Under the heiress facade

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Chapter 232

Hera never expected that pair of cufflinks to end up in his hands.

“I didn’t expect you to secretly prepare a Christmas gift for me. It made me very happy.” Bernard smiled.

Yesterday afternoon, when he returned to Skyview Heights, he ran into a Jacob & Co. salesperson who had come to deliver the cufflinks.

Bernard learned from the salesperson that Hera had secretly ordered a gift a month ago. When he asked her about it back then, she had played dumb. It turned out she had prepared this little surprise for him.

However, some unpleasant events nearly ruined it.

Watching his smiling face and considering his sexual orientation, Hera felt it was ironic to give him a gift since they had no relationship. “Who said the cufflinks were for you? I prepared them for my brother. Take them off!” she said with mild anger as she stepped forward to retrieve them.

dodged her reaching hand, grabbed her, and pulled her into his firm chest. As she tried to push him away, he quickly seized her

twice. This pair was custom–made for me, wasn’t it?” Bernard asked as

must find it amusing to tease her this way. She struggled to free her hands, but the disparity

said

grip. “Answer me first. Were these cufflinks custom–made especially for me?” At that moment, Bernard was a completely different person from the one

realized that she might not understand Bernard at all and even wondered if the person she thought she knew had just been playing with her all along. The thought made her angry. “Does it really matter?”

are, it means you have feelings for me!” Bernard gazed into her eyes.

speaking, but her usually calm eyes showed traces of

had no choice but to let go of her hands. “Don’t be mad. I’ve prepared a

as he finished his sentence, an attendant approached with a tray holding a gift box tied

her the

of gold–colored needle kits. When she opened the kit, she found a complete set of needles made of

childhood, she had been exposed to all kinds of gold and silver needles through her grandma. She immediately recognized this set as the famous Webb’s Gold Needles