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 confidence from?

But then he figured Hera must be

what you’ve done to Gigi. Didn’t you cheat on the Cavenridge entrance exam just to cozy up

style. Isn’t that just to grab my attention? Well, cut it out! Even if what you’re wearing is genuine, I won’t be interested in you. My

of hearing it. Was Giselle trying

proud because

Hera’s presence held the crowd in

Hera in all of Norburgh would have the guts to steal the spotlight from

thrown off by Hera’s smooth reforts.

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

couple came out of the study to find a crowd surrounding Hera and the others.

Terence, the head of the Gaskell family, was calmer than James and quickly sized up the situation He greeted everyone with a hearty laugh along with James and dismissed

Queenie Killian’s expression darkened as

to zero, but in front of so many people, she instructed Zyler, “Zee, take

a 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.