Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 78

Dylan did not respond to her question, however.

“Your friend hasn’t made it, right?” He grinned like he knew everything.

A little stunned, Larissa shot back instinctively, “How did you know?”

“At this time, the elevators are packed with people. For Floor 45. I suppose even if the elevator’s coming down from the top, it wouldn’t stop there.”

Other than that, it was her reaction after receiving her friend’s text–she did not go inside but decided to buy coffee. That meant that she would still be waiting for quite a long time.

“Why don’t you tell your friend to stay where she is? We’ll send you guys up. You can try our company’s coffee too. It’s way better than any coffee you could buy out there!” Dylan looked proud.

Larissa was not comfortable enough to say yes. “We’ll just park ourselves at Starbucks for a while. You and Mr. Rogers can go about your business!”

doubtful of his sincerity. After all, this did not look like a place where one would take a walk at. However, before she could think too deeply about

the other two,

gate downstairs can only be opened by card access. Kevan and Dylan never

special passage controlled by security.

nodded at Larissa and told the security guard, “Remember Ms. Seymour here.

she will use

guard nodded and agreed

trouble, but she could not brush off Dylan’s kindness, so she only smiled wryly at the guard before quickly walking past him with her head lowered.

right past them without even looking. Confused, Larissa wanted to know why, but she held back

stopped before a single elevator. It was stuck on the first floor, and the

number never changed.

“It can only be

placed his right pointer finger on the fingerprint reader near the elevator doors, and they opened

group entered the elevator at once, and Kevan

the corner of the

corner when Dylan pushed her, so she ended up

kept an eye on Larissa the