Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 72

Any sense of drowsiness vanished entirely, and Larissa was very much awake.

She no longer had the mood to read the rest of the messages and retrieved her tablet from the bedside table drawer. She then found last night’s episode of ” The Mediators Room”.

Travis’ parents arrived at the set as the “mediation representatives”. They had mournful looks on their faces, and they looked fragile too. Janine’s eyes were also red from crying, and she could only squint through the swelling.

Before he had even finished, Janine had already begun to wipe at

want…” she sniffled. “I just want to apologize…to apologize to

back,

to calm down, and then tell

technical department of a brokerage firm. By a stroke of luck, he met my daughter-in-law during work. She is a manager of a big hotel in Covenford and is very beautiful. My son fell for her at first sight, but my husband and I didn’t even know that they were dating. Then when my boy brought her home, he said that they were going to get married. I couldn’t accept this at that time. Mothers would know. You know how that feels like when your boy suddenly decides to run off with someone else without even telling you. I didn’t even know what my daughter-in-law’s

other one was that I did not like my daughter-in-law’s job. Maybe it’s because we’re from a more conservative generation, but I think a pretty woman working in a hotel gives

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impression that she’s not a decent person, but my son insisted on marrying her. My husband and I have always respected his

marriage, but who knew that it would get worse?” When Janine got to this point, she