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!

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

perhaps instant death was truly

bedside table and complained bitterly. “What kind of lousy hospital is

hospital

here to recuperate, not

the side eye. Edmund made a phone call “Hey, go buy

turned to Larissa

rolled her eyes, at a loss for

spoilt him rotten as he

up a chair next to her bed and sat

so badly injured,

up an excuse casually, “He’s busy with

you were kidnapped yesterday, he didn’t even show up at the scene to save

clearly obtained

clearly demanded Kevan to save you personally. Why

repeated, “1 said, he’s budy

should dismiss so easily just 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

she could see Edmund’s mouth shut with a needle