Under the heiress facade

Chapter 268

“My foot is fine. I can walk by myself,” Hera said.

Bernard retorted, “Stay still. When I was injured before, you took care of me. Now it’s my turn to take care of you.”

“But you didn’t ask me to help you bathe.”

Bernard paused in his steps as he looked deeply at Hera in his arms,

Only then did Hera realize she had spoken too impulsively. When she gave it more thought, she recalled that he didn’t ask for her help then.

However, she was getting the sense that he may have hinted at it before

Seeing her furrowed brow, Bernard spoke in a low voice, “I see you care a lot about that.”

He remembered the time they had been in the hot spring. Hera had suddenly approached him, and he pushed her away. She might have misunderstood. Although she didn’t say anything then, she still remembered that incident.

He wondered if she had ignored the fact that he was a normal man and couldn’t stand her teasing. He figured that if he refused again, Hera would probably ignore him in the

want

was utterly

“Pervert!”

turned red as she pushed him away forcefully. Escaping from his

the closed door, feeling speechless.

found it harder and harder to understand

the curtains of the single room were tightly drawn. An old light bulb cast a

curled up in one comer of the bed, holding her phone. Her eyes were hollow,

her hand it up. It was a WhatsApp notification. She immediately opened

a message from Piglet

memory card

eyes suddenly brightened

Norburgh, she immediately asked, “Can hand it to you in person? I’d like to check out your workplace while

“No,” Piglet replied.

her now. Queenie said she would protect

didn’t know its contents but knew that it must be important if Queenie