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.

have a

"No."

losing

you looking so

kept drinking

who was sitting nearby, poured him another drink and asked, "Bernard, is it about your

the strategist Bernard favored, Theo's

because not only was he hiding his identity from her, but he had also

up

develop. But doing so would require Hera to swear on

organization within Astral Nova was very complex. Besides the grandmaster, there were ten elders whose identities remained secret to maintain the balance of

Bernard took over, only a few knew his true

wasn't

Theo adjusted his glasses.

you can only continue to hide

frustration. This was the only

with a good

quickly took the wine glass from

stop drinking. You're drunk. What's your dear Bernard's number? I'll

Don't call him..." Hera said with a