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Chapter 1365
Eleanor hugged her arms tightly and rested them on her knees, gazing at the night scene outside the
window.
Under the street light, a tall and imposing figure was faintly reflected.
Eleanor thought the old man had left long ago, but surprisingly, he was standing in the garden,
watching her.
Through his deeper and heavier silhouette, she could tell that Yates was reminiscing about Pauline
through her.
After staring at Yates for a while, she put on a thick coat, changed into her shoes, and went-to the
garden.
Yates seemed surprised when he saw her. There was a hint of surprise in his eyes. Without saying a
word, Eleanor walked towards him and took a few steps forward, implying that she agreed to a leisurely
walk to digest.
Being a clever man, Yates quickly followed her pace, “Your grandmother seemed tough on the surface,
but she was actually very soft on the inside, just like you.”
Eleanor just didn’t want to wallow in her sorrow. Seeing Yates, she decided to confront him, “I am not
Pauline.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtYates nodded, “I know you’re not her, but blood ties are something that seep into your bones and
bloodstream. You are undoubtedly like your grandmother.”
Eleanor looked at the old man walking next to her: “I’m curious, why did you fall for Pauline, and why
did you take her from her lover? Can you tell me about the past?”
She was probing, and Yates understood this, but he didn’t hide anything: “That year, I was sixteen. At
my birthday party, she came with her friends and played the piano.”
Speaking of this, Yates genuinely smiled, “To be honest, your grandmother’s piano playing was really
not good. I told her the truth, and she got angry.”
Yates looked down at petite Eleanor, “At that time, I was the designated heir of the Sharp family.
Everyone was flattering me, but she was the only one who dared to compete with me.”
Yates said he initially found the girl interesting, not enough to be completely in love. But it was when he
fell into the swimming pool, and Pauline swam over like an angel and
saved him.
Yates got close to her as a way of repaying her kindness. However, at that time, Pauline had a
childhood sweetheart who understood her more than his domineering and uncommunicative self.
When she was eighteen, Pauline confirmed her relationship with that man. Yates was so angry that he
took Pauline away, locked her in a room, and did some bold things that scared Pauline.
The two stopped interacting because of this. It was Pauline’s first love, who realized Yates was
coveting Pauline, and repeatedly provoked him and tried to stimulate him, leading him to takeover
forcefully.
When Yates mentioned the phrase “takeover forcefully’, there was no hint of regret in his tone. He felt
that Pauline belonged to him, her first kiss was his, her first night was his. and the rest of her life could
only be his.
He admitted that as a businessman, the tactics he used were not very honorable. As for how
dishonorable they were, Yates didn’t say. He only told Eleanor that the only man Pauline ever loved
was him, and that other man didn’t count.
After talking about his own stories, he began to ask Eleanor, “What about you? How did you get
through your childhood?”
Eleanor responded without any emotion, “Haven’t you investigated my past?”
Yates replied, “I have, but I only know the general situation, not the specifics.”
Eleanor didn’t want to discuss further, “I just got through it. There’s nothing much to say.”
She radiated a sense of loneliness, which darkened Yates’ eyes, “Eleanor, I know you’ve had a hard
life, I…” He paused, under the street light, his reddened eyes gently gazed into Eleanor’s clear eyes,
“will make it up to you.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmEleanor gave a faint smile, her eyes full of indifference, “If I didn’t get the things I wanted as a child at
that time, obtaining them now that I’m grown up won’t bring me any joy.”
Yates understood what Eleanor meant, “Then besides the things you wanted as a child and didn’t get,
is there anything you want at this moment?”
After a moment of silence, Eleanor looked up at the stars, “I want the star, to hold a children’s book,
and tell stories to my child, to educate them.”
Yates thought she was joking, and replied, “How can a star hold a children’s book and tell stories and
educate a child?” After saying this and seeing Eleanor not responding. Yates slowly realized that
Eleanor was comparing Bernard with the stars. She was thinking about Bernard.
Yates looked at Eleanor’s profile as she gazed at the stars, and for a moment, he felt torn. In the end,
reason won over emotion.
He pretended not to understand and said to Eleanor. “Peterson gave me a telescope. If you want to
see the stars, I can take you?”
Eleanor had no interest in seeing stars. She withdrew her gaze and declined, “It’s late, I should go back
to rest, Goodnight.”
After saying this, she turned around and left.
Watching her slender figure retreat, Yates couldn’t help but call out to her, “Eleanor, is Bernard very
important to you?”
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