Under the Heiress' Facade



Chapter 792

Noticing how cold Hera's gaze had become, Everly realized the danger she was in. She was perched at the end of the tree branch, so she would be the first to fall if anything were to happen.

Below them was a pit that seemed bottomless. There were no branches in sight! If she were to fall, she wouldn't be as lucky as she was earlier.

"I'm sorry, Hera! I apologize! I know that I was wrong! I shouldn't have let greed get to me. I was blinded by the benefits the Chime family offered. I shouldn't have acted impulsively. I know I was wrong. I'll change!

"Please give me a chance to make up for my mistakes! I'll tell you where Mrs. Jones is. Please show mercy! I don't want to die!" she pleaded, tears of desperation pooling in her eyes.

If she could, she would've been on her knees by now.

Despite the pain from the wound on her leg, Hera moved to change to a comfortable position. She tore off a strip of her shirt to bandage it. Then, she took her needles out to stop the bleeding.

Noticing that her plea was ignored, Everly grew frustrated. She had already apologized and yet Hera was still acting so highly and mighty in this life-or-death situation.

Everly's body slid down again, and she panicked. "I know I was wrong. If you let me live, I swear I'll do anything for you. I'll atone for my sins for the rest of my life."

After stopping the bleeding, Hera raised her head. "Who supported you?"

Everly was stunned as she didn't expect that question. Her survival instincts prompted her to blurt out, "The Killians."

Hera frowned when she learned that someone in the Killian family still wanted her dead." Who?"

Everly took advantage of Hera's curiosity. "I'll tell you after you pull me up!"

Hera's indifferent eyes studied her before she stretched out her right hand. "Give me your hand."

Overjoyed, Everly knew that her tears had never failed to soften people's hearts.

Hurriedly, she lifted her left hand to reach for Hera's right hand. She completely forgot about the unhealed wound on her right hand! It was impossible for a wounded hand to solely hold a person's weight.

Almost immediately, her body slid further down. Panicked, she fumbled around to grab the tip of the branch, but it snapped! Together with the branch, she fell into the pit.

She screamed in terror and noticed the smirk on Hera's face.

Then, Everly finally realized that Hera had done that on purpose! Hera tricked her into letting go of her hand!

A heartless person like Hera wouldn't forgive her that easily.

Everly regretted it, but she realized it too late.

Now that one of them had fallen off, the tree branch was no longer slanting downward. Hera

was safe for now. All she had to do was wait for Aaron's helicopter to come to her rescue. She raised her head to look at the edge of the cliff, which was quite far from her.noveldrama

She tapped her earpiece, wanting to ask Aaron why the helicopter wasn't here yet. However, she realized that she couldn't contact him because she lost connection due to the distance.

She handed her phone to Wayne before she came, so she had no way to contact them. All she could do was wait.

The clouds were darker than usual, and the sky darkened earlier than usual.

The rescue helicopter was still nowhere to be seen. The people on the cliff turned on the lights, but they were too far to light up Hera's direction.

Pressing the LI4 spot on her left hand, she calmed herself down. However, she broke into a cold sweat as the sky darkened. Her body shook so violently that she couldn't press the LI4 spot anymore. In the end, her hands slowly flopped downward.

Right then, a whirring sound could be heard.

The rescue helicopter was finally here! With a bright light, it slowly descended toward Hera's direction.

Its rotors needed space, so it couldn't get too close to the branch. After stabilizing itself in a position, it extended a ladder toward the cliff face.