Under the Heiress' Facade
Chapter 172

The sad truth was that Douglas never got to go on a vacation.

On the way home, Bernard's car got stuck in a traffic jam, thanks to the evening rush hour. Typicallyspeaking, they could reach Skyview Heights in over ten minutes. But they were stuck in the jam forhalf an hour this time. Unfortunately, they had yet to reach their destination.

Hera leaned against the seat while playing on her phone. Suddenly, she felt something weighingher shoulder down. It turned out that Bernard had rested his head against her shoulder.

She turned to see Bernard's face, which was magnified before her. Did he fall asleep on hershoulder?

Only when Hera was staring at Bernard from this angle did she realize how thick and long hiseyelashes actually were. Now that his eyes were closed, his eyelashes were able to cast downcrescent shadows on the spot under his eyes.

Bernard's skin was smoother than that of a regular woman's. The outlines of his tall nose and sharpjaw were accentuated even more, thanks to the glow of the streetlights.

Anyone would've killed to have a face as gorgeous as Bernard's.

Hera's mind began to wander as she stared at Bernard blankly.

Douglas focused on driving the whole time. Once the jam finally cleared up, he put his foot on thegas pedal and sped down the road.

Skyview Heights was just right ahead. Douglas stole a glance in the rearview mirror at that moment,only to get stabbed in the heart at the sweet and tender sight.

If he were to stop the car now, would Bernard wake up from the jolt? Would he be dissatisfiedbecause he was ruining the rare moment?

Douglas then recalled the murderous look Bernard had shot in his direction before getting into thecar earlier. Realization dawned on him as he steered the car slightly to the left.

Just like that, the car drove past the gateway of Skyview Heights.

Douglas reminded himself that this was for the sake of Bernard's future happiness. In a way, he wasalso doing this for the sake of his year-end bonus.

He ended up making three laps around Skyview Heights.

Just as Douglas was about to do the fourth lap, the security guard posted at the gateway couldn'thold himself back any longer. He could recognize the license plate number belonging to one of theapartment's inhabitants, so he stepped forward to stop the car.

"Are you new to these parts? Can you even replace the entrance properly? You've already done threelaps around the area, you know! I'm getting dizzy just by looking at you!"

Hera snapped out of her trance, thanks to Douglas applying the brakes abruptly. Even Bernard waswoken up by the sudden jolt.

Everyone in the car fell silent for a few moments.

Once Hera and Bernard got home, they unanimously decided to avoid bringing up what hadhappened in the car earlier.

After dinner, Hera reminded Bernard to take his medicine on time. Then, she returned to her roomto bathe and wash up for bed.

Sometime later, she lay on her bed in her pajamas. She then tapped on WhatsApp before switchingto Shadow's WhatsApp account.

Her conversation with the grandmaster of Astral Nova was still stuck at the part where he wantedher to become his wife. Hera thought for a few moments before an idea popped into her head.

She tapped on her keypad for a while before sending the text message.

After that, Hera opened the photo album. She was about to send a photo to the grandmaster whenher phone suddenly vibrated. It was a call from Lilith.

The moment Hera answered it, she heard Gino's voice drifting from the loudspeaker.

"You refused to pick up my calls earlier, and you didn't even call me back! Yet, you picked up Mom'scall right away! Am I even your actual brother?"

Hera was momentarily stunned. It was then she remembered having spotted Gino's missed calls inthe afternoon, but she had completely forgotten to call him back.

"What's the matter?"

"Can't I call you even if there's nothing going on? Why aren't you coming home again?"

It was rare for Hera not to hang up on Gino the moment she heard his complaints. Instead, sheswiped the calling interface away.

She was about to continue texting the grandmaster of Astral Nova in order to replace out how to get herhands on the century-old gurdyroot. That was when she saw the photo she had just sent to him.

The sight of the photo caused Hera to jump out of bed right away. She promptly deleted the photoafter that.

Since when was that photo saved in her photo album?

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At the same time, Bernard stared at his phone in his study downstairs.

Shadow: "Do you mind taking a man as your wife?"

Bernard was speechless when he saw the question.

Then, Shadow sent him a photo on WhatsApp. It was a photo of a man biting the hem of his whiteshirt while taking a selfie of himself in the mirror.

The moment Bernard tapped on the photo, Shadow instantly deleted it.

But he was very sure that it was the photo he had sent to Hera some time ago, which shocked himto the core.

To think that Hera actually saved that photo into her own album!