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.

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,

Larissa, who was already asleep on

her and

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

with a strange feeling in his

undoubtedly beautiful. He wouldn’t have married her otherwise, even if it

body were extremely attractive to him,

such, he was immediately hooked by Amber’s passionate

on and the longer he remained in his illicit yet

amped–up desire and reached out

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

nothing about the

before guilt rushed through

polite to him at all. She glanced at him sideways, her words sharp. “What kind of husband are you?

was rendered speechless.

cautiously avoided the site of her injury and lifted her slowly. He carried her all the way downstairs and

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

he did not know