Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 30

After Amber was discharged from the hospital, Travis still did not send his parents

away.

He terminated her lease for the one–bedroom apartment she used to live in and

rented a two–bedroom apartment to make it easier for his parents to stay and take

care of her.

As for himself, he started coming home later and later as time went on. Even when he had finished all of his tasks, he would create excuses to work overtime just to

avoid being on the receiving end of Amber’s sudden rages.

Today was no different.

When Travis arrived at the restaurant, most of Larissa’s colleagues had already dispersed, leaving only a few who were sober to accompany Larissa until his arrival.

the remaining people in the private room were looking

pointed at Larissa, who was already asleep on a round table in a corner.

and walked

thin, V–neck sweater, her shoulder–length hair

a strange feeling in his heart.

undoubtedly beautiful. He wouldn’t have married her otherwise, even if it meant never

and her body were extremely attractive to him, but her

such, he was immediately hooked by Amber’s passionate

his spirit and his body, but as time went on and the longer he remained in his illicit yet gentle affair

his amped–up desire and reached out to

him hurriedly. “Don’t touch Ms. Seymour’s shoulder! She was injured some time ago and just took off her splint

nothing about

stunned for a moment before guilt rushed through his body.

words sharp. “What kind of

rendered

her slowly. He carried her all

already moved out of the house, and he’d long used unethical means to transfer the ownership of the house to his name.

that he did not know where she currently lived.