Chapter 899 Help Arriving
Accusing someone without proof could shift suspicion away from the real culprit or make it seem like Hera was falsely accusing someone out of personal bias or over a romantic rivalry. Instead, they chose to point the investigation in the right direction without compromising its integrity.
With Alexandre’s father overseeing the case and actively blocking any attempts at a cover-up, he wasn’t worried about someone burying the evidence. What the authorities needed now was to identify the person with both the motive and the means to harm Hera. Once that became clear, the investigation could proceed much more efficiently.
"Alright, thank you so much for your time. Ma’am, please rest well," the female police officer said with a polite nod to Hera before turning to Alexandre. "Sir, please send us the footage and a list of your party’s attendees. Thank you."
Alexandre’s assistant stepped in to handle the request, guiding the officers out of the room to coordinate the data transfer. The exchange had taken place entirely in French, aside from that single sentence in English. Because of that, Minerva, Athena, and Liz remained in the dark, unable to grasp what had just been discussed or how things would proceed.
They simply watched as the police officer exited with Alexandre’s assistant.
Meanwhile, Hera lay back and stared at the ceiling, her mind already working through the possibilities. Only two suspects came to mind: either the same woman who had once helped Alice, or Alexandre’s fiancée, who clearly saw her as a threat. Given Alexandre’s undeniable interest in her, Hera found herself leaning toward the latter.
After all, she was living inside a novel, playing the role of the female lead, a natural magnet for trouble. Women would constantly target and attack her, often out of jealousy for the men around her. It was a common trope in novels, which made her suspect that Mindy Pinault might be the one behind the recent attempt on her life, trying to eliminate her and free Alexandre from her influence.
What confused her, though, was the intensity of the attack. Why such extreme violence? Alexandre wasn’t even a main lead or a significant supporting character in the original story. Unless... he was a hidden character or a secret love interest meant to be unlocked, something more typical of an otome game. But this wasn’t an otome game; it was a novel. In a novel, the roles, main characters, and side characters were already fixed and rarely changed.
That’s why this development unnerved her. The plot was veering off course. But she had no one else to blame. After all, it was she who disrupted the original storyline by trying to steal Alice’s female lead halo.
Right now, all Hera could do was grit her teeth and try to set things back on track. Her only option was to mirror Alice’s actions from the novel, hoping that by aligning with the original plotline, she could minimize the damage and bring the story to its intended end. That way, she and the others could finally start living freely, without the weight of the storyline constantly breathing down her neck.