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.

add, “If you don’t want this to get any worse, I suggest you

lip, clearly struggling with herself for a few seconds before she turned and went back into her room. Soon, she emerged

possible. A large pair of sunglasses as well as a mask hid her face from view. She did not say a word to anyone else

their mission, the security guards left, and the cleaning staff began cleaning up Karin’s

were left in

you on leave?” Dylan

wonder why he knew about her being on leave. She went straight into the topic. “Are

froze for a moment before letting out a knowing smile.

“Sure,” he said.

…

her to sit on the couch

and said, “No,

the side.

had previously introduced himself as a lawyer who “specialized in handling divorce cases,” so being able to guess Larissa’s

if she was exposing her wounds to someone else. She straightened up discreetly and clenched her fists, which were placed on her lap.

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

in need of

least bit surprised. “How would your former husband

described the contents of the divorce agreement, and Dylan

the house? It won’t be

ramp up. She

looked interested in what she had to

living in 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

sign the papers in person?” he asked.

“Based on the penmanship, it does seem to be by

the off chance that it is… Unless you can prove that you were deceived by your

hope plummeted into a dark abyss. She did not even know when she signed the damn papers. How was she supposed to

showed her a comforting smile. “Regardless of whether or not the papers are genuine, the transfer process he went through is definitely illegal. We can hold onto this point and do some digging. For all we know, we could implicate a bunch of people. By that time, there will be many who will

was a good idea, and the only