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 stupidity is catching," Hera replied curtly. He

returning to the clinic, Hera saw that everything had been put back in its place. 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 when he

sorted it out," Hera

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

then did Wayne believe

admiringly and said,

panicked when 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

better?" Hera asked as she entered the consultation

out. She took Hera by the arm and assessed the latter from head to toe. When she was sure

all right. I was down with a cold, but a few pricks here and there, and I'm right as rain again,"

could you do something so reckless? Call the cops the next time something

could do anything about

a lecture when Hera cut

promise I'll be more careful next