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.

hotels in the

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

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

this matter.” The general manager glared at her. “If you insist on resigning, you will not just be disappointing me and Mr. Rogers, but you’ll also be making it extremely

finally spoke. “Fine, I’ll stay. But I can’t guarantee that President Fox will not target me again. I feel bad having to bother you and Mr. Rogers to settle things for me every time that happens.”

general manager remained silent.

hasty

…

not take the general manager’s words to heart. Instead, she

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

at about 9.00

remembered that it was Friday, which was also the day he and his girlfriend would be in Covenford.

a guest at the Regal Dynasty Hotel, which made him her customer, and customers were supposed to be treated

She inhaled deeply.

emotions. She did not

Andrew’s voice was cold and hard. “Come to the

Instinctively, she asked,

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

lips. “He is a guest; endure it,” she repeated

please just wait for a moment.

to the front desk.

were four or five customers lined up in a total of three lines at the front desk, all waiting for their

took a closer look. It was Andrew.

the counter, his head lowered as he scrolled at his

the front desk grimaced, her face filled

his shoulders,

His expression was unpleasant as he complained,

suppressed the anger rising within her and asked,

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

booked it right after you asked me to that day.”

night before she realized that Livie was not among them. “Is there an error

came quickly. “But the guest refuses to pay for the room fees—” Her voice gradually faded. “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,

were at a standoff, and