Under the heiress facade

Chapter 264

“Don’t you remember what happened that night?” Aaron asked, surprised.

He glanced at Bernard and recalled his decisive move.

“Bernard is really ruthless. He even treated his own woman so harshly. Did he hit her so hard that she lost her memory?” he thought.

Bernard remained silent.

“What happened?”

Hera followed Aaron’s gaze to Bernard and noticed the bulge under his shirt sleeve. It looked like a bandage on his left arm. She frowned slightly.

Johnson saw Hera’s confused reaction and realized she genuinely had no memory of that night.

Her symptoms seemed more severe than Bernard’s past episodes. At least Bernard regained some fragmented memories after taking his medication. But Hera remembered nothing.

“Let’s eat something first Weren’t you hungry?”

Bernard unpacked the thermos Aaron had brought, revealing a light, nutritious chicken soup.

Hera sensed something was off in their expressions. She instinctively knew that something else had happened while she was unconscious. However, she chose not to push further since they refused to discuss it

stomach first, as she hadn’t eaten for days and

Bernard’s hand, but he held it back, saying,

remained silent, refusing the

on it gently, and brought it to

“Here. Open wide.”

Hera hesitated.

glanced between

the spoon too big? Should I find another way

off guard. Her intuition screamed that Bernard’s alternative method was something she

Barnard smiled.

“Great job.”

watched their exchange in surprise and mentally noted Bernard’s method.

felt much better after filling her stomach. As Bernard finished the remaining soup, Johnson started changing the bandages on the

and observed that the wound appeared to have been caused by a sharp blade.

the dagger she found in the cave and the bite mark on Bernard’s collarbone from their trip back from

deepened. Something must have happened during her blackouts, but Bernard obviously wasn’t going to

thorough check–up once things

Aaron, she asked, “Are Nate and Stephen okay? And what about the

Amelia was behind it. The police are searching for her now, Nathan is handling the case so that he

the mention of Amelia.

hadn’t interacted much with Amella, she