Under the heiress facade

It was dark inside the car. Bernard propped himself up in the back seat with his arms while Hera lay underneath him. He had a wild, frenzy look in his eyes as if he were a predator staring down at its prey. Hera could sense the anger radiating off Bernard. The feeling he gave off was different than before.

This time, he was truly furious. Back then, Hera needed only to coax him, and he wouldn't be angry at her anymore.

This time, he was still mad at her even after she tried coaxing him.

Based on how things were, she wouldn't make it until they went back home. He'd vent out his anger on her right then and there.

Of course, Hera didn't want to take things that far here in front of the bar where passersby were everywhere. She quickly pulled him into a hug.

In a gentle voice, she said, "Don't be mad at me, please. I don't like it when you do this. You'll hurt me. Besides, it's really dark in here. I don't like it here."

The light fragrance coming off of her and her soft voice made Bernard waver. He hooked an arm around her waist and pulled her up so that the two of them were sitting in the back seat. "You have one minute to explain yourself," he told her.

Hera was relieved!

"I told you I bumped into Tyler here. You don't believe me, do you?" she said.

"You two were going to make an alliance, yet you're telling me that you just happened to see him there?" Bernard said, his voice cold.

He purposely turned to look at her bag on the ground. In Nightless Haven just now, he'd seen Hera stuffing the flash drive into the bag.

Hera was helpless now. So, Bernard actually heard her conversation with Tyler. This meant she couldn't lie to Bernard anymore.

why didn't he listen to the entire conversation instead of only overhearing

anything about being accomplices. He was the one

was at fault for lying to Bernard and

I wanted to meet Tyler, would you have let me out of the house?" Bernard's gaze

There are stil plenty of things I have to learn about hacking. I met him tonight to get the code he owed me. As for working together with him, that's just nonsense. You're so

online before this?"

put it simply, why did Hera and Tyler meet up all of

that Tyler simply wanted to meet Hera in person. How

better than him? Why do you have to

just tell him that she had lost to him so many times and was

as she wanted to snap at him, she pretended

I'll ask you if I have any questions," she promised. "Don't be

sides of his face and

quenched the anger in

took the

him like that, and

to be cruel to

en

against the back of her head to deepen the kiss. After