A Second Chance at Forever (Eleanor and Bernard) novel Chapter 1160

Liana froze on the spot, freaked out by the sight before her, not daring to move forward. She spun on her heels and bolted for the bathroom door, emotions running wild, carelessly running down the stairs all the way to the dean's office.

She wanted to head back to her office for a breather, but upon reaching the door, Tyler greeted her sight. There he was, decked out in a white suit, arms crossed over his chest, leaning against the wall. On seeing her, he cocked his head slightly and nodded in her direction.

"Dr. Terrill, you're still a knockout, even after ten years."

Liana couldn't keep it together, she squatted down, hugging her arms tightly, tears gushing out of her eyes like pearls off a broken string.

Who can save her?

But no one came to Liana's rescue, she had to save herself, by taking pills for self-help.

She was a doctor, she thought it was just post-traumatic stress disorder, she thought, just hang in there for a while, everything would go back to normal, Tyler would be gone.

But she didn't see it coming, she couldn't escape this shadow. Tyler was everywhere, like a shadow, always by her side.

She tried to keep her work regular, while trying to live peacefully with the imagined Tyler, even arguing with him sometimes.

Every time this happened, Liana would think, if Tyler were still around, their relationship would probably be like this, plain and long-lasting.

Too bad, there are no ifs.

Liana thought she was handling it quite well, until one evening, she saw Tyler sitting by her bed, head down, not uttering a word.

Fresh out of the shower Liana, hallucination or not, went straight over, squatted in front of him, reached out and gently touched his face, "What's the matter?"

Tyler felt her touch, slowly raised his eyes, looking at Liana, "You promised to be with me for a month, but you only stayed for a day."

Liana's fingers stiffened, tears slid down uncontrollably.

He did this to tell Liana, if he still couldn't let go when the time was up, let her pull the trigger. He used this gun to restrain himself, while also testing Liana, to see if she would shoot him to escape him.

Tyler lost, or rather, Liana never let him win. So when the bullet hit his heart, he didn't even make a sound, just tremblingly handed her the handcuff key, letting her and Will leave...

Liana wondered, what did Tyler want to say when he grabbed her ankle? Was he trying to explain the past? Why didn't he say it in the end? Was it because he thought she no longer loved him, only saw Will in her eyes, so he thought it was meaningless to say it?

Liana couldn't find the answer, she just stood up, turned on the bathtub faucet, filled it with water, and climbed in...

They say, if the water drowns up to the heart, you'll die of suffocation after a while...

Tyler wanted her to be with him, she should be with him, so he wouldn't feel lonely in a foreign land...

Thinking of this, Liana closed her eyes, slowly sinking into the bathtub...