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.

did you have a fight with your

"No."

losing his

you

only kept

him another drink and asked, "Bernard,

expected of the strategist Bernard favored, Theo's

which made him happy but also guilty. He felt guilty because not only was he

up

him to reveal his identity to Hera as that could help their relationship develop. But doing so would require Hera to swear on her life to never reveal his

the grandmaster, there were ten elders whose identities remained secret to maintain the balance of power and

Bernard took over, only a few knew his

knowing that identity wasn't necessarily a

Theo adjusted his glasses.

you can only continue to hide it until a

This was the

private room on the second floor, Hera hadn't come up with a good solution either,

quickly took the

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

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