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.

didn’t know if he was simply overthinking or not. He couldn’t help but feel that the remaining people in the private room were looking at him with open disdain, as if they despised his

who

and walked

a thin, V–neck sweater, her shoulder–length hair tied into a ponytail, revealing her

her with a strange feeling in

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

to him, but her performance in bed often left

such, he was immediately hooked by Amber’s passionate

thought that he was capable of compartmentalizing his spirit and his body, but as time went on and the longer he remained in his illicit yet

amped–up desire and reached out to grab

hurriedly. “Don’t touch Ms. Seymour’s shoulder! She was injured some

had known nothing

for a moment before

him at all. She glanced at him sideways, her words sharp. “What kind of husband are you? How did you not notice these kinds of details? Do you

was rendered

all the way downstairs and let her lie in the back seat of his car.

of the house, and he’d long used unethical means to transfer the ownership of the house

not know where