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.

really unlucky in this life to have all that misfortune

before continuing. “With the shameless behavior displayed by your ex- husband’s family, I suspect it would

course, his words had to be proven

spot she had occupied the last few times she

as soon as they saw Mrs. Hardy

day after, and every time she came, she would squat by the entrance for the entire

had been raining heavily every day for the past

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

weather conditions making driving inconvenient, most of the citizens chose to use public transport as their main traveling means. In that week itself, no matter

less–than–ideal conditions, Mrs. Hardy showed up every day anyway, her

the chances of her getting wet from the rain. When she was hungry, she would

sympathy of

tried to advise her more than once. “Ms. Seymour, why don’t you go talk to your mother–in–law

Larissa brushed it off without giving

she received another call from the security guard, his voice anxious as he spoke. “Ms. Seymour, please come downstairs! Your

how much she did not want to interact with the Hardy

been carried into the hotel lobby and was now lying on the

clothes on her were completely soaked and plastered to her

hair separated