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!”

had.” Dylan was very sincere, but Larissa was 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 it, Dylan

glanced at the other two, and they could only follow.

access. Kevan and Dylan never wore

used the special passage

“Remember Ms. Seymour

will use

guard nodded and agreed

wanted to say that there was no need for such trouble, but she could not brush off Dylan’s kindness, so she only smiled wryly at the guard before quickly walking past him

after the access gate, but Kevan and Dylan walked right past them without even

until they stopped before a single elevator.

number never changed.

elevator,” Dylan explained. “It can only be

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

the elevator at once, and Kevan pressed the button for the

corner of the

other corner when Dylan pushed her, so she

the indicator panel but had kept an eye on Larissa the whole time. So, when