A Second Chance at Forever (Eleanor and Bernard) novel 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 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 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 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.