Under the Heiress' Facade novel Chapter 756

Gemma widened her eyes. Fear, uneasiness, and regret filled her gaze before it finally turned into despair.

She clearly took Ember's advice by devoting herself to religion and praying for the Killians' safety for the past 12 years. Why wasn't Gemma cleared of her crimes yet?

No one knew when Xavier solved the Rubik's cube. He leaned against the chair, looking downward with reddened eyes. His hands trembled uncontrollably while tightly gripping the Rubik's cube.

After losing his parents, Gemma was the only one who looked after him in the Killian residence, raising him until he became an adult. However, she turned out to be Greg's murderer.

Not only did Gemma cause Xavier to lose his parents and become an orphan, but he was forced to act dumb so that he could survive in the Killian family.

Gemma was right before him every day, but Xavier had no clue about what she did.

Why did Gemma do that? Was it to redeem herself? To watch Xavier make a fool of himself?

In the control room, Hera's gaze was eerily calm—so calm that Bernard found her slightly terrifying. It didn't matter whether she was sad, disappointed, or angry. As long as she reacted, that would help him understand how she was feeling.

"She asked me to help her since she didn't want to go to jail. Gemma even said that if Lucius hadn't convinced Greg to give up the position, she wouldn't have been so upset. It was all Lucius' fault. If I had refused to help her, she would've…" Rhett suddenly faltered in the recording.

Before Albert passed away that year, there were rumors that he had drafted in his will for Greg to succeed him as head of the family. Although nothing was finalized, the news began to spread across the Killian residence.

Hera somewhat recalled that matter. While she was still living with the Killians back then, Lucius and Greg got along very well and often gathered their families together for meals.

Back then, Greg had jokingly brought up the matter while he was tipsy. If Albert truly passed on the position to him, he had no intention of accepting it and asked if Lucius was willing to take his spot.

As far as Hera remembered, Lucius and Greg were birds of the same feather. They enjoyed their freedom and disliked scheming against others.