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?”

lost your mind,

hurling questions at her

return to normal, having stopped momentarily out

his and stood up with

out a smile.

the pain or from her fright. Even her voice was

the hospital for a checkup. I need to be responsible if there’s

Chapter 24

still confused. “What are

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

mostly blank earlier. She’d only seen the car and

driver.

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

and searched for Janine and

it was, but

time ago!” He pointed in the direction where they

current situation. She knew that it was impossible for her to try to run after

I’ll pay for it.” Seeing as she was about to refuse, he added, “Don’t say no, please.

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