Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 396

Larissa was stunned, but she also felt guilty. She and Wendy had bren best friends for a long time, but Larissa had rever seriously much attention to Wendy’s love life. No doubt, she had no idea that Wendy had planned such a future for herself.

*Back then, I gave up my high-paying job and went overseas to study without turning back because I wanted to escape the pressure of my parents rushing me to marry every year,” Wendy gwr a sell-deprecating laugh and said. “They can argue about anything, but studies are the only thing they can agree on.” Wendy was a Covenford local and studied at a local university, but she never went home on weekends. During summer break every year, she would be the last person to leave the domitory and the first person to return.

Larissa had asked her out of curiosity before and found out that Wendy’s parents had divorced when she was in high school. Each of them had farmed arew family and had new children of their own, Larissa guessed that Wendy’s cecision to remain unmarried was likely strongly intuenced by her family background.

“I made up my mind a long time ago that I would be a spinster. You know how well I live alone too, but I still can’t fight my traditionalist thoughts of wanting a child to take care of me when grow old and take my inheritance. Il the child is yours, then that makes it even better. *said Wendy.

moment, but her rationale still won. “You must bear

mother is my best friend and a very nutstanding person, I believe in your genes and in myself. I won’t let the chid go astray,” said Wendy solemnly while holding Larissa’s

softly, “Give me a few days to think it over.” Wency didn’t push her and said, “Okay, think about it carefully.” When they got into the car. Wendy said, “On by the way, Barbara asked me to tel. you after you left that you might run into a long -lost close relative or friend in recent days. That person will be your lucky star,

certain that Barbara was a scammer, “How

means is that you guys haven’t met in many

anyone like that either.” said Larissa frmly. If she had to think of someone she had lost contact with for a very long time, it would be her father, whom she

biggest problem was she couldn’t speak it lluently. Wendy often invited her classmales and friends over to the house so that Larissa could communicate with them more and