Under the Heiress' Facade

Hera stopped in her tracks, feeling the intense gaze of the man behind her. As she had just done something shady behind his back, she could only straighten her back guiltily. Bernard stared at her back while wearing a complex expression.

He had just found the person who hacked into the financial system's firewall to the data room on the first floor of the administration building.

On his way there, he coincidentally encountered the security guards when they found someone suspicious. When he reached them, he saw Tyler and Hera pulling at each other.

The data room on the first floor of the administration room wasn't far from there.

Given Scorpio's analysis of the intrusion, Hera's presence there seemed too coincidental. Moreover, she was with that crazy Tyler.

Tyler, like Bernard, was also an illegitimate child. However, unlike Bernard, who found out that his father had a family and his mother was the mistress when he was eight years old, Tyler had been raised outside by the head of the Presgraves from a young age.

When the Presgraves' only son had a car accident at 15 and became disabled, the Presgraves were left without a legitimate heir. It was then that Tyler was brought back to be groomed as the successor. However, Tyler had picked up many bad habits after living as an illegitimate child outside. The head of the Presgraves, Victor, was displeased with Tyler. When he saw Chad sending Bernard to the military for training, he decided to do the same.

Thus, Bernard and Tyler ended up as recruits in the same batch and became rivals.

Tyler competed with Bernard in everything, from who could do more push-ups to who led more successful missions. When Bernard was selected by the technology department to teach hacking, Tyler insisted on learning as well.

However, not long after mastering it, the Presgraves called him back. Bernard rarely saw him after that.

Hera had no idea who deleted the transaction information. Nevertheless, she was confident it wouldn't be traced back to her anytime soon as long as she covered her tracks well. So, she turned around, suppressing her guilt.

"Why are you jealous of everyone?"

Bernard narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Could there be something going on between the two of you?"

Hera pouted as she faced his gaze.

"What kind of boyfriend are you? I was just harassed by a pervert, and you're accusing me of having an affair with him! I'm mad, and I'm not forgiving you!"

After that, she pretended to be angry and turned to leave.

Bernard was speechless.

Looking at Hera's angry back, he started to doubt himself. He wondered if he was overthinking things.

He took out his phone and sent a message to Samson.

"Keep an eye on Tyler Presgrave."

Then, he walked up to Hera.

She pretended to be angry all the way to Astral Nova's parking lot, feeling slightly regretful at her earlier outburst. After all, she was the guilty party, and it wasn't Bernard's fault. She was the one who dragged him into this.

Hera's gaze darkened at the thought of Tyler's pretty face and the ring on his hand. She wondered if Bernard had met with Astal Nova's grandmaster before.

She wanted to ask, but she was still pretending to be angry. She contemplated her next steps on how she could ease the tension. She considered pretending to sprain her ankle.

But they were on flat ground, and she was wearing flat shoes. Spraining her ankle would be too fake.

Bernard had been following behind Hera. He was thinking about putting the matter aside and comforting her first.

Hera seldom got angry, but when she did, her temper was not something anyone could withstand. He had to keep her happy after finally winning her over.

He wondered how he could get her to stop walking. He played with the idea of pretending to sprain his ankle to get her attention.

He was still pondering when he saw Hera stop walking suddenly.