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.

"Where are you rushing off to?" "My grandmother told me

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

"Remember to add the mahogany chairs to the bill when the Sandersons make

then did Wayne believe she

her admiringly and said,

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,

asked as she entered the

consultation and asked the nurse to see the patient out. She took Hera by the arm and assessed the latter from head to toe. When she

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

how could you do something so reckless? Call the cops the

doubt the cops could do anything about

about to dive into a lecture when Hera cut

I promise I'll be more careful next