Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 8

Larissa was confused by the accusation. But as she was someone who had quite some experience working here, she had met more unreasonable guests.

Therefore, she was able to react quickly and gave her an apologetic smile. “My apologies, Ms. Gallagher. There must be a misunderstanding here. I just got back, and I am not quite sure what’s going on. Could you give me some time to look into the situation?”

At the same time, her mind was racing. The Regal Dynasty was a proper hotel with an established background. It would not be possible for them to forcibly evict someone without cause. But seeing the guards and cleaning staff present, the eviction did not seem false either.

Larissa could think of no one else who had the power to evict guests other than the general manager.

She was just about to call him for clarification about the situation when the door to the room at the end of the corridor opened.

Dylan emerged in his pajamas. His was stone-faced and exuded a cold aura similar to Kevan’s. His geniality in the morning was nowhere to be seen.

Thinking that they had disturbed his rest, Larissa quickly apologized. “Forgive me, Mr. Shields. There is a situation that we need to take care of at the moment. If you find the noise bothersome, I can have someone put you up in a different room.”

However, Dylan waved her off and smiled. “Don’t worry about it.”

Larissa was totally confused once again. If it was fine, then why was he upset earlier?

Dylan walked straight up to Karin, who clearly knew him.

“M—Mr. Shields?” Her previous arrogance was gone and replaced by anxiety.

“Ms. Gallagher.” Dylan was not as nice to her as he was to Larissa. His tone was polite and indifferent. “Mr. Rogers was the one who requested your eviction. As for why…” His smile did not reach his eyes. “I’m sure you know.”

Karsyn froze and steadily turned pale.

proceeded to add, “If you don’t want this to get any worse,

before she turned and went back into her room. Soon, she emerged with her two assistants.

as a mask hid her face from view. She did

guards left, and the cleaning staff began cleaning

were left in the

on leave?” Dylan

into the topic. “Are you

froze for a moment before letting out a

“Sure,” he said.

…

her to sit on the couch and

shook her head and said, “No, thanks.”

on the side. “You’d

previously introduced himself as a lawyer who “specialized in handling divorce cases,” so being able to guess Larissa’s

was exposing her wounds to someone else. She straightened

what she expected, Dylan did not ask for the reason why. However, he simply became more professional and asked, “Has the asset

“I’m in need of

the least bit surprised. “How would your former husband like to

of the divorce agreement,

What about the house?

thought about the house, her rage began to ramp up. She did her best to control it, and her nails dug

interested in what she had to say.

the down payment, and I am also paying for the mortgage. But the deed had both our names on it. However, just a few hours ago, my former husband showed me the papers for a gifting of property agreement that I had apparently signed and said that I had gifted the house

“Did you sign the papers

replied, “Based on the penmanship, it does seem to be by

off chance that it is…

know when she signed the damn

or not the papers are genuine, the transfer process he went through is definitely illegal. We can hold onto this point and do some digging. For all we know,

a good idea, and the