Under the Heiress' Facade
Chapter 533

The Killian residence was huge and took about 40 minutes to walk from the entrance to Rhett's place. People would usually drive in. But since Hera only took a cab to the gate, the security wanted to drive her in using a guest car.

However, it seemed all the guest cars were in use today. Despite waiting for a while, the guard had yet to return.

The midday sun in June was scorching, so Hera decided to move farther into the estate, recalling that there was a pavilion in the garden.

"Mr. Xavier, why are you playing with mud again? Come with me. It's too hot, and you might get heatstroke."

A woman's voice caught Hera's attention. She looked in the direction of the voice and saw a thin man squatting by a rock formation near the pavilion, playing with mud and dirtying his white shirt and face.

The elderly maid, Marriott, anxiously stopped him from putting mud in his mouth. She carefully wiped the mud off his face and hands. "Mr. Xavier, this is mud. You can't eat it."

The man grinned. "I'm an earthworm. I love eating mud."

Marriott said gently, "You're not an earthworm. You're Mr. Xavier. You don't eat mud, you eat food."

"No, no, Roman said I'm an earthworm, so I want to eat mud," the man insisted as he grabbed more mud.

Hera was stunned as she recognized the two people. They were Greg's only son, Xavier, and his caretaker, Marriott.

Marriott had been with the Killian family for many years, serving Xavier's father, Greg. After Greg passed away, Devito also died shortly after, leaving Xavier devastated. He fell ill, and a high fever left him mentally impaired, turning him from a lively and cheerful boy into a mentally disabled patient. When Hera was still living with the Killian family, Xavier was the one, aside from Bernard, who spent the most time with her.

Even later, when everyone said Hera's adoptive father had killed Greg and the maids working for him avoided contact with her maids, Xavier would still come to visit her when she was sick.

Hera was saddened to see the cheerful Xavier reduced to this state.

Xavier sensed Hera's gaze and turned to her. Their eyes met, and Hera suddenly felt something was off in his calm expression.

Marriott also noticed Hera. Since

Giselle's retum to the Killian family and the media blasting the news to the public, many in the Killian

residence knew that the renow

miracle doctor didn't belong to the Killian family. Nevertheless, Marriott instinctively called out, "Ms. Cecily?"

Hera snapped out of her thoughts. "Marriott, is Xavier..."

"Wow, your bag looks nice! Give it to me!" Xavier rushed over and snatched the bag from Hera's shoulder.

Hera was caught off guard but quickly realized what happened. Even so, Xavier had already run away. The bag contained the acupuncture needles Bernard had given her, so she couldn't afford to lose it. She immediately chased after him.

"Mr. Xavier, please return the bag!" Marriott also gave chase, but she was old and couldn't keep up. In the blink of an eye, both Xavier and Hera had disappeared from sight.

Hera chased after Xavier. Despite

his mental state, he was quick on his feet, had good stamina, and knew the Killian residence like the back of his hand. He led Hera to a secluded area where no one could stop him.

As Hera continued the chase, she realized that Xavier was leading her somewhere. When she accidentally tripped over a tree root and slowed down, he also slowed his pace, as if waiting for her.

Noticing this, Hera stopped in her tracks.

Sure enough, Xavier also halted and stood at a distance, looking back at her.