Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 273

To avoid encountering Edmund, Larissa spent most of the following days wandering around the guest rooms downstairs. Whenever she spotted a housekeeping staff member cleaning a room, she would enter to conduct a “surprise inspection.”

She understood that developing habits took time, and despite the housekeeping staff’s efforts, there were still some minor shortcomings. For less serious issues, she corrected them and let them go. But for more severe problems, she made a note and imposed fines. Those who disobeyed her management and were dissatisfied with the penalties were simply fired.

In just a week’s time, she earned the nickname “Devil” among her colleagues. However, instead of feeling offended, she felt somewhat

satisfied-after all, everyone was afraid of her and conscientiously carried out their work.

The only burden she felt was during the weekly department meeting when Edmund specifically praised her and made a joke about her

being called the “Devil” by her subordinates. Although he intended to encourage others to learn from her and be strict with their

heard a

head and deputy managers of

of about being called the ‘Devil’? Doesn’t that

was just finding an excuse to publicly praise her. Don’t take

lunch alone with her last time. They came out of the

…

of some celebrities and issue a formal statement. Such actions would only make others think she was trying to hide something. Luckily, she only had one more week left here, and whatever others said would

hadn’t anticipated was that Edmund had applied to transfer her from Covenford. He never asked for her opinion nor informed her when he submitted the application. She only found out because the general manager of Covenford’s Regal Dynasty Hotel called her to question, “You’ve only

was completely puzzled. She asked, “When did I say I didn’t want to go

pretending!” The general manager grew more infuriated. “Headquarters sent me an email saying they want to transfer

this.” Her reaction was too genuine, and the

the email. Take a