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.

"They looked really ugly, so I put on some ointment. There's still a bit left. Take it and use it every night consistently for 21

will care about that. You're the only one who can see them,"

clicked her tongue. "Won't you feel burdened

would be reminded of all the times he got injured whenever he saw them. Removing the scars would also help him to forget

should

drop. She watched him, and

I can remove

emanating from him disappeared immediately, as if what

Until now, she still hadn't seen every side of

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

Bernard glanced at the silver laptop on the couch that was blocked by Hera just

...

to a private room on the second floor. At this hour, the chefs at the Imperial Hotel were already off work. However, the manager

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

turned

updates on how Raven breached Astral Nova's firewall. His