Sweet Subterfuge

Larissa Seymour only realized that Travis Hardy may have cheated on her after seeing the pile of pregnancy supplies in his Amazon shopping cart.

Back when Travis was wooing her, Larissa had told him frankly that she had no desire to have children. Travis was the one who said, “That’s fine. It’s even better if it’s just the two of us.” Only then did Larissa agree to be with him, and they got married.

So, the pregnancy supplies were definitely not for her.

Larissa thought for a moment. Of all the relatives and friends Travis had, the only one who had recently gotten pregnant was a female subordinate of his, Amber Fox.

The last time their department had hosted a team gathering, she’d forgotten her keys and gone to Travis for his. She saw Amber rubbing the tiny bump on her stomach while sitting next to Travis. Their postures were definitely more intimate compared to their other colleagues.

Larissa had not felt comfortable with it then, but when Amber greeted her graciously, she thought that she was reading into it too much. But now…

A sudden thought occurred to her, and she quickly checked Travis’s previous orders.

Aside from the same pregnancy supplies in the shopping cart, there were also all sorts of luxury cosmetics and skincare products, as well as a limited-edition Chanel handbag.

If she remembered correctly, Amber had had that very Chanel handbag with her that day.

Having connected all the dots, Larissa felt her scalp tingle, as if someone had pulled hard on her hair. Her chest felt tight too, and she nearly had trouble breathing. At the same time, she also had a little bit of hope—what if… What if…this was all just a coincidence?

Larissa was not desperate to confront Travis.

Today was the last Friday of the month. As usual, their department was going to host a team gathering again. She called Travis and asked if he was allowed to bring family with him.

“I don’t feel like cooking today.”

She had caught a cold two days ago. It had gotten worse today, so she had taken the day off to rest at home. Travis knew this.

headache might get worse,”

their limits. At least, she did

showed that he had

eat,” she said, “I’ll leave once I’m

for a moment before saying, “Okay then.”

sank at that.

…

on a full face of makeup and changed into a tight dress. She then

where Travis and his subordinates were gathered was a fancy restaurant. There were many people in his department, so they booked a private room with two large tables in it. When Larissa arrived, they had already

sitting

greeted everyone while dropping a

her peripheral vision, she noticed that Amber’s

seat next to

sitting down. She leaned against him naturally and held his hand. Travis instinctively tried to pull his hand back, but Larissa had it firmly in her

Travis complained under his breath. “Don’t behave

sneered to herself, but

are you afraid of? We’re married, right?” She gave a knowing look to the others at the table before raising their intertwined hands such that Travis’s wedding band could be seen. She then asked,

nah! We don’t mind!” the crowd chorused as

hands clenching at the ends of the tablecloth that

…

the meal, Larissa went to the

placed on the sink in front of her, and the YSL lipstick that she was

your Chanel’s a limited-edition bag, right? I wanted to get one too, but sadly I wasn’t

paused as a slight smirk appeared on her face. “My husband bought

Husband?

She drew a paper towel out of the dispenser and asked while wiping her hands, “When did you get married? I’ve never heard Travis say anything

However, when she locked eyes with Larissa through the mirror, a sunny smile appeared on

We never hosted a reception,

last year? That meant that she had been hooking up