Under the heiress facade

Chapter 116

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Chapter 16

Hera dried ber damp hair and got into bed to sleep.

In the dimly lit hallway, the door of the adjacent room crept open. Simultaneously, another figure emerged from the staircase landing.

Two figures stealthily approached Hera’s door. Their movements halted when they heard each o

After a moment of confusion, they both whispered, “Shh!”

The two figures were Gideon and Lilith.

“Why aren’t you asleep yet?”

Both whispered in unison. Then, they exchanged knowing glances toward Hera’s door.

Light seeped out from under the door, but there was no sound from within to confirm if Hera was asleep.

“Hera came back alone in a taxi,” Lilith said.

At noon, Hera mentioned she had plans with a friend and wouldn’t be back for dinner. She had gone out and unexpectedly returned only in the early hours of the morning.

“Yeah, I know.”

refrained from mentioning the black Audi following Hera’s taxi. He was wary of exacerbating

at the comer. It waited there until

good that

sigh of relief

to come back this late before?” Gideon asked with

not when she lived at home. But

which let her feeling uneasy. Yet, she

“What’s wrong?”

swung open and startled

the other end of the hallway. It took them a moment to adjust to the light spilling

a small figure scrambling up from the

“Gino?”

hallway light co

why aren’t you asleep yet? Are you worried about Hera, too?

brightness left

if she comes back or not? I just got up to

other slipper and hastily returned to his room with one foot bare. He nearly stumbled and left the slipper behind in the hallway.

could’ve sworn there was nothing wrong with the bathroom in Gino’s room.” Lilith muttered to herself as she hurried to catch up.

let me see

grumbled, “Spoiled

at the

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