Under the Heiress' Facade
Chapter 133

Hera glanced up at Gideon. She was about to ask him how he knew about the situation when Ginosuddenly spoke up.

"Hera, my Terranish is pretty good. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me anytime," Ginooffered.

Hera remained silent.

"Your Terranish proficiency is like a first-grader's. It's not even enough to teach at kindergarten,"Gideon remarked.

He then turned to Hera and added, "I've already contacted a Jascilian tutor. They'll drop by thisafternoon for your tutoring session."

Gino was surprised.

"Having money doesn't make you great. When I have money, I can do the same!" he thought.

Hera replied calmly, "No need. I have to go out for a while. I won't be back for lunch."

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As the new week began, the academy forum was unusually active because the results of the Belle& Hunk election were released.

Lily stayed up until midnight on Friday to see the results.

She felt relieved when she saw that Hera unsurprisingly topped the girls' rankings. It wasn't in vainthat she had spent the week pretending to support Hera and canvassing for votes.

Cindy came second, and Lily herself made it to tenth place. She looked forward to personallyhumiliating Hera and getting revenge for the embarrassment Hera had caused her.

The contestants were practicing their language skills and speech techniques for the speech conteston Friday at the academy's theatre.

Observers on the forum refreshed it daily, monitoring who was putting in the effort and how theirchances of winning the title were improving.

Only Hera's probability of winning the beauty title remained at 0% without any progress.

It was due to the fact that no one had seen her practicing, and some even claimed she didn't attendclasses regularly.

Consequently, those who had voted for Hera in the preliminary round began to question their initialbelief that Hera would turn over a new leaf.

Meanwhile, Hera was in the laboratory, completely focused on separating the Eclipse Stone.

The liquid in the vial containing the Eclipse Stone was highly toxic. Without careful handling, theEclipse Stone would turn into poison.

She had been in the laboratory for ten days when she finally separated the Eclipse Stone. The nextstep was pharmaceutical processing.

She logged into Raven's account and asked Piglet to locate some herbal medicines for her. Whenshe switched back to her private account, she saw Bernard's profile picture in her chat records.

It was time for his follow-up appointment, yet he hadn't contacted her. Therefore, she decided tomessage him first.

"Are you at Skyview Heights? I'll come over later for your follow-up."

Two hours passed, and he still didn't reply, which made Hera feel uneasy. Bernard used to respondto her messages quickly.

At that moment, a knock on the door interrupted her thoughts.

She securely stored the Eclipse Stone, removed her gloves and protective clothing, and thenopened the laboratory door to replace Christopher waiting outside.

"Hello, Hera. I hope I'm not interrupting. I've come to escort you to my house," Christopher said,flashing a bright smile.

Hera nodded faintly.

"Let's go," she replied, locking the laboratory door behind her.

She had promised Andrew the week before that she would visit Mary at the Ludden residence afterschool that day.

They walked out of the laboratory building side by side, and the Ludden family's driver was alreadywaiting downstairs.

Lily witnessed Christopher gallantly opening the car's back door for Hera. She immediately jumpedto conclusions, thinking Hera was shameless for trying to seduce Christopher.

She promptly took several photos with her phone and anonymously posted them on the academyforum.

"No more talk about Hera not putting effort into the speech contest. She just has her own uniqueway," the caption read.

This news was like a bombshell, causing chaos on the forum.