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

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

that was pulled down as much as possible. A large pair of sunglasses as well as a mask hid her face from view. She did not say a word to anyone

accomplished their mission, the security guards left, and the cleaning staff began

were left in the corridor.

on leave?”

to wonder why he knew about her being on leave. She went straight into the

before letting

“Sure,” he said.

…

followed Dylan into his room. He beckoned her to sit on the

her head and said, “No,

the armchair on the side.

handling divorce cases,” so being

wounds to someone else. She straightened up discreetly and clenched her fists, which were placed on her

Dylan did not ask for the reason why. However, he simply became more professional

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

would your

the contents of the divorce agreement, and

What about the house?

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

what she had to

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,

the papers

it does seem to be by my hand. However, I don’t recall signing those papers.”

the off chance that it is…

know when she signed the damn papers. How was she

it from another angle.” Having sensed her sadness, Dylan 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.

a good idea, and the only feasible one