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.

have been really unlucky in this

the shameless behavior displayed by your ex- husband’s family, I suspect it

course, his words had to be proven

later, Mrs. Hardy came to the Regal Dynasty again, squatting in the same spot

Mrs. Hardy in order for her to be prepared and leave secretly through the hotel’s emergency back entrance. But Mrs. Hardy was more

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

had been raining heavily every day for the past week in Covenford as it was

over the city, stagnant puddles accumulated, some of them so deep that they came up to one’s

most of the citizens chose to use public transport as their main traveling means. In that week itself, no matter if it was peak hour or not, regardless of the

every day anyway, her presence even more dedicated than the employees of the

corner close to the wall. She was curled up in a ball to minimize the chances of her getting wet from the rain. When she was

appearance had garnered the sympathy of quite a lot

was helping Larissa keep an eye out for Mrs. Hardy’s presence had tried to advise her more than once. “Ms. Seymour, why don’t you go talk to your

brushed it off without giving much thought

she received another call from the security guard, his voice anxious as he spoke. “Ms. Seymour, please come downstairs! Your

the Hardy family, she was forced to attend to

was now lying

on her were completely soaked and plastered to her skin, and