Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 71

She clenched her fists, her nails digging into the flesh of her palms, and she used the pain to remind herself to remain clear-headed at all times. It would not do for her to lose her composure.

“I have always had a clear conscience in anything that I do,” she said. “I’m sorry; I am working now. If there’s nothing else, please leave.”

The long-haired editor was about to say something when Larissa shut the door.

After her shift was over at night, the girls excitedly came over to her to ask for details when she passed by the reception. “Ms. Seymour, why were the TV people looking for you? Did they ask you to go on a show?”

“Yeah, but I rejected it,” Larissa replied with a faint smile.

“Why?” The girls were so disappointed. “You’re so beautiful, Ms. Seymour. Who knows, you might go viral overnight! By then we’d be able to go out and say

that we know a famous star!”

Larissa could not help but laugh. “When there’s another chance, I’ll make sure to go for it, alright?”

After that time, Larissa received several more calls from the editors of “The Mediators Room”. All of them were trying to convince her to come to the show,

rejected them all.

harsh response. “If your

did they

Larissa was woken up by her phone’s

the screen, which was filled with several unread

1/2

every second.

chat. There were at least ten messages that

reaction to this was that something big had happened to the hotel. That thought woke her up at once

messages.

of the

watched last night’s episode of “The Mediators

few other janitors said, “I did!”

“Me too!”

frowned. She created this group chat

usually work-related. It was the first time that

occurred.

strict leader, so she was not against