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.

quite rowdy, you know. Your headache might

before. They knew their limits. At least, she

he had something

she said, “I’ll leave

a moment before saying, “Okay then.” He seemed rather

heart sank at

…

deliberately put on a full face of

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

sitting next to Travis.

greeted everyone while dropping a hand on Travis’s shoulder. “It’s been a while,

her peripheral vision, she noticed

next to him and said to Larissa, “Here, have a seat.”

down. She leaned against him naturally and held his hand. Travis instinctively tried

Travis complained under his breath. “Don’t behave like that in

sneered to herself, but her smile remained

to the others at the table before

don’t mind!” the crowd chorused as one.

clenching at the ends of the tablecloth that had touched

…

through the meal, Larissa went

from the cubicle, Amber happened to be touching up her makeup. The Chanel handbag was placed on the sink in front of her, and the YSL lipstick that she was holding was the same one that Larissa saw in Travis’s previous Amazon order.

Larissa casually said, “Amber, your Chanel’s a limited-edition bag, right? I wanted to get

Amber’s movements paused as a slight smirk appeared on her face. “My

Husband?

“When did you get married? I’ve

when she locked eyes with Larissa through the mirror, a sunny

never hosted a reception, so we didn’t make

meant that she had been hooking up with Travis