Sweet Subterfuge

Jay’s suicide made headlines in the media, and news of him kidnapping Larissa gradually seread.

Larissa was once again famous for the wrong reasons, which troubled her to no end.

What irked her even more were the constant messages of condolences.

She kept receiving phone calls of concern from friends and former colleagues around her

Even Violet came to the hospital to visit her,

The whole time, she early admonished Larissa with advice on recuperating and left a thermos of hot soup for her.

Just as she left. Edmund arrived.

He strode into her ward with a large bouquet of champagne roses.

“Lar” Edmund called out affectionately, his eyes filled with concem. “Are you seriously injured?”

Larissa fell a headache coming on.

“Tm line,’ she replied indifferently, trying to create some distance between them.

line? Edmund sized her up. “Look at your

continued his rant angrily, “Luckily, Jay is dead. Otherwise, I would have killed

thought that perhaps instant death was

complained bitterly. “What kind of lousy hospital is this? They don’t even

a hospital not a hotel Larissa

was here to recuperate, not for

her the side eye. Edmund made a phone call “Hey, go buy a vase and bring it

Larissa triumphantly. “See

at a loss

filthy rich really spoilt him rotten as he

a chair next to her

“Since you’re so badly injured, why isn’t Revan here to accompany

made up an excuse casually, “He’s

heard that when you were kidnapped yesterday, he didn’t

obtained some

save you personally. Why did his assistant

same excuse. Larissa repeated, “1 said, he’s budy

nothing unfortunate happened to you. But what if the kidnapper

she could see Edmund’s mouth shut with