Under the Heiress' Facade
Chapter 164

Hera paused in her actions of opening the door and leaving the room upon hearing Nathan'sstatement.

Nathan continued, "Robin used to work as the Gaskells' driver prior to the accident."

He wanted to continue investigating Daphne's case, but at the end of the day, he was just a publicservant of the bureaucratic system. He wouldn't be able to do anything to the Gaskells at all.

"Thank you," Hera replied coolly before exiting the office.

At the same time, she pulled out her phone and dialed a number.

"Hey, Mr. Annoying. Your family still owes me a favor. It's time for me to cash it in."

Hera ended the call sometime later and walked out of the police station. The driver stopped the carin front of her before getting out to open the back seat's door for her.

"Ms. Youngworth, are you returning to Skyview Heights now?" he asked.

Hera glanced at him coolly before replying, "Yeah."

…

After the meeting, Gideon decided to leave the company. He scrolled through Instagram whilewaiting for the elevator to arrive.

That was when he saw Gino's latest post, which was posted at noon. "I've decided to forgive her,seeing as she has specifically brought me a gift."

The image that came with the caption showed two bars of chocolate.

"How childish," Gideon muttered under his breath. Then, he snapped a screenshot of the postbefore sending it to Hera.

He texted, "You can't just show affection to your younger brother. You need to shower your olderbrother with love too."

There was a pitiful emoji pasted at the end of the message.

Meanwhile, Hera was playing on her phone in the back seat when she saw a WhatsApp notificationpop up. After tapping on it, she saw Gideon's screenshot and message.

She fell silent at the message.

The chocolate bars were meant to coax Bernard into taking his medicine in the first place. That waswhy she had extra chocolate bars lying around in her pocket.

After that, Gideon sent Hera another photo. It was a photo of his left hand with his sleeve rolled upto reveal his wrist. His skin was particularly fair and smooth.

Hera texted back, "What?"

Gideon didn't hesitate to bombard her with more texts.

"Don't you think my wrist is quite bare? You didn't even give me a present last time!"

Hera didn't know what to reply.

That wasn't a gift at all. It was just a piece of red string that she didn't want.

Coincidentally, the car sped past a shopping mall. Hera happened to see a branded outlet sellingmen's accessories.

So, she said to the driver, "Pull over for a bit."

After the driver stopped the car, he took a photo of Hera walking into the outlet before sending it toBernard.

"Ms. Youngworth has left the police station. We were on the way home when she decided to goshopping. It'll take us half an hour to return to Skyview Heights," he texted.

Back in Skyview Heights, Bernard was in the midst of going through the project files that Theo hadbrought him when he noticed his phone screen lighting up. He tapped on the phone to glance at itmomentarily before closing the files.

"I want you to amend the proposal later. That's all for today. Restore the living room to the way itwas before you leave."

Theo and Douglas exchanged knowing glances with each other.

That meant Hera was coming home soon.

One of them wheeled Bernard back to his room while the other tidied up the living room swiftly. Afterthat, both of them hurriedly left.

Bernard lay on the bed leisurely while zooming into the photo the driver had just sent him. When henoticed the outlet, he couldn't help but smile.

He wondered what sort of gift Hera would pick out for him.