Under the heiress facade

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Katie was left speechless,

It was hard for her to comprehend that Hera, who was beautiful, didn’t seem to value beauty that much

“Boss, can’t you pretend to be upset with us at least?” Katie implored.

“I’m too busy for that,” Hera replied.

She set down her backpack and grabbed a small canvas bag before leaving.

The class president and her other classmates felt as though they had been snobbed by royalty.

Hera left the classroom and headed to the laboratory being.

Christopher leaned casually against the wall at the entrance of the chemistry laboratory on the fourth floor He was carrying his backpack and reading a book while waiting for

someone.

lab was rarely used, and the hallway was deserted

echoed from the stairwell. Christopher looked up to see

with a cold expression on her shining face, she exuded an air of aloofness that

long legs tumed the plain gray uniform into a fashion statement.

skipped a beat as he quickly put his book away and stood

lunchbox from his backpack

had breakfast? I brought this for

at the lunchbox,

Christopher reached into his pocket but didn’t hurry to pull

conduct an experiment?”

given him a key to the lab to hand over

promptly requested the chef to prepare an

none of your business. Don’t ask, Hera said.

reached out her hand, signaling him not

say–if you need help, you can call me anytime,” Christopher offered, placing the key in Hera’s hand and looking at

Hera sald, unlocking the lab door and

lab to separate the Eclipse Stone from the

discussed it with Andrew over WhatsApp, and he had promptly arranged the