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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.”

from mentioning the black Audi following Hera’s

waited there until she went

good that

a sigh of

this late before?” Gideon asked with a

not when she lived at home.

which let her feeling uneasy. Yet, she also worried about coming off as

“What’s wrong?”

abruptly swung open and startled

the other end of the hallway. It took them a moment

scrambling up from the floor and dashing nervously

“Gino?”

Dicked the hallway light co

asleep yet? Are you worried about Hera, too?

brightness left Gina momentarily

if she comes back or not? I just got

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

Gino’s room.” Lilith muttered to herself as she

let me see if

“Spoiled

at

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