Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 38

Larissa was stunned for two seconds before realizing that he had completely misunderstood her.

She explained hurriedly. “No, I don’t want to kill him-” Then, she told him about everything that had happened today.

On the other end of the phone, Dylan, having realized his mistake, blushed in

embarrassment.

He covered his mouth with his hand, coughing lightly before regaining his

composure.

“To be honest, I’ve been handling divorce cases for so many years, but I’ve never encountered a situation where the husband dies halfway through the court ruling process. Of course, your ex–husband is not dead yet, but in the event that he does, the normal procedure would be to continue the inheritance process. As for how much money you would get from the property, you’ll have to wait until the lawsuit is

over and settled.”

The process sounded very long to her. Larissa couldn’t help but sigh in frustration.

been really unlucky in this life to have all that misfortune inflicted upon

the shameless behavior displayed by your ex- husband’s family, I suspect it would be more troublesome if

course, his words had to be proven

Regal Dynasty again, squatting in the same spot she had occupied the last few times she was

informed the guards to call her as soon as they saw Mrs. Hardy in order for her to be prepared and leave secretly

Larissa that day, Mrs. Hardy came to the hotel every day after, and every time she came, she would squat by the entrance for the entire

raining heavily every day for the past

by the hurricane. All over the city, stagnant puddles accumulated, some

traveling means. In that week itself, no matter if it was peak hour or not, regardless of the subway line one took, everywhere

up every day anyway, her

wet from the rain. When

pitiful appearance had garnered the sympathy of quite a

Hardy’s presence had tried to advise her more than once. “Ms. Seymour, why don’t you go talk to your mother–in–law properly? Having her wait at the hotel’s

it off without giving much thought to

day, she received another call from the security guard, his voice anxious

matter how much she did not want to interact with the Hardy family, she was forced to

hotel lobby and was now lying on

were completely soaked and plastered to her skin, and her half-