After gaining a clearer understanding of how the storyline unfolds, she responded to Dave with the polished tone of her customer service skills. "Don’t worry about it; mypany’s management is already addressing the matter effectively. I can see you’re dealing with your own challenges, and I didn’t want to add to your burdens with my issues. Your thoughts mean a lot to me though." She then shed him with a bashful smile.


    Some parts of what she said were genuinely meant, especially when she expressed how much his thoughts meant to her. She hoped that the current feelings of the male leads were as sincere as their interactions with Alice in the novel, assuming the storyline truly operated like a dating sim. The only difference now was that the female lead was changing.


    Now that she had gained a clearer understanding, her mind also cleared, as if the fog that had clouded her thoughts was dissipating, revealing a clearer path ahead that she needed to follow.


    Noticing the subtle shift in her expression, Dave and Rafael exchanged a brief nce before turning back to her with a concealed sense of relief in their eyes. Despite their attempts to downy it earlier, they all sensed that Hera had initially been distant and had formed a negative impression of them even before they met.


    No one discussed it openly, but they sensed it in her subtle actions and glimpsed emotions that shed across her eyes fleetingly. They all chose to feign ignorance, believing that, apart from Rafael, none of them had wronged her, and attributing her behavior to their association with him. They reasoned that ’birds of a feather flock together,’ after all.


    And none of them harbored any resentment towards her. This is also why Zhane requested Hera for equal opportunity without favoritism.


    Now, they truly believe she will give them a fair chance to demonstrate their capabilities and sincerity without any preconceived biases. Rafael and Dave became even more enthusiastic about serving Hera the food they believed she would appreciate.


    Hera didn’t stop them either, feeling as though the boulder that had weighed on her chest for as long as she could remember had vanished. She felt a sense of relief and liberation as if the world around her had suddenly be more vibrant and beautiful. Perhaps it was because the fear that had consumed her mind had dissipated, leaving her with a clear goal in mind instead of mere spection.


    Now she felt like she was finally making progress.


    With renewed hope, she began serving Dave and Rafael as well, cing food on their tes. Logan and Sandra watched from the sidelines, almost forgotten in the pink bubble that enveloped Hera, Rafael, and Dave. They sensed it wasn’t the right moment to intervene.


    And at that moment, Hera received the report she had been anxiously awaiting from Gerald—whether it was about the scandal or regarding the Lennons, either would suffice. It was crucial for her to begin executing her n, as dys had persisted since the previous night, and she was certain the perpetrator behind this would persist in their attacks against her.


    [Gerald: Young Miss, I received news that the person who sent the picture to one of the tabloids was well prepared, they used a VPN and fake IP address to avoid being tracked after sending and even erasing their traces but my people also said that Minerva tried to use SOE’s PR department to fan the me again but her brother has given a clear order not to allow Minerva to used the PR department again without his knowledge or he’ll be firing the entire department which scared them and firmly refused but because of it, she hired trolls and water army to fan the me.]


    [Gerald: But this only means that Minerva wasn’t the one who spread the news to the tabloids because the one who did it seems experienced while Minerva was acting like usual and a little idiotic for that meticulousness.]


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