Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 84

Declining Zero’s invitation for supper, Larissa left by herself.

Now that it was past dinner time, the elevators at Microworks were mostly empty. She was able to reach the

first floor very quickly. The security guard recognized her and leaped out of his chair at once.

“Ms. Seymour!” he greeted her, all smiles as he voluntarily opened the special access gate for her before she

could speak.

Larissa thanked him immediately, and he dipped his head as a sign of respect. “Goodbye, Ms. Seymour! Please come again!”

Larissa suddenly had the sensation of mistakenly entering some high–end restaurant.

After walking out of the Microworks Building, she turned back to look, and it was still lit up. At this point, it was already 10 pm.

or so cars could be seen driving past. She waited for a while before an empty cab came her way. She had just given the driver the

she asked,

moment she finished speaking. Zero said frantically, “Someone’s trying to jump off the Victory General Hospital! It looks like that shitty mother–in–law

calculation, she figured that the crew of “The

behind–the- scenes things exposed. But she did not anticipate that Janine would pull

was certain that Janine was only pretending. She

and the firefighters have gone there. There is some local press too. Do you want to go check it out? “Zero

Larissa told the driver to

roads were, it only took less than ten minutes for her to get to the

already parked nearby. A few policemen were

figure on the top of the building. She could not tell who

her here!” A piercing scream came from the top. Larissa heard everything due

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seemed that it really was her ex–mother–in–law, Ms. Janine

going on?” a

one where the woman was bitching about her daughter–in–law? Well, her daughter–in–law set the record straight today. and even said she was going to sue her, and this idiot wants to jump now because of that.”

Janine Levange, was it? I watched that episode. I

lying about it?”