Under the Heiress' Facade

Hera stood on her tiptoes and slowly leaned toward Bernard.

As their breaths mingled, Bernard watched her beautiful face grow closer. Just when he thought she was going to kiss him, she removed his glasses.

"It's just as I thought. These are just plain glasses," Hera said as she examined the glasses and put them on herself.

"You've learned to trick me," he said, rubbing her hair.

Hera smiled and said, "Well, I learned that from you!"

Bernard chuckled. Then, he held her head and kissed her forehead.

Hera immediately pushed him away and said, "I'm still a minor!"

Her words and tone sounded familiar to him. It was precisely what he had said to her when he was worried about her getting close to Christopher. He suddenly felt like he had shot himself in the foot.

Hera was pleased to see him finally at a loss. She sidestepped him, still wearing his glasses, and headed downstairs.

She reminded him, "You look more handsome without them."

Bernard smiled helplessly before going downstairs as well.

Meanwhile, Camille was in her lab in a suburban area of Norburgh, following the instructions in Lucifuge's Acupuncture Manual for the hundredth time on her assistant.

During a medical exchange conference, Oscar had asked her about the Lucifuge's Manual. But she had excused herself then by saying she had something urgent and that they could discuss it another time.

Upon returning from the conference, she hurriedly searched through various medical history books before she finally found the manual.

After inserting needles into several acupoints, she waited for a while before removing them.

Then, she asked, "How do you feel?"

Her assistant moved her neck and nodded.

"It feels much better! The pain is gone. Camille, you're amazing!"

"That's good."

Camille smiled and turned to record the acupoints she had just used.

She had attempted this 21 times and finally succeeded in solving the neck problem.

However, she still had a long way to go compared to Dr. Shadow, who could solve such issues with a single treatment.NôvelDrama.Org owns all content.

She pulled out some papers she had

printed from Divine Forum. These were the papers published by Dr.

Shadow on the Lucifuge's

Acupuncture Manual. She reach

repeatedly while correcting her own mistakes.

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"Ms. Camille, Ms. Amelia Gaskell is here to see you," a lab assistant reported after knocking on the door.

Camille frowned slightly.

"Why is she here?"

Wasn't Amelia arrested by the police?

The media had been reporting on the downfall of the Gaskells, and she had seen the news. Camille wondered why Amelia would show up before her now. She considered if it was because Amelia wanted to ask her to save Zyler now that Lennon was dead.

"She's been released. The Gaskells assets have been confiscated, so she probably has nowhere else to go and is seeking refuge with you," the lab assistant explained.

Camille remembered that Queenie had promised to help her get closer to Bernard, but she had failed and had died. Disdain flashed in her eyes briefly.

She smiled and said, "I'm busy with my studies now and not seeing anyone."

"Understood."

The lab assistant turned and left.

Camille continued to study the papers when her assistant exclaimed while looking at her phone.

"Camille, was your Dr. Shadow account hacked? The media is reporting that you just published a new paper!"