Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 24

Chapter 24

As if someone had cast a spell on her, Larissa lay there, unmoving, watching as the car sped closer and closer toward her.

A rational part of her urged her to run, but her body refused to oblige.

The screech of brakes engaging pierced the air.

And then, it felt like the whole world had stilled.

Some passersby covered their eyes in fear. Some of them turned their gaze to the

scene.

She didn’t know how much time had passed. Maybe it had been a few seconds, or a few minutes-perhaps it had been ten minutes or tens of minutes. Slowly, sound seeped into Larissa’s ears again.

Unexpectedly, she had not been hit. The car’s bumper had barely touched her when it stopped completely. There wasn’t even a single scratch on her.

Due to the incident, the remaining cars that passed by had slowed down as the number of people gathered around gradually increased, trapping her in the middle of the crowd.

“Miss, are you alright?”

“Can you

stand?”

haven’t lost your mind, have

by one, hurling questions at her without

her heart rate slowly return to normal,

her hand in his and stood

She forced out a smile.

pain or from her fright. Even her voice was extraordinarily

take you to the hospital for a checkup. I need to be responsible if there’s anything wrong at

Chapter 24

was still confused. “What are you responsible for?”

parked silver Mercedes not that far away from where they stood. “Don’t you remember? I almost hit

had been mostly blank earlier. She’d only seen the car and not the

driver.

fault. You don’t have to be responsible

and searched for Janine

called was still where it was, but the passengers in the car were long

ago!” He pointed in the direction where they had gone. “They went

impossible for her to try to run after them

about to refuse, he added, “Don’t say no, please. Even if it wasn’t my fault, I have a share of responsibility in

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