Under the heiress facade

Chapter 265

It was already 10:00 pm. Hera wondered if Nathan was still awake. So, instead of calling, she decided to send a text.

Hera “Nate, I think Amelia might just be a scapegoat.”

To her surprise, Nathan replied almost instantly.

Nathan: “Hera, you’re awake? I suspected that, too. I just found a new lead. I’m on a mission right now, but I’ll come see you when it’s over. We need to talk in person. Get some

test

Hera stared at the words “new lead” momentarily before reaching for her pocket, only to realize she was wearing a hospital gown

“who changed my clothes? Where are the ones I was wearing?” she asked, looking up

“Bernard?”

Aaron looked puzzled. Bernard had brought her to the hospital, so he wasn’t sure about the details. He glanced at Bernard

“They’ve probably been thrown away, right?”

her clothes. She wondered if that meant that he saw everything. She felt a

figured that for Bernard, seeing a woman’s body was likely as ordinary as it was for her to see another

helped change you. The clothes were discarded,”

wound, Bernard walked over and handed Hera a small

what you were looking

internally conflicted, only to be

been like this before, but ever since she ran into Bernard again,

to fall for

glanced at him. She wondered why, of all the people she could fall for, did it have to be a goy

and glanced at the small bag in

you were

Hera said, pulling herself back to the present. She reached out and took the bag from him.

said, “It’s getting late now. We’ll leave

elbow, signaling

said. He waved as he left and even closed the door behind him.

her missed calls. Four were from Leon, and the rest were from the Everetts, probably trying to reach her

family’s groupchat, saying she had been out with friends for a few days and missed their messages due to poor

Gideon called immediately.

are you? Are

her location using