Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 35

Larissa opened the curtains, leaned against the windowsill, and looked down.

Even though the building was pretty high up from the ground, she could clearly make out a police car parked downstairs.

Two of them passed by their block and rounded over to the back.

Seeing as their block wasn’t involved in this, Larissa didn’t pay much attention to it. The next day, when she checked the group chat Dylan had added her into along with everyone else who owned properties in Foxtail Garden, she realized that the racket last night had been caused by a woman howling and disrupting the peace under Block 12 in the middle of the night. Her screams had been so loud that the residents of that block were unable to sleep. As such, a few of them had been forced to call the police.

A woman under Block 12–

Amber’s face flashed across Larissa’s mind,

The members of the group chat continued discussing the incident.

“I think she was looking for Mr. Fox on the 25th floor.”

“The 25th floor? Mr. Fox of Soaring Corporation?”

“That’s him.”

house here and move away a while ago? Why

accepting bribes and embezzling company funds, I reckon he took almost a billion dollars. Soaring Corporation had only found out about this recently; not only does he have to pay a significant amount as compensation, but he even has to go to jail for a long

serious offense. He’ll have to spend at least ten years in prison for

cards up his sleeves. This time, about seven or eight other high–ranking executives, including Skylar Fox, were brought down by him.

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market and the business ecosystem, but she hardly understood any

news of Mr. Fox’s fate left a

manager had fallen, just like

she supposed she wasn’t at all surprised about where he

she was even somewhat

satisfaction did not last long,

the hotel

Mrs. Hardy did not barge in forcefully. Instead, she squatted in a corner at the hotel’s entrance

staggered backward on instinct, almost knocking over

Hardy was afraid that Larissa would try to escape, so she grabbed Larissa’s arm

save my Travis!” Her voice

go first!” She struggled with all her might.