Under the heiress facade

Chapter 694

"Oh, congratulations. I have another matter to attend to, so I should go now," Hera said indifferently and bypassed him, preparing to leave.

Hurt by her aloof attitude, Bernard quickly held her hand. "But it's a trap... I'll come with you."

He wanted to stop her, but he knew that she wouldn't listen very well.

Hera looked at his bandaged right hand, which was holding hers. A pang of guilt hit her.

She looked up at his handsome face. It would be a lie to say that she hadn't missed him after days of separation.

However, she didn't want to see him now, especially since he returned to the country to dissuade her from continuing her plan.

She withdrew her hand and coldly refused him, "Thanks, but no."

"Hera, you're here! I've been looking for you." The cheerful Thiago happened to come over. When he noticed Bernard behind Hera, his shoulders drooped as he assumed that she would stay by Bernard's side from now onward.

To his surprise, she walked toward him. "I had a call to take. Let's go."

was off, but

in him was

"Bernie..."

staircase. She glanced

her a disdainful glance and

Everly as she blamed fate for being this cruel

his feelings for her,

believed that he would be moved by her feelings one day as long as she didn't give up. "Bernie, I have something important to tell you." She lifted the hem of her dress and scurried along the corridor to catch up with him. "I heard that

and

knew that he cared for Hera and he would be

one moment of attention from him was

genuinely worried about Hera. If it's true, she might get scared... I

phone and sent a message to Douglas,

parted her lips, wanting to say something, but

ankle

hand on the ground, and the wound on her arm tore open as it hadn't fully

artificial blood vessel in it shifted, sending waves of excruciating pain throughout her body. It

lay on the