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.

squawk of despair before she

heavier than Larissa. So, when Larissa moved aside, Amber missed her target and

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

was more alarming to Larissa. She hurriedly went to turn Amber over and crouched

lip hard and trembling incessantly, her hand pressed against her

a dark red patch had stained Amber’s light gray

she quickly whipped out her own phone to call emergency

he had in his body to free himself from Kevan’s clutches and practically flew to

little while longer! You’ll be fine. I won’t let anything happen to

him have her space. Right now, she stood about two steps away and watched

itself, but she was not as miserable as she was that night

However, she did not know

you cold?”

the question was not related to the situation before them, Larissa was

Hence, occasional cold winds were

that could not resist the cold.

off his suit jacket and draped it over

wanted to peel off the jacket and return

each other, and said in a low voice, “As things stand right now, you won’t

said that, Larissa sneezed.

moved to face Larissa with a stern expression as he helped her to adjust the jacket,

“See?”

and stopped resisting his good

…

ambulance arrived quickly.

he passed by Larissa and Kevan, he snarled a threat at the former, “If something happens to the child, I’m

sirens grew fainter, and Larissa

was not a doctor, so he could not answer that question. But he was