Samantha couldn't stand it and said, "How can you say something like that? You should just shut up if you have nothing better to say! No one would think you're mute if you keep quiet!" Shaun had not come back last night, and there wasn't any news from him in the morning, so she was worried sick. Hera reached out to hold Samantha's shoulders and gave her a reassuring hug. Samantha turned to sneer at Nicholas before lying her head on Hera's shoulders. Nicholas was flabbergasted.

Hera asked, "Were they your people?"

"That's right. The leader of that SWAT team is one of my good friends. They wouldn't have come so quickly if I hadn't called them!" Nicholas said proudly.

"Were the people on the helicopter also yours?" Hera asked.

"What helicopter?" Nicholas asked instead.

He didn't see any helicopters last night. He only saw about ten police cars. Was she suggesting that someone else had gotten help faster than him?

"It's nothing. Thank you," Hera answered.

If the helicopter had nothing to do with the SWAT team, then there was a high chance that the helicopter was the help Bernard had sent. But what on earth was his position within Astral Nova that allowed him to mobilize their people so quickly? Suddenly, Hera felt like she had uncovered one of Bernard's biggest secrets!

"Just a thank you? How can you be so insincere?" Nicholas said with disdain.

to look for her acupuncture kit. Then, she climbed past the

kit. He shrank

do you want to

thank you for your help," Hera said as she

tingle at the sight of the

reason for her to retreat now. Hera

immediately held Nicholas still.

man. How can you still be afraid of needles?" Wayne asked with

didn't seem to hurt, causing Nicholas to fall into silence. After 15 minutes, Nicholas realized his cold

was no wonder that Hera was

to tell me about your friend's investigation of the situation last night," Hera said

as she

was off. Shouldn't she be thanking him? How

the other side, Aaron knocked on Bernard's office door and placed a stack of papers on his table. "Bernard,

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