Sweet Subterfuge

Kevan successfully got Travis to shut up. Choking, the latter managed to spit out, “Shameless bastard!”

Kevan was unconcerned. He had lived for 34 years and had heard worse than this. The words “shameless bastard” had no effect on him at all.

“Is there any use in being modest?” he retorted. “I’m sure the two of you know better than I do that sometimes being shameless is the key to success.”

His sarcasm was obvious; Travis caught on to it immediately.

“You!” Enraged, Travis let go of Amber and charged over. His fist aimed for Kevan’s face, but the latter caught it a few inches before it could land.

“You’re biting off more than you can chew,” Kevan sneered coolly as he twisted Travis’ wrist, causing him to turn around.

Kevan then kicked the back of Travis’ knee. With a thud, Travis was kneeling on the ground.

Covering her mouth, Amber wailed shrilly, “Help! Help! There’s an attack! Someone’s assaulting my partner!”

Her voice was rather irritating in the silence of the night.

Kevan leveled a cold glare at her and growled, “Shut up! Or I’ll beat you up too!”

Amber took a big step back. “How dare you!” She did her best to look fierce, but that did not shield the fear in her eyes.

“You’ll find out later, won’t you?” Kevan smiled darkly as he yanked on Travis’ hair and stepped on his calf. A twist of his forefoot caused Travis to let out a piercing shriek.

“Amber, call the police!” he cried.

Coming to her senses, Amber reached for her phone, fumbling several times before she finally got it out. Before she could unlock it, however, Larissa snatched it and threw it on the ground.

Amber let out a squawk of despair before she lunged at Larissa like a mad woman.

heavier than Larissa. So, when Larissa moved aside, Amber

a pretty bad fall. There was no sound for a while before her soft whimpers finally made themselves known.

to Larissa. She hurriedly went

biting her lip hard and trembling incessantly, her hand pressed against her stomach while

a dark red patch had stained

as she quickly whipped out her own phone

his body to free himself from Kevan’s clutches and practically flew to Amber’s side, holding her hand.

while longer! You’ll be fine. I

her space. Right now, she stood about

not as miserable as she was that night at the fancy

However, she did not know when he had come over.

cold?”

was not related to the situation before them, Larissa was stunned for

occasional cold

not resist the cold. She rubbed

weight upon her shoulders—Kevan had taken off his suit jacket and draped it over her. The fragrance of male cologne invading

peel off the jacket and return it

glanced at the weeping couple on the ground, who seemed to act as if they were going to lose each other, and said in a low voice, “As things stand right now, you won’t be able to get back to

said that, Larissa

to face Larissa with a stern expression as he helped her to adjust the jacket, ensuring that she was well covered.

“See?”

her lips and stopped resisting

…

ambulance arrived quickly.

vehicle. As he passed by Larissa and Kevan, he snarled a threat at the

grew fainter, and Larissa

that the latter thought he imagined it. He was not a doctor, so he could not answer that question. But he was certain of one