Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 8

Larissa was confused by the accusation. But as she was someone who had quite some experience working here, she had met more unreasonable guests.

Therefore, she was able to react quickly and gave her an apologetic smile. “My apologies, Ms. Gallagher. There must be a misunderstanding here. I just got back, and I am not quite sure what’s going on. Could you give me some time to look into the situation?”

At the same time, her mind was racing. The Regal Dynasty was a proper hotel with an established background. It would not be possible for them to forcibly evict someone without cause. But seeing the guards and cleaning staff present, the eviction did not seem false either.

Larissa could think of no one else who had the power to evict guests other than the general manager.

She was just about to call him for clarification about the situation when the door to the room at the end of the corridor opened.

Dylan emerged in his pajamas. His was stone-faced and exuded a cold aura similar to Kevan’s. His geniality in the morning was nowhere to be seen.

Thinking that they had disturbed his rest, Larissa quickly apologized. “Forgive me, Mr. Shields. There is a situation that we need to take care of at the moment. If you find the noise bothersome, I can have someone put you up in a different room.”

However, Dylan waved her off and smiled. “Don’t worry about it.”

Larissa was totally confused once again. If it was fine, then why was he upset earlier?

Dylan walked straight up to Karin, who clearly knew him.

“M—Mr. Shields?” Her previous arrogance was gone and replaced by anxiety.

“Ms. Gallagher.” Dylan was not as nice to her as he was to Larissa. His tone was polite and indifferent. “Mr. Rogers was the one who requested your eviction. As for why…” His smile did not reach his eyes. “I’m sure you know.”

Karsyn froze and steadily turned pale.

this to get any worse, I suggest you check out quietly

bit her lip, clearly struggling with herself for a few seconds before she turned and went back into

hid her face from view. She did not say a word to anyone else and hurriedly made her way forward. Her assistants each dragged a large suitcase behind them as

accomplished their mission, the security guards left, and the

and Dylan were left in the corridor.

on leave?” Dylan

being on leave. She went straight into the topic. “Are you

a moment before letting out a knowing smile.

“Sure,” he said.

…

beckoned her to

shook her head and

the side. “You’d like a divorce?” he asked.

introduced himself as a lawyer who “specialized in handling divorce cases,” so being able to guess

someone else. She

Dylan did not ask for the reason why. However, he simply became more professional and asked, “Has the asset

smiled bitterly. “I’m in need of your services precisely because

surprised. “How would your

of the divorce agreement, and Dylan raised an eyebrow.

about the house? It won’t be divided?”

the problem is.” The moment Larissa thought about the house, her rage began to ramp up. She did her best to control it, and her nails

in what

was bought after we got married. I made the down payment, and I am also paying for the mortgage. But the deed had both our names on it. However, just a few hours ago, my former husband showed me the papers for a gifting of property agreement that I had apparently signed and said that I had gifted the house to him. Moreover, he even went through

“Did you sign the papers in person?” he

the penmanship, it does seem to be by my

penmanship verification first. If you really didn’t sign it, then it’s good. But on the off chance that it is… Unless you can prove that you

abyss. She did not even know when she signed the damn papers.

definitely illegal. We can hold onto this point and

good idea, and the