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 face, it’s all bruised! And your leg is in a

rant angrily, “Luckily, Jay is dead. Otherwise, I would have killed him for what he did

was

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

Rogers, this is a hospital not a

here to recuperate,

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

Larissa triumphantly. “See all

eyes, at a loss for

filthy rich really spoilt him rotten as

pulled up a chair next to her bed and sat

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

excuse casually,

insisted. “But I heard that when you were kidnapped yesterday, he didn’t even show up at the scene

obtained some

clearly demanded Kevan to save you personally. Why did his assistant

Larissa repeated, “1 said, he’s

happened to you. But what if the kidnapper had thrown you off the rooftop

see Edmund’s mouth shut with a needle