Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 21

“You’re eating takeout every day?”

Kevan’s reproachful tone was evident, intensifying the inexplicable guilt Larissa felt.

“I only ordered takeout because I injured my shoulder and can’t cook,” she explained.

“You injured your shoulder?” Kevan narrowed his eyes, his gaze sweeping between her shoulders, as if he was trying to see through her coat to her injuries beneath.

“My right side. I have a mild fracture.” Larissa tapped the spot of her injury lightly. “It’s not that big of a deal. A few more days’ rest and I’ll be as good as new.”

“How did you injure yourself?” Dylan asked.

Larissa lied instinctively, “I accidentally hit a wall.”

Dylan did not believe her. “Did you really hit it yourself? Are you sure it has nothing to do with your ex-husband and his family?”

His questions frightened and startled her. If it hadn’t been for the suspicion in his eyes, Larissa would’ve thought that he already knew the truth behind her injuries.

the truth,” Dylan said. “If it was really caused by them, this injury can serve as proof of your ex-husband’s acts of domestic violence toward

was Travis’ biological brother, this injury of hers

do with Travis.

from him, but unfortunately, this injury really was caused by myself,”

Instead, he rerouted the conversation to the topic of takeout. “Eating takeout for every meal doesn’t seem like a sustainable solution. Kevan and I hired a cook to make us dinner every night. Why

us?”

Larissa was tempted.

been getting from restaurants outside was greasy. Furthermore, they

superior in comparison.

Larissa was afraid that she would be so stressed that she wouldn’t be able to swallow her food. Worse

might even choke to death.

declined Dylan’s offer politely. “My injury will heal in a few days. I won’t keep on ordering takeout after that.”

his hands in his pockets, his expression

yourself,” Kevan said.

the cook prepared dinner every day at Dylan’s place and left before the pair returned home.

of the dining table, facing

asked as he ate,

cold. “Whether I believe it or not is not

Dylan

Kevan said, gripping his