A Second Chance at Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard)

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Chapter 1198

Despite the awkwardness, Latonia firmly said, “Even if she’s your sister, she needs my blessing to

become part of my family. Don’t I, as a future mother-in-law, have the right to have a chat with her?”

After staring at Latonia for a moment, Bernard retorted, “Who said Ms. Vulpe wants to marry into your

family?”

Without thinking, Latonia shot back, “If she doesn’t want to marry into my family, why has she been

hanging around my son for five years?”

Leaning back on the couch, Bernard gave a lazy smile, “Seems like you don’t really know your own

son.”

If she didn’t know her own son, who would?

She stated firmly, “Cedric is my son, I raised him. No one knows him better than I do.”

Bernard didn’t argue with the stubborn Latonia, only saying. “You might not know that after Cedric and

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Ms. Vulpe broke up, he spent two years trying to

win her back.”

Latonia froze, staring at Bernard in shock, “With Cedric’s personality, there’s no way he’d spend two

years chasing a woman. That’s impossible!”

She couldn’t believe her son would do such a thing. In her mind, Cedric was a playboy, not one to

settle down.

She figured that the only reason they’d been together for five years was because Hailey was desperate

to marry into wealth, that she clung to Cedric like glue.

Knowing Bernard was defending Hailey, Latonia didn’t want to outright accuse her, so she subtly said,

“Cedric would never do that, it must have been Ms. Vulpe clinging to him.”

Bernard didn’t care about Latonia’s perspective, “If Ms. Vulpe was clinging to Cedric, then why would

she immediately reject his proposal after you approached her?”

Latonia argued, “She rejected him because she’s playing hard to get, trying to use Cedric against me.

Once we fall out, she can swoop in and benefit. Otherwise, she would have knelt before me begging to

let them be together. But she didn’t do that, instead she urged Cedric to turn against us.”

Only Latonia could see Hailey in such a villainous light.

“Ms. Vulpe not coming to you shows she doesn’t want to marry into your family. And Cedric opposing

you for Ms. Vulpe shows how much he loves her. Only someone in love would stick to her like glue.”

Latonia didn’t agree with Bernard’s view, countering, “He’s just a kid. Look at what he’s doing, it’s clear

he’s not grown up. How can a child talk about love? Plus, he’s doing this because he feels I’m

controlling him and he’s rebelling. He’s just stubborn about getting what he can’t have.”

In short, Latonia refused to believe Cedric was in love with Hailey. Realizing the problem, Bernard said

coldly, “Before meeting Ms. Vulpe, Cedric might have been a player, but after meeting her, Cedric

stopped messing around…”

Bernard paused, then lifted his cool gaze to Latonia, “You think he stopped playing around because

Ms. Vulpe is manipulative and deliberately lured him? If so, then why didn’t he stick with Hertha for five

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years? And back then, Cedric was even younger, wasn’t he even more immature?”

If Latonia was a negotiation expert, then Bernard was an opponent she couldn’t find a way to counter.

For instance, now, just as she was about to speak, Bernard coldly cut her off.

“Besides, if a woman’s manipulations were enough to tie down Cedric for five years, then I wouldn’t

entrust someone so impulsive with the position of CEO in my branch company. It’s because I saw

Cedric’s growth and change that I gave him this position. You don’t trust him, do you not trust me

either?” If the previous sentences defending Ms. Vulpe weren’t enough to convince Latonia, then this

sentence ‘You don’t trust him, do you not trust me either? was a clear warning to Latonia that he would

never gamble the Lawrence Group on someone immature..

So, Bernard’s choice to overlook Cedric’s older brothers and give him this important position was due

to Cedric’s growth. She had thought Cedric got this position because, compared to his younger

brothers, Bernard had a better relationship with Cedric. She didn’t expect Bernard to be so far from

shallow.

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