NovelEnglishChapter 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. Typically speaking, they could reach Skyview Heights in over ten minutes. But they were stack in the jam for half 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 weighing her shoulder down. It turned out that Bernard had rested his head against her shoulder.
She harmed to see Bernard's face, which was magnified before her. Did he fall asleep on her shoulder? Only when Hera was staring at Beard from this angle did she rear how thick and long his eyelashes actually were. Now that his eyes were closed, his eyelashes were able to cast down crescent shadows on the spot under his eyes.
Bernard's skin was smoother than that of a regular woman's. The outlines of his tallnose and sharp jaw were accentuated even more, thanks to the glow of the streetlights.
Anyone would killed to have a face as gorgeous as Bernard's.
Hera's mind began to wander as she stared at Bernard blankly.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtDouglas focused on driving the whole time. Once the jam finally cleared up, he put his foot on the gas 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 dissatisfied because he was ruining the rare moment? Douglas then recalled the murderous look Bernard had shot in his direction before getting into the car earlier. Realization downed 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 Bemard's tore happiness. In a way, he was also 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 pod posted at the gateway couldn't hold himself back any longer. He could recognize the license plate number belonging to one of the apartment's inhabitants, so he stepped forward to stop the car.
"Are you new to these parts? Can you even find the entrance properly? You've already done three laps around the area, you know I'm getting dizzy just by looking at you!" Hera snapped out of her trance, thanks to Doughs applying the brakes abruptly. Even Bernard was woken up by the sudden jolt.
Everyone in the car fell silent for a few moments, Once Hera and Beard got home, they unanimously decided to avoid bringing up what had happened in the car earlier.
After dinner, Hera reminded Bernard to take his medicine on time. Then, she returned to her room to bathe and wash up for bed.
Sometlater, she lay on her bed in her pajamas. She then tapped on Whatbefore switching to Shadow's Whataccount Her conversation with the grandmaster of Astral Nova was still stuck at the part where he wanted her to bechis wife. Her thought for a few moments before an idea popped into her bead.
She tapped on her keypad for awhile before sending the text message.
After that, Hera opened the photo album. She was about to send a photo to the grandmaster when her phone suddenly vibrated. 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 callback! Yet, you picked up Mom's call right away! Am I even your actual brother? Hera was momentarily stunned. It was then she remembered having spotted Gino's missed calls in the afternoon, but she had completely forgotten to call him.back.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"What's the matter?" "Can't call you even if there's nothing going on? Why aren't you coming hagain?" It was rare for Hera not to hang up on Gino the moment she heard his complaints. Instead, she swiped the calling interface away..
She was about to continue texting the grandmaster of Astral Nova in order to find out how to get her hands on the century-old pardyroot. 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 photo after that
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At the stime, Bernard stared at his phone in his study downstairs. Theldontem,Study 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 WhatIt was a photo of a man biting the hem of his white shirt while taking a selfief himself in the mirror.
The moment deinard tapped on the photo, Shadow instantly deleted it But he was very sure that it was the photo he had sent to Hera stago, which shocked him to the corr To thankthar Hera ar hudly saved that photo into her men album! Chapter 173
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