CHAPTER

“Why are you here, Justin? I thought you had gone your own way.” Hera said without turning to face me. I was still several meters away from her and had just caught a glimpse of her silhouette yet she could recognize me with such precision. Conning her wasn’t going to be easy.

Drawing in a few deep breaths, I walked over to the rock she was seated on. She continued to look at the sandy ground underneath, tracing circles with her feet absentmindedly.

I dropped to my knees, trying to make my expression as pitiful as possible, “I… I am here to confess, Hera.”

She finally looked at me, “Confess?”

“Yes… I… I know that you will probably kill me after hearing my confession but I can’t keep this secret anymore. It is killing me.”

Her eyebrows raised, “You are underestimating my powers, Justin. There is nothing about you that I don’t know.”

There it was, that pride, arrogance. I must have been blinded earlier to be attracted to such a snobbish woman. My fingers dug into my thighs as I struggled