Under the Heiress' Facade
Chapter 154

Douglas reminded Bernard, "But Bernard, you said that I could go on a vacation…"

"I'm canceling it."

Douglas fell silent at the order.

Was Bernard toying around with him on purpose?

…

Hera was woken up by her phone's loud ringtone the following day. It was Nathan who was incharge of Isabella's case. He requested Hera to drop by the police station at 2:00 pm.

Nathan didn't bring up any details regarding the case. All he said was that he'd explain everything toHera once he got back to the police station.

Hera had a bad feeling about the meeting.

After washing up in the bathroom, she had just descended the stairs when she heard the doorbellring.

The moment Hera opened the door, she saw a man clad in a uniform belonging to the ImperialHotel. He carried a wooden engraved lunch box with him.

"Hello. This is the meal that Mr. Killian has ordered."

"Thank you."

Hera accepted the lunch box. When she returned to the living room, she glanced in the direction ofBernard's room.

Did he wake up early in the morning?

Hera recalled the events that had occurred last night and the bouquet of flowers. She shook herhead to get rid of all unnecessary thoughts. It was best if she pretended that nothing happened lastnight.

Then, Hera opened the lid of the lunch box, revealing an assortment of food. Most of the food itemshappened to be her absolute favorite, with the remaining food items being pastries and consommé.

She took a seat at the table and ate some of the food. After that, she arranged the rest of the foodon a tray so that she could bring them over to Bernard.

Meanwhile, Bernard leaned against the bed frame in his room with a pair of Bluetooth earbudsstuck in his ears. He raised his right knee in order to balance his laptop on top of it.

He maintained a poker face as his fingers flew over the keyboard swiftly. Strings of white codesquickly streaked across the dark screen with every key he typed.

Theo's voice continued filling Bernard's eardrums via the earbuds. "There's a traitor in the hospital.Someone has leaked the news of your incident. That's why they have the guts to act sooutrageously."

"Hmph! To think they're already this bold when I'm still alive! If I were dead, their heads would beextremely inflated from their ego!"

Bernard chuckled coldly in a deep tone. His gaze was extremely icy at that time.

Theo could sense Bernard's fury from the other end of the line. He asked, "Are we still keepingthem around?"

"What for?" Bernard snapped icily.

At that moment, he heard someone knocking on his door.

Bernard's hands paused in their typing momentarily. Then, he typed even faster on the keyboard.30 seconds later, the screen was switched back to the desktop.

"Strike them at their most vulnerable moments. Get rid of everyone once and for all," Bernardcommanded in a low tone.

After that, he hung up on Theo and removed his earbuds before closing his laptop. Then, he placedeverything on the nightstand.

"Come in," he called out.

When the door swung open from the outside, Bernard quickly lay back down on the bed. He madesure to plaster on a sickly expression as well.

Hera carried a small table into Bernard's room a second later. She noticed Bernard lying on the bed.It was apparent that he had gotten out of bed earlier, seeing as he had changed into a pair of blacksilken pajamas. Not to mention, he didn't slip under the covers as well.

After setting up the table on the bed, Hera brought breakfast into the room.

"Has Douglas used up his annual leave?" she asked.

"Why do you ask?" Bernard replied with a question of his own.

"I saw him coming over last night," Hera explained.

In fact, Douglas had left pretty late last night.

The memory of last night's incident made Bernard cough awkwardly. "He had to drop by at the lastminute to deliver something."

"Oh. Tell him to come over later. I'm going back to the Everett residence once you're done withbreakfast. Something came up, and I have to deal with it," Hera said.

She had promised Lilith last week that she'd accompany her to visit Mildred at the hospital onSunday, which was today.

Since Hera was planning to return to the Everett residence, there was no telling whether or notshe'd go home at night.

Bernard, ever so shameless, stated, "Douglas is still on his annual leave. He returned to hishometown early in the morning."

"What about Johnson?" Hera asked.

Once she was done with the visit, she'd have to drop by the police station. That meant she wouldn'tbe back so soon.

Hera would feel a lot at ease if someone was here to take care of Bernard on her behalf.

"He returned to the Chime residence for a family banquet," Bernard responded.

"Well, do you have any other assistants or friends who can help take care of you?"

"Nope."

Bernard's answer came out swift and decisive. There was no hesitation at all.

Of course, Hera was rendered speechless.