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,

one by one, hurling questions at her without

her heart rate slowly return to

his and stood up with great difficulty, leaning onto

forced out a

pale, though she didn’t know if it was from the pain or

to the hospital for a checkup. I need to

Chapter 24

confused. “What are you responsible

at the parked silver Mercedes not that far away from where they stood. “Don’t you remember? I

had been mostly blank earlier. She’d only seen the

driver.

She nodded. “This is not your fault. You don’t have

turned and searched for

she had called was still where it was, but the passengers in the car

cowards ran away a long time ago!” He pointed in the direction where

current situation. She knew that it was impossible for

stranger gripped her arm. “Since the hospital is just here, you should go in for a checkup! I’ll pay for it.” Seeing as she was about to refuse, he added, “Don’t say no, please. Even if

couldn’t resist him. Plus, she was going in to check on her injuries anyway, so she followed