Under the Heiress' Facade

Tiramisu snorted at being locked outside the room. It seemed fearful that Bernard would do something terrible to Hera and indignantly used its hooves to scratch the door.

"If you make noise again, I'll barbecue you!" Bernard yelled sternly.

The scratching noises stopped immediately. They vaguely heard Tiramisu snorting before walking away.

Hera was becoming uncomfortable being held down by Bernard and wanted to get up and check on Tiramisu. She tried but found her hands firmly pinned to the bed, and she could not budge an inch at all. She could only give in. "Bernard, please let go of me first."

Bernard did not loosen his grip and asked in a low voice, "Do you know what it means if you're a Killian again?"

He looked down at her, seemingly very cold and unfriendly. Not expecting that he would be this upset, Hera explained, "I asked that on purpose because I wanted Grandma to see how upset Giselle would be and expose her true colors. "Last time, she deceived Grandma so badly. If I don't expose her true colors for Grandma to see, she'll be fooled by Giselle again."

Of course, she also wanted to take the opportunity to mock Chad's schemes. She was certain that if she agreed to his request, the headline in the newspaper tomorrow would be "The Killian Family Welcomes Dr. Shadow Into the Family". She did return to the Killian residence to investigate who was behind Daphne's murder. Once clarified, she could clear the crimes that Lucius was wrongly accused of.

But there were many ways to get to the Killian residence. It wasn't worth it for Hera to sacrifice her freedom and become a member of the Killian family.

"So, don't be so angry, okay?"

Bernard noticed that Hera had not realized what was bothering him. He suddenly bent his head and kissed her.

It was nothing like his usual gentle kisses. This kiss seemed punishing as he pressed his lips against hers, kissing until she could hardly struggle or breathe.

Just as she was about to run out of

breath, Bernard graciously let her go. They pressed their foreheads against each other as Bernard

looked into Hera's eyes. "Do you

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"What?" Hera was momentarily confused after lacking oxygen. What should she have understood? What did he want her to say?

Bernard let out a chuckle and released her hands. Finally free, Hera immediately got up, intending to get out of bed. But she noticed the sinister smile on Bernard's handsome face.

"Seems like you still don't know who you are!" He undid the buttons of his shirt one by one. His piercing gaze was fixed on Hera like a hawk eyeing its prey.

The sight made Hera gulp in terror. It was her first time seeing this side of Bernard. It was scarier than whenever he fell sick, and she had no idea what to do.

At least she could stick a few needles into him whenever he started acting up. But he did not. seem-sick at all now. Instead, he looked like he was about to

interrogate her.

She had once heard of Bernard's cruel tactics during interrogation, which made her skin crawl. She watched him slowly strip off his shirt and begin to remove his belt.

Hera instinctively touched her waist and realized that her bag was in the car. Her acupuncture kit wasn't with her, and she had no idea what to do.