A Second Chance at Forever

Chapter 1416

Sheldon froze, a puzzled look crossing his face as he stared at the expressionless Bernard.

“What do you mean?”

“He’s your sister Tammie’s kid, didn’t you know?”

Evan’s casual words left Sheldon gobsmacked. “What… aren’t you Donna’s child?”

Sheldon knew about the saga of Tammie and her undying bond with Leonard Laurence.

But it never crossed his mind that Bernard could be their child.

This revelation left Sheldon incredulous, scrutinizing Bernard from head to toe.

Just by looks, you couldn’t tell much, but those eyes…

On closer inspection, they had a distant aloofness about them, quintessentially Tammie.

In Sheldon’s memory, Tammie always had a certain chilliness, as if nothing in the world mattered to her.

Bernard, standing not far off, had the same air of detachment, as if perched on a high pedestal yet indifferent to it all.

The more Sheldon looked, the more he saw the resemblance, and the disbelief in his eyes softened.

“No wonder you called me uncle before.”

He’d thought it was just a slip of the tongue because of Eleanor, and he went along with the uncle bit. Little did he know, Bernard was already privy to their family ties.

“If you knew I was your uncle all along, why didn’t you tell me sooner?”

Bernard’s accusing gaze shifted from Evan, settling on Sheldon in the distance.

“No need.”

Just a bit of blood relation, not close, what was the point of mentioning it?

Bernard’s cool voice was familiar to Sheldon. But to Robin, it was a thunderbolt from the blue!

“You… are my aunt’s child?!”

If Bernard was his aunt’s kid, then that made him Bernard’s…Cousin?!

Damn! His lifelong nemesis turned out to be his cousin?!

The shock in Robin’s eyes could only be described as a bolt from the blue.

He stared at Bernard with wide, incredulous eyes.

No wonder Bernard had always been one step ahead; it was bloodline supremacy.

Supremacy be damned, but if Bernard was his cousin, then Eleanor was…

His cousin-in-law?!

The realization nearly gave Robin a heart attack, the kind that made him want to commit murder out of sheer frustration!

“I don’t care if you’re my aunt’s child, I will never acknowledge you as my cousin!”

Bernard, turning slightly, smirked with a thin curl of his lips, scoffing softly. “Whether you acknowledge it or not, you still have to call my wife-your cousin-in-law.”

Robin’s face turned sour, even the AK in his hand felt powerless.

Pining for a married woman was bad enough, but for her to suddenly become your cousin-in-law…

If the situation wasn’t so dire, Robin would have lost it, beyond anyone’s control!

However, no one paid any attention to Robin’s rage, as everyone grappled with this sudden revelation of their relationship.

“Mr. Quartus, he’s your nephew, are we still going to fight?”

Sheldon, looking at the opposing side, hesitated for a moment then brushed aside the memories, stepping over the charred remnants of branches on the ground and moving forward…

“Blood ties aside, our stances are still opposed.”

Bernard, who had anticipated this response, lifted his slender finger in a commanding gesture as soon as Sheldon finished speaking.

Members of the Siren Organization, masked and all, immediately drew their guns, aiming at Sheldon and his followers.

And as the Sirens drew their weapons, Sheldon’s people also drew their guns in unison.

Both sides were on a knife-edge, ready to erupt into a hail of bullets at a single command.

Yet Sheldon’s group, guns in hand aimed at Bernard, never gave the order to fire. Content held by NôvelDrama.Org.

Evan, who sought a bloodless victory, took in the scene and knew Sheldon was hesitating. He spoke up again.

“Mr. Pine, even if you don’t consider family ties, think about your brothers-in-arms.”

“Area Opaca sent you out alone to intercept us, clearly willing to sacrifice you.”

With just a few words, Evan’s gaze moved beyond Sheldon to the gun-wielding men in black.

“By numbers, you are fewer than us, and you’re outgunned.”

“You must be well aware that with our manpower and firepower, we could turn you into Swiss cheese.”.

“Why become Yates’ sacrificial lamb with your brothers when you could be thinking about your own welfare?”

Sheldon glanced back at his brothers-in-arms, then turned his gaze to the hundreds of masked Siren Organization members behind Bernard.

In terms of numbers and weaponry, they were outmatched; a fight would leave them without an advantage.

But to betray Area Opaca at this moment seemed like an impossibility.