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“You should eat up. After breakfast, make sure to take your meds. I’ll try to be back as soon as I can,” Hera said, albeit helplessly. 

Only then did Bernard slowly sit up on his bed. His dark eyes were still fixed on her face 

“It hurts. Feed me…” 

Hera shot a glance at the laptop, which was sitting on the nightstand. She reminded Bernard, “Mr. Killian, you injured your leg, not your hands” 

“My leg hurts so much that my hands have gone weak from the pain. If you don’t feed me, I won’t eat anything” 

Bernard moved to lie back down as he spoke. Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

Hera was speechless once again. She could tell that Bernard was pretending to be in pain just to gain her sympathy. 

As Hera remained unmoved, Bernard added, “It’s not like I’m going to die of starvation just by skipping one meal…” 

Hera remained silent the whole time. 

She glanced at the time, knowing that if she were to continue wasting her time on Bernard, she wouldn’t be able to leave anytime soon. Hence, she picked up the bowl and started feeding him spoonfuls of consomme, 

Bernard spent 40 minutes eating his breakfast by dilly–dallying a lot. 

Before Hera left, Bernard said to her, “I’ve already arranged a car for you. The driver’s waiting for you in the foyer right now. He’ll be in charge of driving you everywhere today. Come back soon, okay? I’ll wait for you at home.” 

Hera fell silent at his words. She had a feeling that she was stuck with a man–child instead of a husband. 

Hera and Lilith met up at the entrance of Pineview Hospital. Gino had tagged along as well. 

When Gino saw Hera, he immediately plastered a resentful expression on his face. 

“Why did you leave without me yesterday? You didn’t even go home as well! I even bought you a cake just to celebrate your birthday with you, you know!” 

Having spotted Gino’s miffed expression, Hera fishedout two pieces of chocolate from her pocket and passed them to him. 

“Be a good boy now, Gino. No tantrums, you hear?” 

The reason why Hera had chocolate lying around in her pocket was because she had to use it as an incentive to coax Bernard into taking his medicine. She ended up carrying the spare chocolate around in her pocket after that. 

treat me like a child!” 

“Can you bring me better gifts next time? You always tre 

Gino might be chastising Hera for her actions, but it was clear that he was happy about the chocolate. In fact, he even snapped a photo of the chocolate before posting it on his Instagram. 

The photo’s caption read, “I’ve decided to forgive her, seeing as she has specifically brought me a gift” 

Soon, the trio reached Mildred’s ward. 

Mildred stayed in a VIP ward all by herself. She even hired a caretaker, Mariah Foster, to care for her. 

Typically speaking, Lilith and Mariah took turns caring for Mildred daily. Based on the current time, Mariah had just gotten off work, as she worked night shifts. 

“Mom, Hera and Gino are here to visit you,” Lath announced the moment she stepped into the ward. She placed the thermal flask containing the broth on the table at the same 

time. 

“Gino, let me take a good look at you. Have you grown taller? 1 missed you so much.” 

Mildred reclined against the bedframe as she smiled and beckoned for Gino to approach her. 

“Grandma!” Gino approached Mildred immediately. 

After they chatted for a bit, Mildred turned to look at Lilith stonily. “Why did you bring Gino to the hospital? There are germs everywhere in this place! You should know that Gino has a weak immune system! What if his rhinitis acts up again? 

With pouted in response. She didn’t intend to bring Gino to the hospital in the first place. He was the one who insisted on tagging along the moment he found out that Hera would 

becoming too. 

*Grandma, this isn’t Mom’s fault. I was the one who wanted to visit you in the first place. Besides, I’ve already made a full recovery from my rhinitis,” Gino explained. 

“Hedly Mildred asked doubtfully. 

Gino was born prematurely, so his immune system was quite weak from a young age. He was also diagnosed with chronic rhinitis. 

Over the years, he had visited countless doctors in hopes of treating his illness. Unfortunately, his illness kept relapsing as well. There wasn’t a definitive cure for his illness at all. 

– Chapter 156 –