Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 20

Andrew’s response was exactly what Larissa had expected, so she did not waste her energy getting mad.

“We have cooperated and fulfilled each and every one of your requests,” she said. ” Now that we’ve proven that the necklace wasn’t stolen by our cleaning staff, your accusations naturally fall into the category of defamation. As your actions have compromised the reputation of our hotel and its workers, causing negative implications to all parties involved, we will sue you for defamation.”

Kara and Andrew’s faces fell instantly.

Larissa watched their horror and smiled gently. She even comforted them, “Of course your offense is not severe enough to warrant imprisonment. At most, you’ll be asked to pay a certain sum as compensation.”

Andrew was so angry that his face turned red. He gritted his teeth noisily. Suddenly, he grabbed the crystal ashtray on the coffee table and hurled it in Larissa’s direction.

Larissa was completely caught off guard. The ashtray hit her shoulder directly. She sucked in a breath and hissed in pain.

“Ms. Seymour!” Her assistant and the two cleaning staff rushed over in concern. “Are you injured? Is it serious? Do you need to go to the hospital?”

the ashtray’s impact. She did not know how

“Let’s go to

time to hold Andrew accountable for his actions. The group helped Larissa

the hospital. There, the doctor handed her a list of tests to be

still very crowded, so even taking an X-ray image required her to wait in line for over half an hour. After completing all of the tests and having returned to the emergency room, Larissa

imaging results and pointed at a certain spot on her right shoulder. “You have a small fracture here. We’ll need to

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the bone is fully healed. Be extra careful when you’re sleeping. Try not to put too much pressure on your right arm.”

Sleeping?

piercing pain on her shoulder and thought to herself, “I don’t think I’ll be getting any sleep tonight.”

Larissa called her general manager and requested a

shoulder from being hit

general manager inquired about the details of her injury and generously granted her a week off

of the rest and

about Andrew and Kara’s early checkout from the hotel.

the front desk to check out shortly after we left the day before,” her assistant informed

else to do other than process