Under the heiress facade

Hera walked over to Bernard, whose laptop was playing a crucial part in the surveillance footage at the time it all happened.

In the footage, Everly left the stairway in a hurry.

When the footage ended, Bernard closed the window and opened Douglas' chatbox. He proceeded to play the other footage Douglas sent him.

All the footage was taken from Nightless Haven. There was one where Everly entered the bar with Marcus, and another where Wayne followed a group of staff to give out the wine. Then, Everly walked out of one of the rooms and pulled Wayne along with her. What happened next was shown in the first video Hera saw, where Everly left the stairway.

There were no cameras in the stairway, so no one knew what happened there. Even so, it was highly likely that Everly played a part in causing Wayne's concussion.

Hera watched the footage where Everly entered the bar with Marcus again. Everly was wearing a branded dress and accessories. Apparently, she had been leading quite a good life after leaving the clinic.

Hera didn't stop Everly from leaving back then. However, if Everly really hurt Hera's friends or family, Hera would not let things slide.

Nicholas also came over to watch the footage. He sighed in relief because the part where he had a woman in his arms wasn't included in the footage.

It never crossed his mind that Bernard would investigate this entire incident so thoroughly in such a short time. Meanwhile, Nicholas had been doing nothing but standing and waiting here in the corridor. This wouldn't do. How could he let Bernard take the spotlight?

Nicholas had to do something to prove that he could be of help at such times.

"What do we do now? Do you need me to bring Everly over?" he asked, rolling up his sleeves eagerly.

Hera simply yawned while Bernard checked the time, neither of them answering the question.

and said, "It's late. We should head back and get some sleep. We can

What a

still young. What are

need to

snorted, annoyed. "As if you

arm around Hera's waist. To Nicholas' surprise, Hera didn't seem to resist

were Nicholas' arm, she'd poke him with all the needles she had until he resembled a

yelped,

on Bernard's face at those words.

a mental note to quickly register their marriage. That way, there'd

rest. You're too loud," Hera warned. "Bernard

free, Nicholas, you can stay and

Nicholas look after Wayne would be much better than

think I am?

his phone and

I'll stay!" Nicholas blurted,

el?

care of Wayne, it'd make Nicholas seem like a

expletives as he entered