Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 12

As Dylan had full discretion in handling the divorce, Larissa—despite being the plaintiff—had pretty much nothing to do.

Having two days of leave left, Larissa decided to visit a real estate agency so that she could rent a small apartment near the Regal Dynasty Hotel.

The hotel was located in one of the most prosperous locations in Covenford. The area surrounding it had high-end neighborhoods whose properties cost over ten thousand dollars per square foot. Vacant properties in the area were rare, and even if there were any, they were not available for rent to outsiders.

She could only settle for the next best thing and fixed the location range of her new home within the distance of three train stations, or a half-hour’s driving distance during non-peak hours.

The real estate agent led her around for the whole day to view several properties, but they either had noisy surroundings or were old buildings that lacked elevators.

In other words, none of them satisfied her needs.

Dragging her tired body back to the hotel, Larissa had just laid down on the bed when she got a call from Travis’ brother, Andrew Hardy.

Without even greeting her, he said, “I’m coming to Covenford with Kara next weekend. Book a flight and hotel for us.”

Andrew currently studied at a university in Bartham, and Kara Harper was his girlfriend of two years. Larissa had only interacted with him a few times during her marriage ceremony and this year’s new year celebrations. They were not really familiar with each other. She had never even met Kara before, but frequently heard the Hardys talking about how she was the only daughter of some big shot in Bartham.

So, when Larissa got ordered around like that, she was a bit confused. It was not necessary to approach her for this sort of thing, right?

“You can get your brother to do it for you.”

It seemed that the Hardys had yet to tell him about the divorce between her and Travis. To prevent any complications, Larissa did not mention it either.

was going to end the call when Andrew

for me!” He spoke very rudely. “As my sister-in-law, what’s wrong with giving me a hand? Besides, don’t you work in

Larissa thought that he was an introverted, quiet guy. Who knew that the real him would be just as weird as

kind of understandable

a moment’s thought. “Take care of the flight ticket yourself or ask your brother.”

the Regal Dynasty, she

don’t want to help, then don’t! Forget

her lips and threw her phone aside. She thought that this was the end of it when Andrew called her again the next day

the flight ticket myself. You do the hotel for me. I want an executive suite for two nights, Friday and Saturday. I’ll text you my details later. The contact

agreed to this. Two minutes later, Andrew indeed texted her. The

around, Larissa was still

the reception, she remembered what Andrew told her to do, so she went

for me for the next Friday and Saturday nights.”

Livie asked

so.” Larissa gave

system, Livie asked, “Do you want to use

Larissa answered

already good enough. Using her employee discount?

Seymour?” Dylan’s voice sounded

him with Kevan. They each had a suitcase with

Shields, Mr. Rogers.” She greeted them first before asking, “Are you checking out?”

nodded before pointing at reception. “Are you

immediately gave them space. “Yes, yes, I am!” Then, she turned to instruct

Dylan handed over and had the checkout procedure done within two minutes.

Covenford? Then my…”

replied with a smile. “On the contrary, Mr. Rogers

you mean?” Larissa

We originally wanted to go back to Bartham after everything had been dealt with, but the process was a lot more complicated