Under the Heiress' Facade novel Chapter 187

"I suppose I'm also talented in wolfing down food as well," Hera joked.

Gideon burst into laughter, clearly amused.

Despite Hera's skinny frame, she had a huge appetite. She was unlike the other young girls who ate very little each meal just to maintain their figures. Hera was the type who cleaned every morsel off her plate. In fact, she enjoyed eating desserts too.

"You should take the pills back. I wanted to ask you how you managed to get out of jail," Gideon replied.

He had been contacting everyone he could think of while trying to come up with a way to bail Hera out of jail the entire afternoon. But when his contacts heard that Queenie and Brandon were the ones behind Hera's imprisonment, they dared not offer their help.

They claimed that they couldn't afford to step on Queenie's and Brandon's toes at this time. Also, they wouldn't be able to do anything to people as powerful as those two.

Gideon only stopped when he received a phone call from Lilith, who informed him of Hera's return.

He was curious as to why Queenie and Brandon could let Hera off the hook so easily. After asking around, he found out that Shaun and Kane had visited the police station.

Was Hera acquainted with Shaun as well?

"That wasn't you? Then it could only be…" Hera looked surprised.

A gorgeous face popped into her mind at that moment. Was Bernard the one who helped her out?

…

Back in Skyview Heights, Bernard sat on the couch in a black shirt and long pants. He gripped a wine glass while swirling the red liquid around elegantly.

Shaun sat across from him. He had a cigar in his left hand, whereas his right hand clutched the glass by the mouth carelessly. The ice cubes rattled with his every move, and his cognac sloshed around as well.

"Bernard, I admit that I was wrong back then. I'll down three glasses of cognac as my punishment," Shaun said.

After draining three glasses of cognac heartily, he continued, "It's wrong to purely claim that all women will be attracted to men who spend the right amount of money. I need to add one more condition."

Bernard raised an eyebrow as an indication for Shaun to continue speaking.

"Power plays a huge role as well."

This was the conclusion Shaun had reached after meeting Hera in the police station.