Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 24

As if someone had cast a spell on her, Larissa lay there, unmoving, watching as the car sped closer and closer toward her.

A rational part of her urged her to run, but her body refused to oblige.

The screech of brakes engaging pierced the air.

And then, it felt like the whole world had stilled.

Some passersby covered their eyes in fear. Some of them turned their gaze to the

scene.

She didn’t know how much time had passed. Maybe it had been a few seconds, or a few minutes-perhaps it had been ten minutes or tens of minutes. Slowly, sound seeped into Larissa’s ears again.

Unexpectedly, she had not been hit. The car’s bumper had barely touched her when it stopped completely. There wasn’t even a single scratch on her.

Due to the incident, the remaining cars that passed by had slowed down as the number of people gathered around gradually increased, trapping her in the middle of the crowd.

“Miss, are you alright?”

“Can you

stand?”

lost your mind, have

by one, hurling questions at

felt her heart rate slowly return to normal, having stopped

his and stood up with

out

if it was from the pain or from her fright. Even

let me take you to the hospital for a checkup. I need to be responsible if there’s anything

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still confused. “What are you responsible for?”

at the parked silver Mercedes not that far away from where they stood. “Don’t you remember? I almost hit

earlier. She’d only seen the car and

driver.

your fault. You don’t have to be responsible for

turned and searched for

it was, but the passengers in the car were long gone.

away a long time ago!” He pointed in the direction where

impossible for

the hospital is just here, you should go in for a checkup! I’ll pay for it.” Seeing as she was about to refuse, he added, “Don’t say no, please. Even if it wasn’t my fault, I have a share of responsibility in

she was going in to check on her injuries anyway, so she followed him into the