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?

when she heard the sound of someone trying to pull her car door open at the passenger’s side. And when whoever it was realized that they couldn’t pry open her door, they started knocking on

The woman shouted from

and sharp. Her pitch was so

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

believe in ghosts or supernatural creatures, but when 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.

are you?” She wrapped her arms around herself and

“Open the door! Open the door! Just open the damn

not

didn’t even dare to roll down her car window as she tried to turn her car

Taking into consideration the person who was just outside her car, she stepped

hitting

the door! Open the

devil’s chants in her ears.

and tried to not listen.

reached the entrance, the guard did not raise the barricade as he usually did.

had no choice but to stop the

rolled down the window at the driver’s side halfway, just enough for her to make eye contact with the security guard in the

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 a moment

elite backgrounds and were high society figures, the security in that area was especially tight.

access card and knew no