Sweet Subterfuge novel by Trina Duo novel Chapter 210

Chapter 210
Everyone left the room and closed the door behind them, leaving only Larissa and Reuben in the room.
“I’m sorry.” Reuben said again.
Without a trace of emotion on her face, Larissa pulled her shirt back on, adjusting it before getting off the bed on her own.
“I had no choice, I’m sorry,” Reuben continued to mutter to himself, “If I didn’t do this… I would suffer in my family.”
Larissa stopped in her tracks, but she didn’t tum around.
Staring blankly at the door, she sneered and said. “You don’t need to apologize. People who don’t act for themselves will only lose out in the end. I understand you.”
She didn’t blame Reuben. She only blamed hersell for naively trusting others easily. Reuben had taught her a profound lesson today, and she decided to be grateful to him,
The buttons or Larissa’s shirt had been ripped off by Reuben, leaving only two remaining. Since there was no way she could wear it, she went back to her room and changed into a hocdie, before going to Xavier’s study as he had instructed.
Xavier, Yvette. Jay, and Reuben were there. Yvette was wearing an angry and ashamed expression, while Xavier and Jay seemed rather calm. Meanwhile, sitting beside Jay Cole, Reuben was staring at his lap, his hands clenched tightly.
“Larissa, apologize to Reuben and Mr. Cole,” Xavier said.
Standing tall Larissa’s gaze swept across the room, scanning each person with her eyes.
“Mr. Seymour, are you mistaken?” she asked with a sneer. “Shouldn’t you all be apologizing to me instead?”
“You little bit ch!” Yvette cried, enraged.
She was about to rush forward but Larissa’s words stapped her.
“You seem ful. of energy. I don’t think someone in the late stage of cancer would be like that.”
Yvette gripped the armrests of the chair tightly, the veins of her arms bulging.
“You ungrateful brat! I took care of you for more than twenty years!”
“Seventeen years,” Larissa corrected her. “I went to university in Covenford when I was seventeen, and I’ve been paying for my own expenses through part-time jobs ever since. You stopped looking after me since then.”
“Well I raised you for seventeen years! Is this how you repay me?” Yvette glared at her in anger.
“Well, how would you like me to repay you? Should I play my part in the script of the drama you’ve written? Should I pretend that I don’t know the ser vants have been drugging my supper and breakfast? Should I act like I have no idea that you wanted Reuben to force himself upon me? Should I admit that I seduced Reuben so that your plans for my marriage to him can proceed smoothly?”
Larissa could tolerate it no longer. The sight of them and their holier-than-thou attitudes disgusted her. Xavier, Yvette, and Jay were flustered that their plan had been exposed.
“What are you rambling about?” Yvette still tried to hold her ground. “Nonsense!
“You know very well whether it’s nonsense,” Larissa said, taking a seat on an emply chair. “Since I can’t escape from this family, why don’t you just name a price? If this deal goes through and I find it profitable, I might stop resisting and obediently follow your arrangements.”
The three of them exchanged glances.
Finally, Jay said, “if you marry into the Cole family, the dowry will definitely be at least I’ve million dollars. Moreover, you will be the only daughter-in-law of the Cole family, and in the future, all my wealth will belong to you and Reuben. If you have a son, you will have a fair share of rewards.”
His offer was very tempting.
“Alright,” Larissa agreed. “Transfer five million dollars to me first. Once it’s in my account, i register my marriage with Reuben instantly.”