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.

into his firm chest. As she tried to push him away, he quickly seized

pair of sapphire cufflinks. You wouldn’t give the same gift twice. This pair was custom–made

surge of irritation. She thought he must find it amusing to

she said coldly,

Bernard still didn’t loosen his grip. “Answer me first. Were these cufflinks custom–made especially for me?” At that moment, Bernard was a completely different person from the one who often played the victim.

at all and even wondered if the person she thought

into her eyes. “Do you get it?” He couldn’t always yield to Hera. Otherwise, she wouldn’t realize

eyes showed traces of

to let go of her hands. “Don’t be mad.

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

leave, but Bernard handed her the gift.

a glance at it and eventually opened the gift box. Inside was a set of gold–colored needle kits. When she opened the kit, she found a complete set of needles

exposed to all kinds of gold and silver needles through her grandma. She immediately recognized this set as the famous Webb’s Gold Needles from the previous