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.

unlucky in this life to have all

“With the shameless behavior displayed by your ex- husband’s family, I suspect

had

squatting in the same spot she had occupied the last few times she was there,

guard–after the last incident, she’d specially informed the guards to call 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 more

to the hotel every day after, and every time she came,

for the past week in Covenford as it was

hurricane. All over the city, stagnant puddles accumulated, some of them so deep that they came up to

main traveling means. In that week

anyway, her presence even

a ball to minimize the chances of her getting wet from the rain. When she was hungry, she would take a few bites of the buns she’d brought along with her. And when she was thirsty, she

garnered the sympathy of

than once. “Ms. Seymour,

off without

anxious as he

not want to interact with the Hardy family, she was forced to attend to the

was now lying

completely soaked and plastered to her

hair separated