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Sweet Subterfuge Chapter 74
Janine lowered her head to sob again, and Dick continued playing his role of comforting his "grieving" wife. The scene panned over to the host."Based on the rules of our show, we would have invited the other party, that is, Ms. Levange's daughter-in-law to be present to talk about her anguish and grievances and mediate the misunderstandings between both parties from there. But when our editors went to Ms. Levange's daughter-in-law's workplace and explained the situation to her to invite her on to the show, we received the following response as shown—"They showed a video clip that displayed a familiar background that Larissa knew. It was her office at the hotel, and she was shown in the clip too—however, it was just her body from the neck down. From the angle, it was clear that this was covertly taken, and there was a caption acknowledging that the video clip was taken through unusual means on the bottom left corner of the clip.The video showed pretty much everything that had happ
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Break out of this predicament?She did think about it and did intend to do it. But before that—"I don't want to drag the hotel or you into this."…At Covenford's branch office of Microworks Corporation, Dylan was scrolling through his phone in the president's office. He swiftly scanned through the article posted by a gossip Twitter account about that specific episode of "The Mediators Room"."Tsk, it holds the same opinion as the previous articles. They didn't even bother changing up the formula." He fixed his glasses and glanced at a certain someone who was buried in documents. "These social media accounts slandering Larissa are from the same company. Either the company is doing this on purpose to incite views, or someone has deliberately spent money to screw with Larissa."Kevan gave him a cold stare. "You seem to care about her a lot."Dylan sneered right back. "Not as much as you care about Sharon."The frigid aura surrounding Kevan faded a great deal."I heard that a lo
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"Apologies, Ms. Seymour." Despite the supposed apology, the person's tone was haughty. "After the episode in which your in-laws appeared went viral, our production team has been getting more than ten calls per day. Our schedules are now fully packed till the end of the year. If you don't mind being aired late, I can make a registration for you. Someone will inform you of your shooting date by then."Larissa knew all too well that she had offended the whole production crew with her harsh words then, so their deliberately difficult attitude was to be expected."No need for the trouble," she said. She only meant to try her luck by making this call. If it did work, then it would be for the best; but if it didn't, she still had an alternative.Working in hotel management may be difficult, but the best part about it was accumulating a network of connections she could reach out to—especially at a seven-star hotel like the Regal Dynasty where most of its guests were boss-level players.Lar
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"Because this is the studio supplied to me by my company. StreamWave Studios is under Microworks Corporation," Zero explained.…The Microworks Building had a total of seventy floors, and it was Covenford's tallest office building to date. Because of its extremely modern appearance as well as the transparent observation deck at its peak, it became one of the landmarks of the city and attracted a great deal of tourists to visit.However, this was Larissa's first time here.6:30 pm was way past the business hours of most companies. A few banks nearby had already turned off their lights, merging with the darkness of the night. However, the Microworks Building was still lit up like the brightest star in the sky. Not a single floor was dark.This was probably normal for an IT company.Having seen Travis working overtime before, Larissa was nonchalant even as she faced this brightly lit skyscraper. Her two companions were likewise unbothered—after all, they'd had significant life exper
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Dylan did not respond to her question, however."Your friend hasn't made it, right?" He grinned like he knew everything.A little stunned, Larissa shot back instinctively, "How did you know?""At this time, the elevators are packed with people. For Floor 45… I suppose even if the elevator's coming down from the top, it wouldn't stop there."Other than that, it was her reaction after receiving her friend's text—she did not go inside but decided to buy coffee. That meant that she would still be waiting for quite a long time."Why don't you tell your friend to stay where she is? We'll send you guys up. You can try our company's coffee too. It's way better than any coffee you could buy out there!" Dylan looked proud.Larissa was not comfortable enough to say yes. "We'll just park ourselves at Starbucks for a while. You and Mr. Rogers can go about your business!""We just came down here for a walk. There's no business to be had." Dylan was very sincere, but Larissa was doubtful of hi
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As the elevator did not stop during the journey, it was fast. It did not even take two minutes to get to Floor 45.Larissa told Zero that they were going up by themselves, and she was waiting at the elevators on that floor. So, they circled around to meet up with her.Zero did not know Kevan or Dylan, so when she saw the group, she was a little startled.She asked Larissa, "I thought you were just bringing two people with you?"Larissa laughed nervously as she pointed at the two extra people. "These two are my friends who work at Microworks. We happened to meet downstairs, and they brought us up."When he heard her say "friends", Kevan frowned a little."Ohh! I see." Zero did not suspect anything and looked down at her phone before saying in a panic, "It's past 7 pm. Let's go to my studio! My stream is going to be late!"Dylan asked, "May we join you? I've never seen a livestream on set in person!"He displayed a great deal of interest, so Zero agreed for Larissa's sake. "Of co
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Larissa looked up frantically at Zero, who gave her a reassuring look in return. Bracing herself against the table with one hand, Zero bent down to look at the camera."I won't be streaming games today," she said seriously. "I just want to take up a little bit of your time, to borrow a bit of your power to seek justice for my Lady Luck."The phrase "Lady Luck" was always something Zero said whenever she played tournaments back then."I called my Lady Luck last night; we will definitely win this tournament!""If my Lady Luck said we can get the championship, we WILL get the championship!"The fans who had followed Zero from the beginning knew that this Lady Luck was someone she saw as someone more important than her own teammates, and Larissa made quite a deep impression on them when she spent a thousand dollars on 100 Tier 2 Gift Subs on Zero's first stream.The comments went a little wild."Woah man! We finally get to meet Lady Luck today!""She's Lady Luck indeed!""Bro Zero
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Glancing at him, Zero's assistant silently moved aside.Kevan, on the other hand, ignored him, his gaze fixed on the computer screen.After Larissa showed the document, she put it away."Alright, let's get down to business."What Ms. Levange said about me being childfree is true, but I will not be explaining why due to personal reasons. I can only say that it's definitely not what Ms. Levange and her son, Mr. Travis Hardy, think."Mr. Hardy knew from the start that I did not want children. He also said that he did not mind, and that was only when I decided to be with him. He also promised me that he will try to convince his parents, but he never fulfilled it. When we went back for the new year celebrations, I was still pushed by his parents to get pregnant. Ms. Levange's supposed 'take me to the hospital for a checkup' was actually a visit to a folk healer in their town. As for the word 'psycho', I have never said such a thing."After the celebrations, we returned to Covenford, a