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.

a squawk of despair before she lunged at Larissa like

aside,

fall. There was no sound for a

to Larissa. She hurriedly went to turn Amber over and

was pale, and large beads of sweat were dripping down her forehead. Amber was also biting her lip hard and trembling

that a dark red patch had

as she quickly whipped out her own

cried tearfully. He used all the power he had in his body to free himself from Kevan’s

on! Just hold on for a little while longer! You’ll be fine. I won’t let anything happen to you!” He comforted her

Larissa let him have her space. Right now, she stood about two steps away and watched the couple with coldness

was that night at the fancy restaurant. As a matter of fact, she

she did

cold?” he

to the situation before them, Larissa was

just begun. Hence, occasional cold winds were

a thin shirt that could not resist the cold.

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

and return it

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 the hotel soon. It’s colder at night, you’ll easily fall

moment he said that, Larissa sneezed.

a stern expression as he helped her to

“See?”

her lips and stopped resisting

…

ambulance arrived quickly.

Amber into the vehicle. As he passed by Larissa and Kevan, he snarled a

sirens grew fainter, and Larissa

that the latter thought he imagined it. He was not a doctor, so he could