Under the heiress facade

"I thought you didn't want to try it." Hera was slightly perplexed.

"I've changed my mind," Bernard answered. With that, he looked at Thiago with a challenging glint in his eyes before swallowing the slice of hummingbird cake.

Then, he snatched another slice from Hera, who had just taken one bite and put it on his plate. That left Thiago shocked.

Hera had no choice but to silently reach for the last slice on the plate. However, Bernard took the entire plate away from her.

Hera exclaimed, "Bernard! Could you stop fooling around?"

"You should eat your pasta." Bernard pushed the plate of pasta toward her. "His mother made this for his future wife, but you won't be marrying him.

"You shouldn't steal other people's food. I've already asked someone to ship some hummingbird cake via plane from the South. You'll be able to have some by noontime."

Hera said nothing. Bernard was such a jealous man, and there seemed like no end to his antics.

"Then, why did you eat those slices earlier?" Hera retorted. "Are you going to become his wife? Or are you stealing food?"

Bernard was rendered speechless by her words.

exclaimed in shock, "I don't want to marry him!"

me back the hummingbird cake! My mom made that for Hera!" While speaking, Thiago attempted to snatch the plate from Bernard, who refused to give it to him. Instead, he turned to hand

this is for

smelling the cake, it turned away and left in

was speechless. Bernard was truly being childish. She would have him sleep on the couch tonight. Although it didn't hurt him much, it was rather embarrassing for

Hera finally ate some hummingbird cake when Bernard went

Do you like it? If you do, I'll ask my mom to make

the cake and nodded. "It's tasty,

do, she likes baking all sorts of

brought," Hera interrupted his rambling by changing the

happily went to open his

32-inch suitcase was filled

brim with medicinal herbs. They were reishi mushrooms, turmeric, sea cucumbers, and oyster shells-which Hera needed-and

them without hesitation.

million dollars. By the way, I'm planning to enter the market on the northern side of the country.

you collected the

referring to the payment Everly had to make for the herbs. "No. She only paid a deposit of ten million dollars. She still has not paid the

that she has to pay everything in three installments within a month. Today is the due date for