernard, who was left standing at the door, watched her brisk exit and his mood took a nosedive...

Back at Laurence Manor, he retreated to his study, pulled out his private mobile and shot Eleanor a text saying, [I'm home]. In the past, she would have responded promptly, but this time he waited and waited, but her reply never came. It was a downer. He sat on the sofa, clutching the phone, staring at the screen... Hoping she'd text back sooner, but the night came and went and still nothing...

Lately, she seemed distracted and didn't seem to care about his wellbeing, what's up with that? Bernard wanted to ask her several times but couldn't bring himself to. He was scared she'd say she regretted agreeing to marry him. This anxiety wrapped around him, plunging him from the heights of happiness to the depths of despair, cloaking him in gloom.

Caleb walked in, oblivious to his mood, and started reporting work stuff: "Sir, I've looked into Ethan and Emilia's matter, here are the details..."

Caleb handed the documents to Bernard who didn't react at all, his gaze fixed on the phone. Caleb thought he was waiting for an important call and stood by patiently.

After a while, Bernard, seemingly agitated, cast the phone aside...

Only then did Caleb notice something was off and asked, "Sir, are you not feeling well?"

Bernard slowly lifted his eyes to look at Caleb, "When did you come in?"

Caleb was speechless. He had been standing here for like half an hour already.

Caleb cleared his throat awkwardly and repeated, "I've found out what happened with Ethan and Emilia, I came to report."