Sweet Subterfuge novel by Trina Duo
Chapter 861

"Since you don't wanna know—" Edmund let go of Larissa, straightened up, and took care of his clothes. "Then I'll answer the call outside."

Larissa was afraid that he would see the desperate need in her eyes, so she forcibly looked away from Edmund. "Do whatever you want," she said indifferently. "Tsk." Edmund confidently left the room.

After that, one of the black-suited men entered the room and stared emotionlessly at Larissa. He warned her. "Don't even think of escaping!"

Although the guy looked dangerous and fierce, he did not have the same sort of oppressive feel that Edmund had.

Larissa raised her bound legs and asked, "Tell me how the hell I'm supposed to escape?"

The man huffed and looked away. He ignored her after that.

Larissa talked to him though. "How much is Edmund paying you for this? I'll give you double-for both you and your 'friends.' Could you please let me go?"

The man glared at her and shouted, "Shut up!"

Larissa ignored that though. "I mean it." She continued to persuade the man. "I'm richer than Edmund. Besides, even if you take me away successfully, my family won't spare you guys.

"You probably don't know that my dad has eyes and power everywhere in Westonia. And Kevan-I'm sure you guys know just how powerful he is. It's only a matter of time before they replace out who you are. I don't know if you have families-even if you don't, you should have parents, right?

"Kevan's always cold and cruel when dealing with his enemies. If he replaces out about you guys, do you think you and your families will have good endings?"

The calm that the man had began to crack.

Larissa continued trying her best. "I promise you, if you let me and my friend go, I will give you more than just double the money. I won't hold any of you responsible for everything today!"

The man hesitated and asked, "... Really?"

"Really!" Larissa nodded hard. "If you're worried, I can have it all in writing."

The man thought about it and said, "Okay! I will go and discuss it with my bros later. But..."

Seeing his hesitation, Larissa's heart sank. She asked, "But what?"

"But I can't let you go here," the man said. "Rogers ordered that the people with your friend will only be called away after you and him have reached the airport. The people there aren't with us. They're Rogers' people. It's not easy to bribe them."

"Then I'll go with you to the airport." Larissa was not as scared as she was before now that she had successfully turned Edmund's guys against him. She could definitely escape now. It was not a problem if she was further delayed.

After nearly ten minutes, Edmund came back. He was finished with his phone call and he looked super smug. "Kevan said he was willing to trade the whole of Microworks for you! Tsk, tsk, tsk. How deeply in love he is!"

Larissa did not expect Kevan to say such a thing. Her first reaction was to wonder what sort of trap Kevan had for Edmund. She tried everything she could to guess so that she would not ruin Kevan's plan. "Why aren't you talking?" Edmund got close to her again. Although he was smiling, his eyes were freezing. "What, touched by Kevan's act?" "Based on your understanding of Kevan, do you think he'll be so stupid as to give up Microworks for some woman?" Larissa laughed coldly.

"Based on what I know, the kidnappers who kidnapped his daughter then still can't get the ransom money from him even till now. Oh! Yeah, and if what I found out isn't wrong, isn't Kevan's daughter still lost right now? He doesn't even want to save his own daughter, why would he save me?

"Forget the fact that he doesn't love me, but even if he did-how can that measure up to his fortune of billions? I think you'd better try to figure out if Kevan has laid out a trap for you. He might be just waiting fo you to fall into it!"