Under the heiress facade

"Everyone thought you were dead back then, but I refused to believe it. I searched for you tirelessly, but I never found you.

"To keep myself from giving up, I created this periodic table," Bernard explained while looking at the meticulously maintained chart on the wall.

Hera gazed at the periodic table, noting the pristine glass. It was obviously maintained daily.

"I've been collecting two elements each year in my search for you. And I vowed to continue until the table was complete or until I couldn't find you," Bernard continued.

Hera turned her gaze to Bernard. His chiseled profile caused her heart to pound heavily.

There were 118 elements in the periodic table, and collecting two yearly would take him 59 years.

12 years ago, Bernard was just a 13-year-old boy when he made that stubborn promise to find Hera.

Throughout that time, Hera blamed Bernard for not accompanying her to Catherine's house and deliberately avoided him.

"Why didn't you come to the station to meet me back then?" Hera asked.

was imprisoned, Daphne spent months investigating the incident to

she had finally found some leads, she received death threats from an unknown source. To protect Hera and Bernard, Daphne planned to take them

leave, Bernard changed his mind at the last minute

Catherine's house, she died

and wanted to return to the Killian residence

returning could mean risking her life, as the

Hera secretly called Bernard and begged him

the station all day, but he

before they settled in the mountains near the border. They might not have been separated for so many years if Bernard had gone with

But

on the periodic table,

the time I escaped and reached the station, you were

on the run. Looking at Bernard and then at the periodic table, she suddenly felt a sense of calm. She moved to speak, wanting to comfort Bernard,

me all these years just because

of that," Bernard replied