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.

don’t want this to get

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

cap 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 else and hurriedly made her way forward. Her assistants each dragged a large suitcase behind them as they followed her.

mission, the security guards left, and the cleaning staff

Dylan were

on leave?” Dylan asked her.

straight into the topic. “Are you available at the moment? I would like to have you as my lawyer.”

moment before letting

“Sure,” he said.

…

into his room. He beckoned her to sit

shook her head and said, “No, thanks.”

then sat on the armchair on the

handling divorce cases,”

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

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

need of

would your former husband like to divide

the divorce agreement, and

What about the house? It won’t be

thought about the house, her rage began to ramp up. She did her best to control it, and her nails dug unconsciously into her soft flesh.

what she

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

eyes narrowed. “Did you sign the papers in

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

that it is… Unless you can prove that you were deceived by your former husband and were unaware of the contents of

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

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. For all we know, we could implicate a bunch of people. By that time, there will be many who will want to get back at your former husband, so we won’t even need to

good idea, and the only feasible one at the moment.