Under the heiress facade

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Chapter 71

Hera spotted him standing there dumbstruck and snapped, “If you have something to say, spit it out otherwise, stop blocking my way like a moron.”

Zyler snapped back to reality, realizing she had just called him a moron! Hera, with her unsophisticated behavior, struck him as a real waste of good looks.

“I’m warning you, don’t you dare mess with Gigi again! And don’t even think about playing tricks on me!” Zyler warned.

Hera raised an eyebrow. “Play tricks on you?”

Seeing her denial, Zyler found her audacity irritating.

“I know you’ve got a thing for me and you’re trying to shake up my engagement to Gigi Well, forget it! The only one worthy of me from the Everett family is Giselle, the true heiress. You, as an adopted daughter, are not!” he deliberately emphasized his last sentence.

you get that

he figured Hera must be feeling pretty

even start on what you’ve done to Gigi. Didn’t you

it out! Even if what you’re wearing is genuine, I won’t

Hera was tired of hearing it. Was Giselle trying to annoy

my looks, and you’re calling me proud because of that? Get lost

Hera’s presence held the crowd in

steal the spotlight from the event’s main character and tell him

thrown off

bullied so badly. Hera’s just playing hard to get because she’s obviously into me! All that was just to catch my eye. Oh, women!”

couple came out of the study to find a crowd surrounding Hera and the others. Their smiles vanished instantly, their

the Gaskell family, was calmer than James and quickly sized up the situation

dispersed, Queenie Killian’s expression darkened as she eyed Giselle’s gown.

knockoff. Her fondness for Giselle had plummeted to zero, but in front of so many people, she instructed Zyler,

mixture of emotions as Queenie’s concern alarmed her. She feared queenie yet took satisfaction in seeing Hera in trouble this time for offending Queenie. After Zyler