Under the heiress facade

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Chapter 86

Hera had barely tasted the dish, so she obediently nodded. “Yeali

“Say ‘Please, Bernie‘ then,” Bemand requested. As he finished his words, he braced himself, expecting Hera to meet his request with a chilly response.

Yet, the temptation of delle konis food was too

Bimatoprsist, Without hesitation, she called out, “Please, Bernie,”

With that, Bernard’s hand twitched imperceptibly, and his throat tightened, is spur–of–the–moment decision to have tena address him differently suddenly felt weighty.

It wasn’t the first time people had called him “Berule,” but heating lil banderafelt different,

As Heta spoke, her mind telt logry, as if the food had clouded her thoughts. She couldn’t believe she fell for his charm. Despite her racing heart, she accepted the steak calmily and continued eating.

steak was delightful, as was the bacon. Ilent convinced herself she was only complying for the sake of the food. Yeah, that was at

lost in their thoughts. ng breakfast, Yet, the atmosphere remained

clean up, but Bernard stopped her. “Leave It. The maid will handle it. Tonight,

as she kept an eye out for Tiramisu trying to snatch

Bemard sakl, deliberately observing: Herd’s

she asked, “Why do you want

vaguely remembered Camille.

since her

at an international medical conference before. She knew Camille had earned

medical

paised and then offered a reasnuble explanation, “To assess her medical

you believe that I’ll be able to

and arranged someone else for me,” Berard explained, his tone

from her earlier compliance.

going either. As a “weakling in the Killian family, I’m isolated and defenseless,