Under the heiress facade

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Chapter 230

Gideon answered casually, “I think so too. They were a gift from my sister.” The price wasn’t important. What mattered was that Hera had given them to him.

“Interestingly, mine are from her as well,” Bernard replied.

Gideon was taken aback. There was no way Hera could afford to buy such an expensive gift! He refused to believe what Bernard had said!

“Well, Mr. Killian, you’ve come at an inconvenient time. Our family is about to head to a hot spring resort, so we might not have time to entertain you.” Gideon got straight to the point.

The hot spring trip was Lilith’s idea from last night. They were worried Hera might be feeling down and wanted to take her out to relax and have fun

Heramight

“It’s fine 1..” James was about to suggest he could stay behind but then caught Gideon’s warning glance, signaling him to be quiet. He promptly shut his mouth.

the host’s words that that was a courteous

latted his cup, took a sip of the coffee, and asked, “Is Hera going too?”

“Of

join you, then,” Bernard said as

not be convenient. We’ve already made our plans-“Gideon tried

perfectly fine. I won’t go with you, then. Let Bernard join instead. You young people should have fun, Mildred interrupted Gideon hastily

The man before her was the head of the four major families, the seventh son of the Killian family! He held shares in Killian Corporation and was second only to the family head. In other words, if the head of the Killian family stepped down, he would be

would become

Mildred wouldn’t dare to imagine

rise to the top again and

to make this marriage happen

load their equipment into the car. Bernard was still sitting on the couch, sipping coffee and chatting

car, on

to see Bernard in the back seat, typing a message. She then

on him and glanced at

“Didn’t you say you’d help get rid of him? Why

didn’t expect this guy to be so shameless. I bet even bullets would