Under the Heiress' Facade novel Chapter 578

It was dark inside the car. Bernard propped himself up in the back seat with his arms while Hera lay underneath him. He had a wild, frenzy look in his eyes as if he were a predator staring down at its prey.

Hera could sense the anger radiating off Bernard. The feeling he gave off was different than before.

This time, he was truly furious. Back then, Hera needed only to coax him, and he wouldn't be angry at her anymore.

This time, he was still mad at her even after she tried coaxing him.

Based on how things were, she wouldn't make it until they went back home. He'd vent out his anger on her right then and there.

Of course, Hera didn't want to take things that far here in front of the bar where passersby were everywhere. She quickly pulled him into a hug.

In a gentle voice, she said, "Don't be mad at me, please. I don't like it when you do this. You'll hurt me. Besides, it's really dark in here. I don't like it here."

The light fragrance coming off of her and her soft voice made Bernard waver. He hooked an arm around her waist and pulled her up so that the two of them were sitting in the back seat.

"You have one minute to explain yourself," he told her.

Hera was relieved!

"I told you I bumped into Tyler here. You don't believe me, do you?" she said.

"You two were going to make an alliance, yet you're telling me that you just happened to see him there?" Bernard said, his voice cold.

He purposely turned to look at her bag on the ground. In Nightless Haven just now, he'd seen Hera stuffing the flash drive into the bag.

Hera was helpless now. So, Bernard actually heard her conversation with Tyler. This meant she couldn't lie to Bernard anymore.

Still, why didn't he listen to the entire conversation instead of only overhearing certain parts of it?

She never told Tyler anything about being accomplices. He was the one who started that nonsense!

Still, she knew she was at fault for lying to Bernard and causing this misunderstanding.

"Sorry, I shouldn't have lied to you. But if I had told you the truth, that I wanted to meet Tyler, would you have let me out of the house?"

Bernard's gaze darkened. He didn't reply, so she took it as a silent yes.

She sighed inwardly, relieved that she managed to stop him from making "a show" here in public.

Calming Bernard down was tougher than doing surgery.

Hera thought it was settled, but to her dismay, he told her, "Throw away the flash drive he gave you."

All of a sudden, she felt as if all that he said and did was for her to give the flash drive up.

Sensing her silence, Bernard said a tad threateningly, "Or you won't get to see him ever again."

She, of course, wouldn't throw the flash drive away. And she needed to see Tyler too.

Although his personality online was completely different than how he behaved in real life, he was still her mentor. She was indebted to him.

Besides, the two of them were taking part in the research and development project for the new chip. They had to meet up somehow.

Hera came to a conclusion. Bernard was trying to make her life miserable by making her choose between meeting Tyler in the future and keeping the flash drive.