Under the heiress facade

Samantha asked again, "You can't do this and that. Then, what do you want?"

Hera took another sip of the wine gloomily.

"That's why I called you out. Help me think of a solution."

Samantha kept silent.

"Great. It's a dead end," Hera sarcastically thought.

Meanwhile, in a VIP room on the third floor of Nightless Haven, Bernard sat in a corner, drinking sullenly.

Shaun wanted to call some hostess in for some fun, but a single look from Bernard made him drop the idea. He exchanged glances with Theo, who was also invited since he was on a business trip in Jedburgh. Ever since Bernard started dating Hera, he had stopped coming out for drinks with them. He seemed to be deeply in love and was dedicated to the relationship. Now that he suddenly asked them out, they figured something must have happened.

"Bernard, it's rare for you to ask us out for drinks. Are we really just drinking? You can do that at my family's winery, you know. We have all the vintages."

Shaun couldn't help but ask.

Bernard simply replied, "Too far. Not going."

Shaun didn't know what to say in response.

He then lit a cigar.

you have a fight with

"No."

was losing

are you looking

kept drinking in

drink and asked, "Bernard, is

the strategist Bernard favored, Theo's

guilty. He felt guilty because not only was he hiding his identity from her, but he had also been lying to her. "Do you

up at

help their relationship develop. But doing so would require Hera to swear on her life to

the grandmaster, there were ten elders whose identities remained secret to maintain the balance of power and for the development of Astral Nova's

Bernard took over, only a

identity wasn't necessarily a

Theo adjusted his glasses.

now, I think you can only continue to hide it until a suitable opportunity

in frustration. This was the only option

floor, Hera hadn't come up with a good solution either, but she had managed to get herself

the wine

your dear Bernard's

him..." Hera said with a hiccup as she wobbled out