Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 38

Larissa was stunned for two seconds before realizing that he had completely misunderstood her.

She explained hurriedly. “No, I don’t want to kill him-” Then, she told him about everything that had happened today.

On the other end of the phone, Dylan, having realized his mistake, blushed in

embarrassment.

He covered his mouth with his hand, coughing lightly before regaining his

composure.

“To be honest, I’ve been handling divorce cases for so many years, but I’ve never encountered a situation where the husband dies halfway through the court ruling process. Of course, your ex–husband is not dead yet, but in the event that he does, the normal procedure would be to continue the inheritance process. As for how much money you would get from the property, you’ll have to wait until the lawsuit is

over and settled.”

The process sounded very long to her. Larissa couldn’t help but sigh in frustration.

in this life to have all that

but-” Dylan hesitated for a while before continuing. “With the shameless behavior displayed by your ex- husband’s family, I suspect it would be more troublesome if he didn’t die than if he did.”

had to be proven right.

came to the Regal Dynasty again, squatting in the same spot she had occupied the last few times she

her as soon as they saw Mrs. Hardy in order for her to be prepared and leave secretly through the hotel’s emergency back entrance. But Mrs. Hardy was

came to the hotel every day after, and

been raining heavily every day for the past week

one of the areas affected by the hurricane. All over the city, stagnant puddles accumulated,

In that week itself, no matter if it was

up every day anyway, her presence even more dedicated than the employees

she squatted in a corner close to the wall. She was curled up in a ball to minimize the chances of her getting wet from the rain. When she

pitiful appearance had garnered the sympathy

guard who was helping Larissa keep an eye out for Mrs. Hardy’s presence had tried to advise her more than once. “Ms. Seymour, why don’t you go talk

without giving much thought to it.

call from the security guard, his voice anxious as he

to interact with the Hardy family,

and was now lying

on her were completely soaked and plastered to her skin, and her

separated