Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 33

Larissa instinctively lowered her head.

Seeing as her forceful attempts at entering were not working, Amber started crying. ” I need to see my uncle urgently! Please! You have to let me in! This is a matter of life and death. If I can’t see my uncle, I might as well be dead! Do you really have the heart to watch me meet my end without doing anything?”

Snot and tears trickled down her cheeks. She looked particularly pitiful.

Slight discomfort colored the guard’s face, but he remained professional. “These are the orders I have from my higher–ups. I’m sorry, Miss, I really cannot let you in.”

Amber hurled her backpack into the guardhouse. The guard took a step back in fright.

“My phone, wallet, and ID are all in this bag. Please, I’m begging you! Take these in exchange and let me in. I really am not a bad person!”

The guard bent down and picked her backpack up before handing it back to her wordlessly. His stance was firm and there was no changing his mind.

“Beep, beep-”

A car came from behind and sounded its horn, most probably due to the blockage on

the road.

behind her pass, but it wasn’t up to her

she could leave.

was held up by Amber’s fit and could not walk up to explain the current situation to

Larissa caught a glimpse of a figure walking toward them

man stopped between her

icy voice was

more than familiar with it.

Rogers!” The guard immediately straightened and greeted him politely.

eyes widened in shock, her mouth slightly agape. She pointed at him for a

slight

with Amber stunned

do you

Kevan nodded.

did not know how that pretty boy she once met turned into “Mr. Rogers” all of a sudden, but she did not have the heart to care about her previous feud with Kevan.

overbearing attitude. “See? I know Mr. Rogers. Can you

face darkened

his extreme discomfort and subtly tried to remove

tentatively. “So- should I

spat coldly. “Let her