Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 32

Larissa contemplated for a very long time before finally summoning the courage to call Travis.

Yet, despite having made several calls in a row, Travis never answered.

At night, when Larissa returned home after work, she was stopped by someone at the entrance of Foxtail Garden.

The sky was getting dark, and the figure stood against the light. All Larissa could make out was a skinny figure, her arms outstretched.

It seemed to be a woman.

Before she could cause any accidents, Larissa slammed on the brakes.

Her car stopped about ten feet away from the figure.

Larissa was stunned for about two seconds before she felt her heart rate slow to a normal pace.

When she’d recovered from her shock and looked back to where the figure was standing earlier, there was only dust dancing under the dim, yellowish light. Where had the figure gone?

door open at the passenger’s side. And when whoever it was realized that they couldn’t pry open her door,

door!” The

urgent and sharp. Her pitch was so high that her

discern the woman’s features. Instead, the hazy reflection on the glass showed a dark silhouette with disheveled long hair–it was a rather terrifying sight.

faced with something like this in the middle of the night, she couldn’t help but feel her scalp tingle as her skin crawled with goosebumps.

wrapped her arms around herself and asked,

on shouting, “Open the door! Open the

Larissa did not open the

dare to roll down her car window as

move again slowly. Taking into consideration the person who was just outside her car, she stepped on the

closely, her palms repeatedly hitting Larissa’s car window two

door! Open the door!”

devil’s chants in her ears. Larissa gritted her

to not listen.

the guard did not raise the barricade as he usually did.

but to stop the car again.

side halfway, just enough for her to make eye contact with the security guard in

he explained, “That woman beside your car is not a resident of Foxtail Garden. She tried to force her way in, and we called the police after we failed to reason with her. Don’t worry, the police are on their way. If you could just wait for

backgrounds and were high society figures, the security in that area was especially tight. Outsiders who wished to enter either had to

woman had no access card and knew no one inside who could