Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 24

As if someone had cast a spell on her, Larissa lay there, unmoving, watching as the car sped closer and closer toward her.

A rational part of her urged her to run, but her body refused to oblige.

The screech of brakes engaging pierced the air.

And then, it felt like the whole world had stilled.

Some passersby covered their eyes in fear. Some of them turned their gaze to the

scene.

She didn’t know how much time had passed. Maybe it had been a few seconds, or a few minutes-perhaps it had been ten minutes or tens of minutes. Slowly, sound seeped into Larissa’s ears again.

Unexpectedly, she had not been hit. The car’s bumper had barely touched her when it stopped completely. There wasn’t even a single scratch on her.

Due to the incident, the remaining cars that passed by had slowed down as the number of people gathered around gradually increased, trapping her in the middle of the crowd.

“Miss, are you alright?”

“Can you

stand?”

your mind,

interjected one by one, hurling questions at her without

heart rate slowly return to normal, having

stranger reached out. Larissa placed her hand in his and stood

She forced out

know if it was from the pain or from her fright. Even her voice was extraordinarily

you to the hospital for a checkup. I need to be responsible if there’s anything wrong at all.”

Chapter 24

“What are you responsible

far away from where

mostly blank earlier. She’d only seen the car and not the

driver.

not your fault. You don’t have to be responsible for anything.”

for

still where it was, but

her, “Those three cowards ran away a long time ago!” He

situation. She knew that it was impossible for her

pay for it.” Seeing as she was about to refuse, he added, “Don’t say no, please. Even if it wasn’t my fault, I have a share of responsibility in this too. I wouldn’t be able

him. Plus, she was going in to check on her