Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 173

The first call was from an employee of a real estate agency. He knew that she had listed her previous house with the agency for rent, and also about how those shameless people from the Hardy family had rented her house to someone else. He claimed to be her boyfriend and

expressed his concern because she had yet to return home late at night.

The agency immediately informed him to look for her at the house, il she wasn’t there, the people who rented out her house must be

involved.

The people from the Hardy family had all returned to their hometown, which was only a little over three hours away by car, but she wouldn’t travel there for such a trivial matter. He immediately drove to her former residence but unexpectedly found a police car downstairs.

His heart tightened, and he quickly rushed into the elevators as fast as he could. As soon as the elevator doors opened on her floor, someone pushed him back inside.

shouted sharply, “Go

saw a drunk man waving a kitchen knife behind the police

cautious and refrained from approaching

crowd, but that

asked the police officer, “Have you seen

confused. “Miss Seymour?

strong reaction to his words. “That female scammer!

and rushed forward to kick the drunk man to the ground, picking up the knife and pressing it against his neck. His eyes were bloodthirsty, and

knocked on the closed door across the hall-apparently, the couple who lived there had called the police. In their bedroom, he found Larissa unconscious and unresponsive. The couple told the police about what the man had done. and he listened attentively while carrying Larissa out. Her face was as pale as a sheet and regardless of the noisy surroundings, she showed no signs of waking up. He vowed in his

right shoulder. But his anger

of what happened, he pulled some strings to get