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.

she agreed to exchange numbers with Tyler but archived his contact information. From there, she would let nature take

course.

handle,"

sudden thought

though. Word on the street is that your engagement with Ms. Chime has become viral news in

Chime's true colors to the public? Would you feel sad

the ladies of leisure had taken it upon

Hera's hand and squeezed it

to reveal her true colors? I could do it for you so you won't have to

Hera laughed.

to be hands-on with something like

woke Hera 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

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

at Catherine and snapping, "You call yourself a miracle doctor when you can't

about her condition. She needs to go

on drugs! She's just sick! If you call her a drug addict one more time, I'll punch your teeth

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

trailed from the hand to the person's face, only

are you? Let go of me!" he barked, raising his

pressure point on his wrist. His arm went numb at once, and he could not summon any strength to it. Hera dropped his arm and glanced at the woman Leon had pinned on the

as she

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