Under the heiress facade

Chapter 271

Aside from thinking that Bernard feared s last few days

she’d ru

run away to leave him untreated, Hera couldn’t come up with any other reason for Bernard shadowing her like a prisoner for the

Bernard gazed at her intently. He wasn’t afraid that she might run away but was afraid she might disappear again.

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“Yes,” he said, confirming her assumption.

Hera was momentarily speechless.

“You can rest assured. I have medical ethics. I’ll take responsibility for you,” she said, then turned and entered the café,

“Douglas.”

Bernard looked at the driver’s seat, and Douglas immediately understood.

Led by the waiter, Hera was taken to a private room reserved by Leon. She knocked and entered.

Inside the room, only Leon was present. He was engrossed in a discussion on Cyber Web’s forum.

the UTA–224 hacking incident and the International Police’s bounty of 100 thousand dollars for

while another hotly debated topic was the identity of the

a look at this. Someone on the forum is speculating that 5 might have

toward Hera upon

at the post’s contents but realized it was mere gossip.

rivals. Their fans, who typically didn’t get along, were now engaged in heated exchanges on the forum.

brewing, as though they were afraid that their idols were

is wanted, so obviously his mentor, S,

“Vulcan is just copying 5 to shift the blame. How despicable!

“Truly top–tier hackers. They can even hack

rendered

herself. She wondered if it was true and who the other person might be. S hadn’t responded

wasn’t the time

is it?” she

extracted a small black memory card from his computer and gave it to Hera.

when phones had buttons.

card

“Here‘

card reader from his bag and

laptop over and sat opposite him. She inserted the SD card into the

and went over to Hera’s side to