Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 17

The worries in her heart dissipated one by one, and for once, Larissa slept soundly.

After the morning meeting, she was once again asked to stay behind by the general manager.

Larissa thought he was about to tell her to leave immediately. Unexpectedly, the general manager’s expression was a picture of happiness when he told her, “You don’t have to leave.”

“But why?” Larissa hardly mirrored his joy, but she was curious, all the same, regarding the reasoning behind his words.

She did not think that Travis and Amber would let her off the hook so easily. Furthermore, Mr. Fox had a much higher rank than the general manager of the Regal Dynasty Hotel. Mr. Compton should not have had the courage to ignore his demands.

“I’ve reported the entire incident to Mr. Rogers, and he said that he will take care of everything. Mr. Rogers instructed that your position should be reinstated and for you to return to work as normal.”

“Mr. Rogers? Kevan Rogers?” Larissa was a bit surprised.

The general manager frowned. “You might be able to get off from calling Mr. Rogers by his full name here, but don’t you ever do the same thing outside of this room! If Mr. Rogers catches wind of you disrespecting him like this, he might ask you to leave and when that happens, I can no longer cover for you anymore!”

Larissa thought to herself that it seemed that Kevan’s position in Soaring Corporation was ranked higher than Mr. Fox’s.

But considering the fact that he too, was the president of Microworks Corporation, along with his position on the board of senior executives of Soaring Corporation, would he be too busy to handle everything?

As soon as that thought crossed her mind, she chided herself promptly. How ridiculous of her! It was pointless for her to worry about him at all anyway.

Whether he could handle it or not was his own business. It had nothing to do with her.

“I don’t think there’s a need to bother Mr. Rogers,” Larissa said. “With the years of training and guidance I have received from you, even if I leave Regal Dynasty, I wouldn’t have to worry about finding another job.”

“But if you want to continue working in the hotel industry, Regal Dynasty is your best option.”

The general manager’s words had successfully swayed her firm heart.

seven-star hotels in the nation, and both of them were

of the working environment, salary and benefits, and even future development opportunities, the Regal Dynasty was at the forefront of the

would not have been able to find another job better than the one she currently had.

on resigning, you will not just be disappointing me and Mr. Rogers, but you’ll also be making it extremely difficult for me

before she finally spoke. “Fine, I’ll stay. But I can’t guarantee that President Fox will not target me again. I

general manager remained silent.

replied, “Just don’t be hasty

…

take the general manager’s words to heart. Instead, she continued

it was her turn to work the night shift that night, she did not return to

her at about 9.00

was then that Larissa remembered that it was Friday, which was

his call at all, but now that Andrew was here in Covenford, he was also a guest at the

She inhaled deeply.

struggling to regulate her emotions. She did not want

Dynasty. I’m checking in.” Andrew’s voice was cold and hard. “Come to the front desk

was stunned. Instinctively, she asked, “Is

impatiently, “Of course, there’s something wrong! I wouldn’t have

“He is a guest;

wait for a moment. I’ll

the

of three lines at the front desk, all

took a closer look. It was

lowered as

of him, the woman managing the front desk grimaced, her face filled with awkwardness and helplessness.

tapped him on his shoulders, forcing a smile.

was unpleasant as he complained, “What took you

rising within her and asked, “What happened?”

I ask

you asked me

the front desk that night before she realized that Livie was not among them. “Is there an

“He said he’s your brother-in-law, and he wants to place all of his expenses on your tab. Our hotel doesn’t have policies that allow situations like this,

the two of them were at a standoff, and it was starting to affect the other