Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 536

When Gary first came, he mentioned to her that she would stay in Bartham for a week. His room was also booked for a week’s time. But it

had already been a week, and he did not seem like he was going to depart at all She even heard from the janitors in charge of cleaning the presidential suite that Gary seemed to stay in his room all day long, calling the restaurant to send up all three of his daily meals.

His idleness looked more like him coming to vacation in Bartham, and not to talk about business deals.

Gary was a little panicked with her question. “No.” He coughed lightly into his right fist to conceal his unease. “I was ill and was hospitalized for a time. Soaring Corporation recently had many things going on too, so Mr. Rogers called me to apologize and told me to wait for a few more days.”

Years of working in high–pressure jobs as well as his high position–which only got higher over time–in the industry made Gary develop a bad temper. Under normal circumstances, combined with Cody’s neglectful attitude toward him, he would have thrown it all away and left long ago instead of bothering to stay here for even a day more.

long–lost daughter after many years, so the only thing he had on his mind right now was how to close the gap between them and gradually develop a bond with her. He could not figure out what Larissa’s thoughts were on a biological father, so he did not dare to tell her the truth, He could only stick around with her

business deal with Soaring Corporation became

not suspect

take over Soaring Corporation, so it was understandable that he could not give too much attention to Gary–Besides, his working capability was probably worse than even a manager

afraid that she might look deeper into things, so he quickly changed the subject.” Could

him. “I will help you make a call later. Once it’s been confirmed. I’ll

private investigator and had also ended up discovering

Larissa whatsoever. The true culprit to this incident was

he naturally knew that this was Xavier getting desperate, which led him to

back to Aldovia and was temporarily

bodyguards, “Keep better

there’s been an extra group of people around Ms. Seymour. But I’m not certain

few more people to follow Ms. Seymour and have them keep an eye on those people. Report anything they do to me at once. If anything happens to Ms. Seymour, I’m sure you know what the consequences will be.”