Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 59

“Kevan!”

A group

of people got close and surrounded Kevan. There were both men and women in the crowd, young and old. Various perfumes mixed together causing Larissa to sneeze loudly.

Two young ladies who were crowded near her let out expressions of disgust.

“Ew…! So gross…” They muttered.

“I’m sorry!” Larissa apologized quickly.

Kevan, who had been responding to some seniors, suddenly turned over and said to those two ladies with extreme courteousness, “Could you please stand farther away? I am unused to the perfumes that you’re wearing.”

anger and embarrassment

but it was still quite pungent. Larissa used her mouth to breathe as much as possible

discomfort, but as he could not ignore his friends and seniors, he whispered to Larissa instead, “Find a place to

happy to do

but no one cared to know the reason why, and they definitely did not care where

found a quiet corner and sat down, gazing disinterestedly at the night scene from the floor–to–ceiling window.

isn’t this Mr. Rogers‘ companion?” The two ladies from earlier

sitting here all by yourself? Did Mr. Rogers chase

she have caught Mr. Rogers‘ eye by being so plain? See? It’s only been a while and he’s

she could turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse? Once a pauper, always a

but it was not yet to the point

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1. it. After all, she was not really Kevan’s companion, and so their mockery had been misplaced. It was just that their voices were too shrill, and they were being rather loud, which caused Larissa’s ears to hurt.

“Excuse me, I need to

one step forward when one of them deliberately collided with her, the red wine she had in hand spilling all

were stained a deep red, and the wet

her

her exclaimed with horror as she covered her mouth even though the triumphant gleam in her eyes could not be