Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 108

Dylan immediately called Kevan. The call went through, but no one answered the phone.

In a state of panic. Dylan didn’t have time to wait for Larissa, who was following behind him. He ran to the nurses‘ station in a hurry.

A missing patient was a big deal in any hospital. In addition, everyone was still reeling from the recent suicide case. All the nurses had left to search for Kevan, leaving only one nurse on duty at the nurses station.

At Dylan’s request, the nurse made an announcement over the loudspeaker, “Mr. Rogers, your friend is walling for you in the ward. Please return as soon as possible when you hear this announcement!

In a daze, Larissa realized the gravity of the situation.

“Should we check the surveillance lootage?” she asked Dylan.

“Let’s wait a bit” Dylan replied without looking up as he fiddled with something on his phone.

“Go to the ward and wait for Kevan,” he added. “So that if he comes back, someone is there waiting for him,”

Larissa followed Dylan’s instructions and went to the ward as she knew she couldn’t be of much help.

the hospital every two minutes.

time passed, Larissa became increasingly anxious as negative

an hour, Dylan returned with Kevan leaning on

was reproachful because she was nervous and

left, in lact, he seemed even paler. There was a disturbing patch of dried blood on his right hand from pulling out the IV needle midway

chat with him for a bit.” Kevan

taking to an acquaintance more important than your own health?” Dylan shoved Kevan onto the bed and glared at him “Lie down and stay still! I’ll get the nurse to reinsert

words out of her mouth so Larissa said nothing. Hands hanging by her

work at the Regal Dynasty Hotel?” Kevan asked her suddenly.

Larissa replied

his brows slightly. “So soon? Can’t you postpone it for a

leave for over a week already,”

more than what she took for the previous year entirely.

days off,” Kevan suggested. “Travis‘ family might cause trouble at the

these factors. “I will call the

knowledge, she no longer had to hide this issue from her colleagues. Instead, she could

be exhausted from the events

she had climbed up the mountain yesterday, Larissa didn’t

shifts consecutively, I was much more exhausted than