Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 410

Larissa made a call to Bethany’s mother. Regardless of the outcome, she had to let Bethany’s mother know of her dissatisfaction.

The phone rang for a long time before someone finally answered.

“Hello?” The voice on the other end was impatient.

It was a high–pitched female voice that sounded somewhat familiar

At that moment, Larissa couldn’t seem to pinpoint where she had heard this voice before.

“Hello, is this Bethany’s mother?” she asked politely.

Before she could get a response, the person on the other end hung up abruptly.

When Larissa tried calling again, she couldn’t get through. It was likely that Bethany’s mother had blocked her number.

Larissa had met many unreasonable people in her line of work. Due to the nature of her profession, she had trained herself to be calm and collected under most circumstances.

It was rare that someone could work her up so badly that she was tempted to smash her phone into bits

Larissa tucked Aster into bed and stayed up all night to complete most of her work for the next day.

tasks and took half a day off from work.

left the hotel early and managed to arrive at the kindergarten in time

had left, the students from the senior class lined up

parents and guardians walked inside in an orderly manner to pick

the

someone grabbed Larissa’s arm from behind. “Lari?”

familiar voice made Larissa stop

heartbeat seemed to

the sound reverberated in her ears like a drumbeat, making her momentarily deaf to

mind went blank as she turned around

much in the past five years. Her face was as flawless as Larissa had remembered previously, probably due to her anti–aging skin routine.

she caught herself in time and greeted

Ma’am.”

of sorrow welled up in Violet’s eyes as she tried to regain her

she choked up, gripping Larissa’s arm tighter.

attention of other parents nearby, who turned to stare at them curiously

inquisitiveapped Larissa back

later? I still

gently released her arm from Violet’s grip.