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.

the nation, and both of them

environment, salary and benefits, and even future development opportunities, the Regal Dynasty

certain that she would not have been able to find another job better than the one

you will not just

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

general manager remained silent.

“Just don’t be hasty in

…

the general manager’s words to heart. Instead, she continued quietly handing over her work to her

was her turn to work the night shift that night, she did not return to Foxtail Garden but chose to

at about

that Larissa remembered that it was Friday, which was

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

She inhaled deeply.

she said, struggling to regulate her emotions. She did not want to channel her anger toward his brother

Dynasty. I’m checking in.” Andrew’s voice was cold

was stunned. Instinctively, she

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

her lips. “He is a guest; endure

just wait for a moment. I’ll be right down.”

rushed to the front desk.

or five customers lined up in a total of three lines at the front desk, all waiting for their check-in. In one of the lines was a

look. It was

his head lowered as

woman managing the front desk grimaced, her

on his shoulders, forcing

his head. His expression was unpleasant as he complained, “What took you so long?”

anger rising within her and asked, “What happened?”

began interrogating her coldly, “Didn’t I ask you to book a

right after you asked me to that day.”

swept her gaze over the three receptionists working at the front desk that night before she realized that Livie was not among them. “Is there an error in the system? Couldn’t you find his booking information in the database?” she asked the receptionist

room fees—” Her voice gradually faded. “He said he’s your brother-in-law, and he wants

were at a standoff, and it was starting to affect