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

not bear the constant disturbing and finally dropped a harsh response. “If your people keep calling me and harassing me at work, I

then did they

was woken

was filled with several unread WhatsApp notifications, and even then, there were

1/2

messages every

chat. There were at least ten messages that tagged her.

big had happened to the hotel. That thought woke her up at once and

messages.

one of the janitors

watched last night’s episode of “The Mediators Room”?”

other janitors

“Me too!”

chat for the

usually work-related. It was the first time that discussions about a TV show had

occurred.

was not a strict leader, so she was not against