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.

want this to get any worse, I suggest you check

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

A large pair of sunglasses as well as a mask hid her face from view. She

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

were

leave?”

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

for a moment before letting out a knowing

“Sure,” he said.

…

Dylan into his room. He beckoned her to sit on the couch and asked,

head and said,

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

lawyer who “specialized in handling divorce cases,” so being able to guess Larissa’s

else. She

the reason why. However, he simply became more professional

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

would your former husband like to divide

described the contents of the divorce agreement, and

house? It won’t

her rage began to ramp up. She did her best to control it, and

what she had

that we’re 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 that I had apparently signed and said that I had gifted the house to him. Moreover, he even went

eyes narrowed. “Did you sign the papers in person?” he

penmanship, it does seem to be by my hand.

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

abyss. She did not even know when she signed the damn papers. How was she supposed to prove that she was deceived?

don’t have to feel so bad. We can still approach 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. For all we know, we could implicate a bunch of people. By that time, there will be many who will want to

the only feasible