Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 580

It was raining cats and dogs outside the window. The rain was accompanied by the rumbling sounds of thunder and occasional flashes of lightning.

The news had reported that this torrential rain was a rare occurrence that would only happen once in a decade, causing severe flooding in many parts of the city and leaving people stranded in their cars.

Gary had returned to the Winston Hotel yesterday to deal with some business matters and he would be back in the morning. Despite that, It was almost noon, but Lewis and Gary were nowhere to be seen.

Larissa couldn’t help but feel worried.

However, her phone was completely destroyed in that accident. Lewis had set up call forwarding for her and settled the procedures of her resignation, but he did not get her a replacement phone or a new number. As a result, she had no way of contacting them at all.

When Mrs. Griffin finished washing the map in the bathroom, she walked past the balcony and peered down below. Shaking her head, she exclaimed with a surprised expression on her face. “Goodness gracious! Even the parking lot is flooded!”

Larissa’s worry intensified and she asked Mrs. Griffin for help, “Mrs. Griffin, can you make a call to Lewis?”

“Sure.” Mrs. Griffin fished out an old-fashioned mobile phone. Squinting as she scrolled down her contact list, she finally found Lewis’

number.

connected quickly, however, the signal on both ends was weak due

forcing him to repeat himself several times before Mrs. Griffin finally understood

Did something happen to Lari?” Lewis asked

Waving her hands in a panic,

hotel! The heavy rain caused the underground parking lot to be flooded. We can’t get out and we can’t get a cab as well. At this rate, it might take some time for us to get

that they were sale, Larissa felt

of you should stay at the

see how the situation turns out.” A family member had to be at the hospital with Larissa at all

eases off a little. I’ll try to get

several public bus routes in the city to be suspended, but the subway was still operational for the time being. Thus, the subway was much more crowded than usual due to the sudden

demand.

my ward today. I’ll chase you out on the spot. Mark my

and threatened Lewis hall-jokingly.

course, I believe you. Alright, I’ll stay put at the hotel. Pass the