Chapter 132
Sweet Subterfuge
âHereâs your breakfast Larissa said as she turned around and reached for the takeaway bag from the backseat. She pressed her palm against it to check the temperature and added. âThe car healer has been on the whole time, so it should still be warm.â
âThanks, sis!â Lanaâs smile stretched until her eyes nearly disappeared, but she did not immediately open the bag after taking it. Instead. she assessed the carâs interior. âLarissa, why do you drive such a cheap car? Lana asked casually, but Larissa still saw the scorn and disdain in her eyes. At last, Lana rested her gaze on Larissa and said, âI heard from Mom that she gave you a credit card with one million dollars when you left home. Didnât you use it?â
Larissa recalled the credit card incident. It was back when she had just graduated from university and started working at the Regal Dynasty Hotel. One day. Yvette phoned her, showering her with warm regards and concern for her, causing Larissa to feel uneasy. Yvette had then uttered, âYour father, sister, and I miss you, Come home for a visit.â
Larissa had been skeptical of Yvetteâs words, but at that time, her relationship with her family wasnât completely broken yet. Therefore, she had gone home for a visit upon Yvetteâs insistence. During the initial two days of her return, Yvette had showered her with more smiles than she had ever received in the past 22 years. She had taken Larissa shopping and bought her clothes, makeup, and whatever else she desired. To top it off. Yvette even gave her a credit card loaded with one million dollars. âThe PIN number is your birthday.â Yvette had informed her.
At that moment, Larissa nearly wept. She had always thought that Yvette had forgotten her birthday.
Yvelle hugged her and consoled her gently, âYouâre my daughter. How could I forget your birthday?â
After that, Larissa took to Facebook and shared a status that read. âThe most blessed moment of my life.â However, such bliss did not last very long.
On the third day, Yvette dropped a bombshell on Larissa, revealing that they had arranged a marriage for her with a director of Soaring Corporation, âIâve looked into that guy. His family is rich and influential, although heâs a bit older. But most men with successful careers arenât young anymore. Once you marry him, you wonât even have to lift a finger anymore and can just live life like a princess,â explained Yvette.
Then she added proudly. âDonât you think mommy always gives you the best?â
Larissa had gone cold all over, and she felt as though she had plummeted from the gates of heaven back into the depths of hell For the first time in here, she went all out and argued with Yvette fiercely.
Since they had already exposed their true selves. Yvette could no longer be bothered to put on an act.
After scolding Larissa, Yvette locked her in her room, leaving her feeling like a prisoner.
Larissa threatened her by starving herself, but Yvette remained unmoved. One time, Larissa even heard her telling the housekeeper in charge of sending her meals. âLet her starve if she wonât eat!
Sheâll marry that man as long as sheâs still breathing!â
In those few days, Larissa had cried all her tears out. Eventually, the housekeeper could no longer bear to witness her suffering and clandestinely let her go in the middle of the night. The housekeeper had said through tears. âLyssa never return to this place once you leave! Remember, this is no longer your home. Donât ever look back!â
Only after she had gotten back to Covenford did she realize that the credit card was in a compartment in her suitcase. The housekeeper had helped her pack her suitcase at the last minute, and she must have stuffed everything on Larissaâs desk inside, Just as Larissa was about to throw the card into the trash, she suddenly fell the urge to check if there really was a million dollars inside. However, the biggest joke was when she inserted it into the ATM and keyed in the sixâdigit PIN number, the screen showed the words. âIncorrect PINâ!