Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 12

As Dylan had full discretion in handling the divorce, Larissa—despite being the plaintiff—had pretty much nothing to do.

Having two days of leave left, Larissa decided to visit a real estate agency so that she could rent a small apartment near the Regal Dynasty Hotel.

The hotel was located in one of the most prosperous locations in Covenford. The area surrounding it had high-end neighborhoods whose properties cost over ten thousand dollars per square foot. Vacant properties in the area were rare, and even if there were any, they were not available for rent to outsiders.

She could only settle for the next best thing and fixed the location range of her new home within the distance of three train stations, or a half-hour’s driving distance during non-peak hours.

The real estate agent led her around for the whole day to view several properties, but they either had noisy surroundings or were old buildings that lacked elevators.

In other words, none of them satisfied her needs.

Dragging her tired body back to the hotel, Larissa had just laid down on the bed when she got a call from Travis’ brother, Andrew Hardy.

Without even greeting her, he said, “I’m coming to Covenford with Kara next weekend. Book a flight and hotel for us.”

Andrew currently studied at a university in Bartham, and Kara Harper was his girlfriend of two years. Larissa had only interacted with him a few times during her marriage ceremony and this year’s new year celebrations. They were not really familiar with each other. She had never even met Kara before, but frequently heard the Hardys talking about how she was the only daughter of some big shot in Bartham.

So, when Larissa got ordered around like that, she was a bit confused. It was not necessary to approach her for this sort of thing, right?

“You can get your brother to do it for you.”

It seemed that the Hardys had yet to tell him about the divorce between her and Travis. To prevent any complications, Larissa did not mention it either.

was going to end the call when Andrew

rudely. “As my sister-in-law, what’s wrong with giving me a hand?

Larissa thought that he was an introverted, quiet guy. Who knew that the real him would be just as weird

kind of understandable too.

the hotel for you,” Larissa said after a moment’s thought. “Take care of the flight ticket yourself or ask

the Regal Dynasty, she would not refuse the opportunity to

so fake. If you don’t want to help, then don’t! Forget the hotel, I’ll

end of it when Andrew called her again the next day when she

myself. You do the hotel for me. I want an executive suite for two nights, Friday and Saturday. I’ll text you my details later. The contact

the mood to argue, Larissa agreed to this. Two minutes later, Andrew indeed texted her. The message only contained his details.

the time evening rolled around, Larissa was

passed by the reception, she remembered what Andrew told her to do, so she

an executive suite for me for the next Friday and

a friend?” Livie asked in passing.

Larissa gave

you want

answered

book a room was already good enough. Using her

Dylan’s voice sounded from

They

them first before asking, “Are you

Dylan nodded before pointing at reception. “Are you finished?”

space. “Yes, yes, I am!” Then, she turned to instruct Livie.

cards Dylan handed over and had the checkout procedure done within two minutes.

“Are you leaving Covenford? Then my…” She was a little

Dylan replied with a smile. “On the contrary, Mr. Rogers and I are planning to

Larissa

been dealt with, but the process was a lot more complicated than we thought and couldn’t be finished anytime soon. It may take a