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?”

very heavy, and Larissa’s 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

assistant decided immediately. “Let’s go to

his actions. The group helped Larissa downstairs

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

was a Saturday evening, 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

certain spot on her right shoulder. “You have a small fracture

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to her shoulder and reminded her again, “Try not to use this arm. before the bone is fully healed. Be extra careful when you’re sleeping. Try not to put too much pressure on your

Sleeping?

pain on her shoulder and thought to herself, “I

manager and requested a

her shoulder from being hit

and generously granted her a week off to recuperate at

will take care of the rest and let

day, Larissa received the news about Andrew and Kara’s early checkout from the hotel.

two of them went down to the front desk to check out shortly

that the front desk was unaware of what else to do other than process their checkout and