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.

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

the business deal with Soaring Corporation became his reason to “tarry.”

not

from Roland’s recent passing as well as having to officially take over Soaring Corporation, so it was understandable that he could not give too much attention to Gary–Besides, his working capability was

throat, afraid that she might look deeper into things, so he quickly

was successfully diverted by him. “I will help you make a call later. Once it’s been confirmed. I’ll send you the

a private investigator and had also ended up discovering lan by

The true

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

Aldovia and was temporarily

instructed the bodyguards, “Keep better

Caldor–texted a response. “Mr. Rogers, there’s been an extra group of people around Ms. Seymour. But I’m not certain

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.”