Sweet Subterfuge

“The E.R. said that they called the police when they brought her here, but they didn’t say how she got hurt

“She must have been beaten up by someone. Otherwise, how do you explain her injuries?!”

“Don’t celebrities have agents, bodyguards, and stuff? Normal people wouldn’t be able to get close to them, so how the hell did someone even beat her up?”

“That’s for celebs who are popular now! For a washed-up one like Yvette, what agent would care about her, especially with the huge scandal that got exposed so recently?”

Larissa was originally listening to the gossip as a way to relieve her boredom, but when the name “Yvette” popped out of a nurse’s mouth, she froze at once. Once she had connected the previous dialogues to this, she was very surprised.

Yvette was beaten up by someone? But who would do that?

Like Larissa, Gary’s attention was also drawn by the nurses’ conversation. He slowed down until he decided to just stop walking.

this floor until today, Larissa’s

station with some nervousness, while also asking in a pleasant manner. “What brings

there was nothing. The doctor has allowed me to

“Do you need me to take you along for the stroll? She looked at Larissa before looking at

“Sure.” Larissa said kindly,

floor as well as the purpose of every room they passed by. Larissa listened attentively. After going one round

suddenly lowering her voice as she said, “It’s that

the way on the other side of the globe, and she had barely managed to walk

her, they were all insane. There was nothing that they could not do in this

on her lip, her uninjured right hand clutching at the armrest of the wheelchair. Her knuckles lost their color due to how light her grip