Chapter 557


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    If Hera wasn''t around anymore, would Bernard treat Everly slightly better?


    Hera had picked up on Everly''s odd expression. As she recalled Everly''s previous intentions toward Bernard, her gaze darkened. "Go and finish your work."


    Everly came to her senses and answered, "Alright."


    Bernard ignored Everly as he held Hera''s hand and walked toward the eastern wing.


    The wall featuring the periodic table had been partitioned into a small office that was approximately 161 square feet. The office had a desk and a small couch with a nket that had not been put away.


    Hera scowled slightly while looking at the couch, which did not seemrge enough for Bernard. "Have you slept here before?"


    "Sometimes, I work until it''s veryte, so I''d sleep here," Bernard exined.


    Hera suddenly felt a pang of sympathy. "Did you really have to do that?"


    "I wanted to be closer to you. Otherwise, you might run off with some other man, and I wouldn''t be able to catch up."


    Bernard hugged Hera from behind and rested his chin on her shoulder. He inhaled her faint scent, thinking that he was happy whenever he was around her.


    "You''re such a smooth talker." Hera gently patted Bernard''s cheeks.


    "Only for you." Bernard took her hand andced their fingers together.Content held by N?velDrama.Org.


    "Oh right, have you investigated what I told you about?" Hera recalled the photos.


    Hesitation shed through Bernard''s eyes. "Not yet."


    Hera frowned. "Is it thatplicated?"


    "Yes," Bernard answered before changing the subject. "Sweetie, I''ll invest in your development of new chips, okay?"


    "How will you do that?"


    "You can stop working for Rhett and join me at XS Corporation. Or you could start your ownpany. As long as you want to develop your own chips, I''lle up with the money," Bernard exined.


    "No! I don''t want to spend your money," Hera objected. She joined Killian Corporation to infiltrate their internalwork, not because she actually wanted to develop chips for them.


    Bernard scowled slightly. "Whose money are you going to use if not mine?"


    "Mine."


    "But I want to start apany with you as a married couple."


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    Bernard knew Hera had more than a billion dors in her ount, which was enough for her to spend for lifetime. But if she nned on developing new chips, a few billion dors were definitely insufficient.


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    Hera raised an eyebrow. "When did I ever say that I''d marry you?"


    "Who else would you marry if not me?" Bernard stood in front of Hera and held her shoulders, saying solemnly "Let me make this clear to you. I will not y these kinds of


    torturing games by breaking up with to


    you ever again. If you ask break


    up again, I''ll lock you up and tie you to the bed."


    Breaking up one time was enough for a lifetime.


    Hera was slightly stunned, and her heart began to race. "Oh, are you threatening yourndy?"


    Bernard did not flinch. "As long as we don''t break up, you can be myndy and boss. I''ll listen to anything you say."


    Hera smiled, feeling delighted. "Such a smooth talker. Quickly prepare some steak for me. I''m starving."


    "Yes, boss."


    Everly returned to the northern wing and began to gather the ingredients based on the form given by I


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    while feeling distracted.exed


    through, her phone emitted a WhatsApp notification. She checked her phone and saw that it was a text from Marcus, "We can fulfill your demands."