Hera was still typing when she felt, rather than saw, Bernard approaching her and surreptitiously hid her phone.

"You look so serious. What's on your mind?"

Bernard stopped next to her and kissed her on the forehead.

"Nothing," she lied.

"I'm reading."

"You're holding the book upside down," he pointed out with faint amusement.

She glanced at the book and realized he was right. Sheer pride kept her lying through her teeth.

"I was practicing reading upside down!"

Bernard raised a brow.

He took the book from her and asked, "So, did anything interesting happen today that I should know about?"

Hera was suddenly reminded of what Tyler had told her earlier that day.

Indeed, how would she know if Bernard wasn't lying to her? Even without Tyler's prompting, she had already sensed that Bernard was keeping secrets from her. Then again, she kept secrets from him, too, so they were even.

of that, she agreed to exchange numbers with Tyler but archived his contact information. From there,

course.

handle," Hera

sudden thought crossed

she asked, "I did come across an interesting piece of information, though. Word on the street is that your engagement with Ms.

you feel if I revealed Ms. Chime's true colors to the public? Would

papers, but the ladies of leisure had taken it upon themselves to spread the word. There was nothing

hand and

planning to reveal her true colors? I could do

Hera laughed.

to be hands-on with

and made her read for a whole hour. After he left for work, she burrowed back under the covers to catch up on sleep, only to be woken up by the commotion in the clinic. She

south wing was in a mess. Leon was pinning a maniacal patient on the ground at the moment. One of the nurses sported a bump on the forehead, and Everly held a pack of ice to soothe

currently pointing a finger at Catherine and snapping, "You call yourself a miracle doctor when you

do about her condition. She

young man snarled, "She's not on drugs! She's just sick! If you call

his fist and made to punch Catherine's face. He was stopped by a slender hand that

hand to the person's face, only to see a pretty young lady standing before

me!" he barked,

pressure point on his wrist. His arm went numb at once, and he could not summon any strength to it.

was hollow as she mumbled,

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