Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 410

Larissa made a call to Bethany’s mother. Regardless of the outcome, she had to let Bethany’s mother know of her dissatisfaction.

The phone rang for a long time before someone finally answered.

“Hello?” The voice on the other end was impatient.

It was a high–pitched female voice that sounded somewhat familiar

At that moment, Larissa couldn’t seem to pinpoint where she had heard this voice before.

“Hello, is this Bethany’s mother?” she asked politely.

Before she could get a response, the person on the other end hung up abruptly.

When Larissa tried calling again, she couldn’t get through. It was likely that Bethany’s mother had

blocked her number.

Larissa had met many unreasonable people in her line of work. Due to the nature of her profession, she had trained herself to be calm and collected under most circumstances.

It was rare that someone could work her up so badly that she was tempted to smash her phone

into bits

all night to complete most of her

day.

tasks and took half a day

hotel early and managed to arrive at the kindergarten in time for the students

go home.

children from toddler and junior classes had left, the

to

inside in an orderly manner to pick the

appeared crowded due to the large number of people,

someone grabbed Larissa’s arm from behind. “Lari?”

familiar voice made Larissa stop in her

stiffened instantly as her racing heartbeat seemed to thump

so loud that the sound reverberated in her ears like a drumbeat, making her momentarily

to other sounds.

went blank as she turned around to

flawless as Larissa had remembered previously, probably due to her anti–aging skin

almost called her “Mom,” but she caught herself in time and

Ma’am.”

in Violet’s eyes

gripping Larissa’s

parents nearby, who turned to stare at them

curiously

inquisitiveapped Larissa back to

gazes

talk later? I still have to pick