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

when I say this but-” Dylan hesitated for a while before continuing. “With the shameless behavior displayed by your ex- husband’s family, I suspect it would be more troublesome

his words had to be

squatting in the same spot she had occupied the last few times she was there,

her as soon as they saw Mrs. Hardy in order

intercept Larissa that day, Mrs. Hardy came to the hotel every day after, and every time she came,

the

city, stagnant puddles accumulated, some of them so deep that they came up to

the weather conditions making driving inconvenient, most of the citizens chose to use public transport as their main traveling means. In that week

Hardy showed up every day anyway, her presence even more dedicated than

of her getting wet from the rain. When she was

had garnered the sympathy of quite a lot of

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

time, Larissa brushed it off without

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

to interact with the

carried into the hotel lobby and was now lying on the couch where the

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