Under the heiress facade

Hera continued to stay silent.

Bernard asked again, "Is it really an after-effect?"

Hera picked up the pillow on the bed to throw it at him.

Bernard caught the pillow and chuckled. He decided to stop messing with her and threw the pillow back to the bed. He then got ready to take a shower.

When he took off his clothes, he noticed in the mirror that the scars on his chest seemed to have become lighter.

Bernard looked all over his body and noticed that the grisly scars had really faded. Even the old scar on his waist and the newly acquired one on his thigh were lighter, especially the new scar.

He turned around, his back facing the mirror. The big scars on his back had also faded.

His gaze flickered as his heart warmed and the corners of his lips lifted unconsciously.

He quickly showered and went out. Hera had already worn her jacket and was playing with her phone on the couch.

"Sweetie, did you really not do anything when I was asleep? I noticed that my scars look much lighter," Bernard asked as he got dressed.

him. "They looked really ugly, so I put on some ointment. There's still a bit

the only

you feel burdened when you see them

be reminded of all the times he got injured whenever he saw them. Removing

scars should be remembered

temperature in the room drop. She watched

you don't like them, I can remove all of them."

disappeared immediately, as if

was speechless. Until now, she still

go and get food. I'm so hungry." Hera took

laptop on the couch that was blocked by Hera just now. He remembered that when

...

went to a private room on the second floor. At this hour, the chefs at the

their food, they sat opposite each other at the long table. Neither of them spoke as they were on their

had slept for an entire 48 hours. When he turned on his phone, it almost

read Samson's updates on how Raven breached Astral Nova's firewall.