Under the Heiress' Facade novel Chapter 396

Tyler's car was idling outside Youngworth Miracle Clinic.

He watched Hera enter the clinic, his phone pressed to his ear as Bernard's icy voice sounded from the other line, "Stay away from her!"

"And what if I don't want to? What are you going to do about it?"

Tyler smirked as he said defiantly, "She's not your property. Besides, she never belonged to you in the first place. You just got a head start, that's all."

"You'll regret this!" Bernard growled.

"Oh, my, I'm shaking—" Tyler was cut off by a beeping sound when Bernard hung up on him.

He stared at the dimmed phone screen, his smile slipping. He was just as good as Bernard. The latter had no right to act superior.

Snorting, Tyler steered the car away from the clinic and drove back to the Presgrave residence. He was halfway there when he received a call from his assistant.

"Mr. Presgrave, the grandmaster wants you to leave for the mission in Astenia by today."

"Wasn't that mission assigned to the Tenth Elder?" Tyler asked, frowning.

No one in their right mind would volunteer for a mission in Astenia. Only the Tenth Elder, who ranked last among the Elders, would have no choice but to take up a mission in that godforsaken place.

"I heard one of the Elders recommended you for the mission, so the grandmaster changed his mind and assigned it to you instead," Tyler's assistant explained.

Tyler swore under his breath. Bernard was behind this. He knew Bernard was one of the Ten Elders, but he wasn't sure of the latter's ranking.