Under the heiress facade

Chapter 720

"What does that have to do with me?" Hera asked coldly.

Neil was feeling torn. Bernard refused to answer his calls and did not want to see him. Thus, Neil decided to try his luck and ask Hera to help out. After all, Bernard was willing to listen to her.

But Neil never expected that Hera would be so cold.

"Mr. Bernard is devoted to you, Ms. Youngworth. Surely, you want him to have a better future, right?" Neil asked warmly.

"So?" Hera asked.

"When Mr. Killian Senior was still alive, Mr. Bernard was his favorite child. Before his death, he even left behind all his shares at Killian Corporation to Mr. Bernard. That means he intended to leave the company to him.

"Back then, Mr. Bernard was still quite young, so he couldn't manage the entire Killian family yet. Thus, Mr. Chad took over as the head of the family first.

"Now that Mr. Bernard has grown up, it's also about time for him to start managing the headquarters' affairs. Once Mr. Chad retires in a few years and hands over the position of the head of the family to him, Mr. Bernard will get used to the workload quickly."

snorted. Bernard cared for

"Ms. Youngworth..."

speaking to her?" Bernard's icy voice drifted through the doorway,

having heard Bernard.

"Get lost!" Bernard yelled.

had not completed the task entrusted

continued, "Do you want someone to drag you

now." Neil knew that Bernard was capable of carrying out his threat. It would be

arrived at the Killian residence, Chad called him to the study and asked, "How did it

"I wanted to speak to Ms. Youngworth and ask her to help advise Mr. Bernard, but

took a deep drag of his cigar before slowly exhaling. The result was just as he

should smoke

closest confidant, he knew that Chad usually did not smoke cigars. He would only do so whenever he felt troubled. The more

seek him out

him, yet you want me to talk to him. Who will

of him being too spoiled! So many shareholders are racking their