Under the heiress facade

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Chapter 165

The sky had already gone dark by the time Hera returned to Skyview Heights.

She opened the front door, soon realizing that the lights in the living room were turned on. Tiramisu came bounding toward her merrily before nuzzling against her legs.

**Tiramisu, has your dad been behaving himself today?” Hera picked Tiramisu up and changed into her indoor slippers at the doorway before entering the living room.

Tiramisu grunted in response if it could speak, it would’ve complained to Hera that Bernard kept misbehaving throughout the day. Not only did he leave the apartment, but he also brought other visitors with him and kept Tiramisu locked up in its pen. Because of him, Tiramisu couldn’t even play in the living room.

Hera spotted Bernard, who was sitting in his wheelchair. He was still wearing the same silk pajamas from this morning. The light cast down on him made him seem a lot fairer than usual He didn’t even bother putting on his slippers, judging from his bare feet on the wheelchair’s pedestals

“Why did you get out of bed?” Hera asked as she put Tiramisu down

Then, she removed her jacket and hung it on the coat rack. She made sure to fetch an extra cardigan from the rack so that she could drape it on Bernard’s shoulders.

Even though the heater was already turned on, the fact that Bernard had just recovered from his illness still stood. It’d be very easy for him to catch another cold since he was only wearing thin pajamas.

across the fabric, asmall smile already playing on his lips.

Bernard can his fingers across t

see the moment

fell silent at his sappywords.

scanned ber up and down thoroughly before turning to look at the doorway. Strangely enough, Hera didn’t return with a shopping

as he turned to look at Hera

That word again!

walked into the kitchen to check the ingredients

it was Bernard’s turn to stay silent. A moment

driver had informed him that Hera had gotten out of the car with a shopping bag How was it possible for the gift to disappear in just ten minutes?

a bouquet of flowers at the gateway of the residential area yesterday, his eyes darkened instantly, followed by his expression.

phone and drafted a text message for Andrew,

that

was extremely confused when

the Everett residence the only place you’ve been to today?” Bernard asked while wheeling himself toward

midst of clearing out the rotten vegetables from the fridge.

the places I’ve been to

Bernard

other hand, Bernard was surprised to see that Hera was smarter than she looked. Since she didn’t get mad at him after exposing his lie, he

the case,” Bernard stated.

that, Hera rejected immediately

Hera wouldn’t be able to extract any cloes from their bodies, so

getting rejected.