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

stayed up all night to complete

day.

her tasks and took half a day off from work.

managed to arrive at the kindergarten in time for the students to

go home.

children from toddler and junior classes had left, the students

up to

guardians walked inside in an orderly manner to pick the children up.

crowded due to the

someone grabbed Larissa’s arm

made Larissa stop

stiffened instantly as her racing heartbeat

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

to other sounds.

mind went blank as she turned around to look at the woman behind

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

“Mom,” but she caught herself in time

Ma’am.”

Violet’s eyes as she tried to regain her composure.

gripping Larissa’s

behavior caught the attention of other parents nearby, who turned

curiously

back to

gazes

we talk later? I still have to pick up my