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 he

in him was screaming at him to catch up

"Bernie..."

staircase. She glanced at the

spared her a

in Everly as she

love Bernard and even made use of his feelings for her, but he only had his

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 there's going to be

tracks and gave her a sideways

and he would be patient enough to listen as

attention from him was enough

a worried expression, she continued, "I heard it from the hotel manager. I'm not sure if it's true, but I'm genuinely worried about Hera. If it's true, she might get scared... I want to tell her about it myself, but she doesn't want to see

phone and sent a message to Douglas, "Check the

to say something, but

him, but she accidentally twisted her ankle and fell

placed her right hand on the ground, and the wound on her arm tore open as

blood vessel in it shifted, sending waves of

fainted. She lay on the ground