Under the heiress facade

Chapter 301

After bracing her classroom, Hera beaded to Pineview Hospital instead of meeting Christopher.

She stopped at a nearby fruit vendor to pick up a basket before continuing to the fifth floor of the inpatient department.

Nathan, clad in a hospital gown, sat up in surprise upon seeing Hera.

“Ms. Youngworth? What brings you here?”

“Just checking in. How’s that wound healing?” Hera replied, locking the door behind her and placing the fruit basket on the table.

Nathan lifted his shirt to reveal the bandaged side. “Nothing serious, just a scratch. Any updates on the investigation?

Hara pulled up a chair and settled in.

“There’s a mole in the department,” she said in a neutral tone.

fists clenched. “Is

her head. “I’m

truth was, Nathan’s injury wasn’t as severe as Stephen had made it out to be during

about a mole began to fester ever since the items from

on, Nathan sustained a minor injury while on a mission during the Queenie bribery

at Shuttle Ventures

the perfect opportunity, so Hera and Nathan hatched a plan.

it rendered him incapable of handling his current case. This would prompt him to temporarily

and closed the case. The swiftness

wasn’t over with

associates, the mole within the department, or even a combination of both, were still at play. The possibility of multiple traitors couldn’t be

became public knowledge, Queenie’s pre–orchestrated media blitz went live, accompanied by a flurry of activity behind the

her arrest and interrogation to the desperate attempt at suicide by biting her tongue, Queenie’s demise at

swiftness of the sniper’s actions pointed toward a leak within the department–someone had tipped them off, ensuring a clean elimination.

its inefficiency. Suicide by self–mutilation wouldn’t guarantee a quick death. The police would rush her to the hospital before blood loss could claim her, potentially offering an opportunity to escape or even

as a stark confirmation for Hera. The department was riddled with moles, not just

referred to Stephen,