Under the heiress facade

Bernard's expression was cold. A storm seemed to brew in his eyes.

How dare Hera lie to him! How dare she come here in secret to meet Tyler, that lunatic of a man!

Bernard's gaze made Hera freeze, and she felt her legs turn to lead.

She never thought he'd come to Nightless Haven! And now, she was caught in the act.

Hera had no clue when Bernard arrived or how much of her conversation with Tyler he had listened to. But she could already feel the cold, suffocating air he gave off although they were a few feet apart. She would be blind not to know that he was mad at her.

If Tyler and Bernard got into a fight in a place like this, they'd become the talk of the town very soon. As she tried to think of how to explain herself to prevent Tyler and Bernard from throwing fists like before, she heard Bernard say, "Come here!" The sentence was curt, and his voice was cold.

Tyler chose to be adamant and conceited at such a crucial moment by draping an arm over Hera's shoulders.

In a sly voice, he said, "Since you've seen us together, we don't have to hide anything from you anymore. Hera and I are a team now."

"Said who!" Hera immediately cleared the air as she got away from him.

Tyler didn't seem annoyed at what she said. With a smile as sly as his voice, he said, "You took the flash drive I gave you."

could feel Bernard's cold gaze on the flash drive in her hand. She felt as though she was holding molten lead right now. She had been tricked!

them. She, on the other hand, had a mentor who enjoyed making

stop at that. In a tone that could cause misunderstandings, he continued to say, "Since you

had the urge to sew Tyler's mouth shut. She was already reaching up to cover his mouth with

her, he was

so that her attempt failed. To make matters worse, he hooked an arm around her waist and said, "You can't shut me up with your hand like this. Use your mouth

hand on Hera's waist. His gaze turned ominously dark to the point of making the temperature

wasn't paying attention, she grabbed him hard by the shoulders, pushed him down so

didn't anticipate that. He bent over and covered his crotch

fricking

her hands and turned around, her expression cold and nonchalant as she walked over to Bernard.

Tyler was the bully here. Hera seemed much more

moment, Bernard stood unmovingly as he stared at

dissipated a little after seeing

knee hurt?" he asked, a trace of froze lingering

"Yes!" Hera nodded.