Chapter 38


    Chapter 38


    The investigating officer looked at her. “But we’ve investigated this thoroughly, and the suspects were


    adamant that no one was ordering them around. We looked into their bank cards, phone records, and


    everything else. There were no suspicious transfers or calls.”


    Hesper couldn’t put a finger on it, but she knew that the two men were targeting her.


    “Please look into this again. I don’t want the actual culprits to get


    away!”


    The officer hesitantly looked at Rickard, and when he nodded, the officer agreed to avoid wrongly


    closing the case.


    “Alright, we’ll investigate further. Can you provide any evidence or


    witnesses? The person who saved you, for example?”


    Hesper hesitated, then shook her head.


    “I don’t know who he is, so I wouldn’t be able to contact him.”


    Rickard noticed the slight change in her demeanor and his eyes darkened.


    However, no matter how many times they interrogated the men, they refused to change their


    statements, so the oue remained. The police were out of options.


    Hesper insisted and put herst hope on Rickard. “You said that you wouldn’t let people who harm me


    get away. Do you still mean it?”


    “Yes.”


    “Okay, I have another suspect. Would you be willing to investigate ?”


    “Who?”


    “Juniper Wight,” Hesper said, pausing after each word as she looked straight into his eyes.


    Rickard immediately frowned and sounded certain. “She wouldn’t do


    that.”


    “How would you know without investigating?” Hesper was a little


    upset.


    Rickard took a good look at her and sounded stoic.


    “Hesper, I could do as you say if it was anything else, but Juniper would not do something like that. It


    would hurt her if I investigated.”


    “What if she was behind this? If you don’t look into it, aren’t you covering up for her?”


    Hesper had had enough. How could he trust Juniper no matter what? All her usations and


    suspicions had turned into a made-up fantasy!


    She opened her eyes wide as her heart ached so her tears wouldn’t fall. “If you can’t do it, don’t


    promise me anything. Rickard Duval, you better not apologize to me if one day you find out that Juniper


    was behind this because I’ll never ept the apology, and I’ll never forgive you!”


    She ran out crying because every second she stood there made her feel more like a joke.


    It was obvious why Juniper wasn’t worried. Someone was protecting her without question.


    She, on the other hand, had to go through endless trauma but still couldn’t get to the truth… Why?


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    Hesper didn’t understand and gave up on trying to. She picked a random bar and drank till her body


    was numb, then picked a random inn and rented a.room to rest in.


    When Rickard noticed that she was out the entire night, he sent people to go searching for her, but


    when he received some news, Madam Duval showed up.


    “Rickard, I need to speak to you.”


    Rickard frowned out of exhaustion. “We can do that after I bring Hesper home.”


    “No, we need to talk now. I don’t want to see you being tricked anymore.”


    Madam Duval insisted and Rickard relented.