Under the heiress facade

After seeing Hera, Nicholas thought the answer was pretty obvious.

He said lazily, "I'm assuming you don't know that Mr. Killian is engaged to Ms. Chime. Even if you got together with him, you'd be his side chick at best.

"If you were with me, you could at least be the mistress of the Sanderson household. We might not be as rich as the Killians, but you could do worse-" Geoffrey got out of bed and made to kick Nicholas, cutting him off.

"Shut up, you buffoon!"

Nicholas dodged the kick.

"It's true. Everyone knows the Killians and the Chimes are allied through an engagement. Besides, Bernard isn't exactly a saint. He stormed a bar in the middle of the night to steal someone else's girlfriend. A friend of mine sent me the video!"

As he said this, he pulled up the video on his phone and showed it to Hera. The moment he hit "play", an angry woman slurred, "Let go of me, you prick! Where are you taking me? I have a boyfriend—" Hera clicked out of the video before it was done playing, cringing.

Nicholas did not notice Hera's grimace and said, "Trust me. You're better off hooking up with me than with him-hey! Where are you going?"

Hera ignored him and turned to leave after getting Geoffrey's number.

caught up to her and growled, "Where are you rushing off to?" "My grandmother told me stupidity is catching," Hera replied curtly. He gaped at her

Catherine was consulting patients as usual, and Everly was in the north wing preparing medicine. "Hera, you're finally back. Are you all right? Did they hurt you?" Wayne asked anxiously

right. I sorted

skeptical look, she added, "Remember to add the mahogany chairs to

did Wayne believe she

at her admiringly and

Hera was taken from the clinic. He blamed himself for being too weak to defend her or do anything to help her. He'd considered calling Bernard but didn't have the man's number. In the end, he resorted to

you feeling better?" Hera asked as she entered the

out. She took Hera by the arm

all right. I was down with a cold, but a few pricks here and

something so reckless? Call the cops the next time

the cops could do anything about it," Hera

a lecture when Hera cut

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