Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 26

Kevan had no intentions of chatting further with Lucas. He replied with a simple “Oh, “and said no more.

Lucas was not deterred by his indifference. Quite the contrary, he continued

rambling as he attempted to express his excitement. “I didn’t think I’d actually see you here, Mr. Rogers! You know, you’ve always been my idol!”

Kevan nodded indifferently. “Are we leaving or not?” he asked Larissa.

He turned and started walking in the opposite direction. Larissa followed hurriedly.

Lucas followed the two of them and leaned closer toward Larissa. “Is Mr. Rogers your friend?” he whispered.

Friend? Of course not. But she did say before that her friend would be here to pick her up. She just didn’t know why Dylan had turned into Kevan-

Larissa was faced with a dilemma. She swallowed and nodded lightly.

Lucas‘ eyes sparkled.

case, can you introduce me to Mr. Rogers? I want to

glanced at Kevan’s cool and elegant silhouette. She hesitated for a long time before she finally replied, “I’ll have to ask Mr. Rogers himself about

stopped and turned around, catching

face. She looked back and met

pressed into a straight line, and the corners of his mouth were downturned. His face was completely

that Kevan’s mood was not

seemed to be entirely clueless about it, so much so that he grinned at Kevan, showing a line of

his eyes. “What are you chatting so happily about?”

lowered his head in

“No–nothing,” he stammered.

looked at Larissa.

Larissa couldn’t bear looking at him anymore. She turned her face away.

she would betray his

Larissa swallowed the words on the tip

his smile barely reached his eyes.

rushed into the emergency room and spotted Kevan immediately. However, the direction Kevan was walking in was

are you out here?” Dylan asked. “Where’s Larissa?”

coldly. His shoulders brushed past Dylan as

only answered when he saw Larissa and Lucas