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.

sized her up. “Look at your face, it’s

“Luckily, Jay is dead. Otherwise, I would have killed him for

instant death was truly the best outcome for

roses on the bedside table and complained bitterly. “What kind of lousy hospital is this? They don’t even

this is a hospital not

here to recuperate, not

Edmund made a phone call “Hey,

to Larissa triumphantly.

at a loss for

filthy rich really spoilt him rotten as he was allowed to do whatever he

next

knowingly. “Since you’re so badly injured, why isn’t Revan

up an excuse casually,

were kidnapped yesterday, he didn’t even show up at

obtained some inside

save you personally. Why did his

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

because he is busy with work! Edmund sald stemly, “Luckily, nothing unfortunate happened to you. But what if the kidnapper had thrown you off the rooftop because he failed to tum up? is his work more Important than

wished she could see Edmund’s mouth shut with a