Chapter 279
Oce again,Demard found himself at a loss for words,
The shares that Albert left for him meant nothing to him. He hated Albert.
Did Albert really think that by giving Beared the shares after his death, he’d be able to make up for the suffering Bernard’s mother endured for so many that hecheated on her?
I could never change the fact that the Killian family had cornered her and caused her to die.
Bernard didn’t need those shares.
Returning to the matter at hand, he couldn’t believe that Hera would make assumptions about his sexual orientation simply because of that rumor.
“The legal minimum age of marriage here is 20,” he said.
That single sentence hit Hera like a bomb.
He continued, “So, it’s not like I don’t want to get married. It’s just that the woman I like isn’t 20 yet.”
Hera was stunned. This was way too much information for her to digest, and she was speechless
“Arm ́t you ga—”
“No” Bernard cut her short.
“Well then, why were you watching..” Hera’s voice faltered as she realized that that wasn’t the point
she exclaimed, “There’s actually someone you The?!
she wondered who the women was and what kind of person she was
Bernard looked into her eyes and said, “Yes.”
Hera met his eyes.
Bitterness washed over her for no apparent reason, and she said, “Then why did you…“
seduce me?
She didn’t mice the last two words.
That’s not right The Bernard she knew was a capricious man. Who knew if he was speaking the truth or just hing to her?
She mustn’t be fooled by him again.
At that moment, it occurred to her that she didn’t know much about h
Sensing her hesitation to speak, Bernard gently put his hand behind Hera’s head and asked, “What did I do?”
“You didn’t prove to me that what you said was true!” she snapped, wary of him
The look of alert on her face made him frown slightly.
“What should I do to prove that to you?”
Hera was speechless. How would she know?
Frustrated, she said, “Yo
Her eyes widened as Beard’s face closed in. They were so close that he could see his reflection in her eyes.
Then, he pressed his lips softly against hers, and her mind turned completely blank.
It was her first kiss,
She pushed him away. Furious, she raised her hand to skip him, but he grabbed her wrist to stop ber
years after finding out
“Does this prove it?” he asked, pressing his other hand against the back of her beat as he rested his forehead against hers and stared into her eyes as if in a daze.
Hera’s eyelashes fluttered in shock. She had one hand pressed against this chest to stop him from dissing her again.
Hera had always thought she was a smart woman, but at that moment, her mind seemed to have ceased working. Her thoughts were a mess, and she couldn’t even speak properly. She stuttered, “I–How could you? Y–You already like someone else.”
Berand thought she looked especially cute when she panicked. He felt the strong urge to pull her into his arms so that she would belong to him and him only. He didn’t want
anyone to seer.
There was a blaze in his eyes when he asked, “Do you still not understand?”
His gaze burned, making Hera’s ears turn red from embarrassment. She quickly looked down at her shoes, refusing to meet his gaze.
She didn’t dare to look into those fieryeyes of his for fear of losing the last bunce of rationality she had in her.
“Let me calm down for a bit,” she muttered, wringing her wrist free from his grasp so she could push him away with both hands,
“I’ll keep you company then,” Bernard told her as he stood in front of the door.
He wouldn’t let her lewe.
He realized that he mustn’t repeat his mistake. He couldn’t take his time to let her slowly make her guesses and discover his feelings for her
He’d learned that he should just be thank by directly telling her about it. Otherwise, who knew what kind of trouble he’d fall into in the future? Thera çand, “Tran’t tell it what you’re saying is true ”
