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?”

shoulder was very bony. There was hardly any room for cushioning. Her bones had borne the full force of the ashtray’s impact. She did not know how extensive her injuries were. All she knew was she could no longer move her right

“Let’s go to

no time to hold Andrew accountable for his actions. The

doctor handed her a list of tests to be performed.

but the hospital was 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

spot on her right shoulder. “You

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use this arm. before the bone is fully healed. Be extra careful

Sleeping?

piercing pain on her shoulder and thought to herself,

manager and requested a

simply stated that she had a fractured bone on her shoulder from being hit by a

her injury and generously granted her

care of the rest and let you

the next day, Larissa received the news about Andrew and

them went down to the front desk to check out shortly after we

were so swift that the front desk was unaware of what else to do other than process their checkout and let them leave. No one had thought