Under the heiress facade

"What are you looking at?" Bernard asked as he sat beside the bed.

He leaned in to snatch the phone just as he noticed the chat with Shaun.

"Don't read that."

Hera deftly evaded his grasp and hurriedly scanned the message list. Douglas' avatar showed seven unread messages, with several group chats marked as 99+.

Before she could read the details, Bernard snatched the phone back.

"Let me see it again."

Hera lunged to reclaim the phone, but Bernard held firm.

And so, beneath the enchanting moonlight, the two spent a carefree night together.

...

in Jedburgh, Chad's grip tightened on the newspaper as he exclaimed,

boldly proclaimed, "XS Corporation Invests 200 Million in

if this is sheer coincidence or if they

Everetts had accepted XS Corporation's investment, he felt like he was punching cotton. Karen's words reminded Chad that if XS Corporation was solely targeting Killian Corporation, it was simply unfortunate. But if it was the latter, it signaled something grave-a spy within Killian Corporation! "Who's the party pooper stirring up

Rhett, the fourth son of the Killian family. Following him was a

guys are here. Come in and

she signaled

Bernard still not

for Chad. Bernard barely touched his New Year's Eve dinner the previous night before leaving and hadn't returned since. Seeing this news early in

you bringing him up?" Chad

Chad had put aside. He had read it

was precisely why he had come

Bernard has always been like this. It's not worth getting worked up over him. Look who I've