Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 35

Larissa opened the curtains, leaned against the windowsill, and looked down.

Even though the building was pretty high up from the ground, she could clearly make out a police car parked downstairs.

Two of them passed by their block and rounded over to the back.

Seeing as their block wasn’t involved in this, Larissa didn’t pay much attention to it. The next day, when she checked the group chat Dylan had added her into along with everyone else who owned properties in Foxtail Garden, she realized that the racket last night had been caused by a woman howling and disrupting the peace under Block 12 in the middle of the night. Her screams had been so loud that the residents of that block were unable to sleep. As such, a few of them had been forced to call the police.

A woman under Block 12–

Amber’s face flashed across Larissa’s mind,

The members of the group chat continued discussing the incident.

“I think she was looking for Mr. Fox on the 25th floor.”

“The 25th floor? Mr. Fox of Soaring Corporation?”

“That’s him.”

a while ago? Why would someone still come looking for

reckon he took almost a billion dollars. Soaring Corporation had only

a serious offense. He’ll have to spend at

of Soaring Corporation has some tough cards up his sleeves. This time, about seven or eight other high–ranking executives, including Skylar Fox, were brought down by him. Looks like the internal structure of the company is about to undergo a major reshuffle.”

Chapter 35

reading after that.

in regard to the stock market and the business ecosystem, but she hardly understood any of it and was not remotely interested. So, she simply

fate left

more powerful than her general manager had fallen, just

yet, thinking about what he once did to her, she supposed she wasn’t at all surprised about where he eventually ended up.

honest, she was even somewhat triumphant

satisfaction did not

hotel

in forcefully. Instead, she squatted in a corner at the hotel’s entrance and waited. As

staggered backward on instinct, almost knocking over

would try to escape, so she grabbed Larissa’s arm roughly. Her weathered face was full of tears as she

I beg of you! Please save my Travis!” Her voice was