A Second Chance at Forever (Eleanor and Bernard) novel Chapter 818

Veronica observed the entire ordeal unfold from the sidelines. Once Yeager and Hailey departed, she approached Cedric and gently patted him on the back.

"Cedric, you need to come to terms with reality. Ms. Vulpe isn't interested in you; she's already involved with someone else. We can't go around meddling in other people's relationships," Veronica advised, hoping to instill some sense of reason.

Expecting Cedric to argue or protest, Veronica was surprised when he simply nodded in acquiescence.

"Alright," Cedric replied, his attempt to maintain composure indicating a sense of injustice he was experiencing.

Veronica couldn't help but feel a twinge of sympathy for Cedric, sensing that he believed himself to be on the receiving end of an unfair situation.

She couldn't put her feelings into words, but thinking about the once cheerful Cedric, now...

She glanced at him and noticed him staring at the ground, trying hard to hide his emotions.

"Don't sweat it, life's a long road, you'll meet someone who's right for you eventually."

"Really?"

Cedric looked up, his face returning to its usual expression.

"I did give it my all, didn't I?"

Veronica nodded, he really did try.

She remembers when Cedric was a kid, small and skinny, always being bullied by his classmates.

He would always fight back, leaving those classmates black and blue.

The school principal had to call in the parents, have the kids apologize to each other, and that was that.

But after the classmate apologized, he refused to apologize, even saying he'd only apologize over his dead body.

And now, that kind of guy, was bowing his head to his love rival for the sake of wooing Ms. Vulpe.

That was truly rare.

"If she doesn't like me, then it is what it is, right?"

Veronica didn't know how to respond.

"If she doesn't like me, then I don't like her."

Veronica looked surprised at Cedric who was talking to himself.

Whenever he faced problems, he always knew how to comfort himself, like just now when he rushed to apologize, all on his own accord.

His personality was completely different from Bernard's. Bernard was good at controlling his emotions, Cedric was driven by them.

Although this has a bit of a 'damn the torpedoes' feel to it.

Hearing Veronica's words, Cedric gave a poker face, "She tried to seduce Bernard, I know."

"How did you know?" Veronica was startled, her eyes wide with surprise.

Everyone kept this secret deep within their hearts in order for him to remember the good parts of his first love, but he knew about it all along?

Cedric didn't answer, just quietly watched in the direction Hailey had left.

"Why would you want to get back together with Hertha knowing that?"

Why?

It was nothing but his own foolishness.

He wanted to make Hailey jealous, but realized that none of it worked.

She didn't like him anymore, no matter what he did, no matter how much he made a fuss, it was useless.

Thinking about this, Cedric let go: "I think I need to go abroad for a while."

With that, Cedric held his chest and walked towards the exit of the hotel.