Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 88

Kevan and Larissa sat in the car quietly.

They were just looking at one another without exchanging words. It seemed to be the most common occurrence when they were alone.

Kevan stared out of the window.

His expression was calm, but his body tensed inch by inch.

He wanted to talk to Larissa, but he didn’t know what he should talk to her about.

Numerous conversation topics flashed through his mind, but they were rejected by him one by one.

“Are you okay?” sounded too stupid.

“Have you eaten?” sounded like he was trying too hard to fill the silence.

“You did well today” was just weird. She wasn’t his subordinate.

“Do you remember how, as a child, you used to-” That was probably a scar she wished to never uncover in this lifetime if she could help it.

he thought

as Dylan described–he had no

no

in for n

now.

kill time, she felt the awkwardness in the

answer to earlier once again. “Why are you and Dylan

took a deep breath and turned to

take her life from the roof of Victory General Hospital online. He couldn’t reach your phone, so he came to see if you were here by any

his sentence was “Dylan“, as if everything had purely been Dylan’s idea.

thoughtful of him,” Larissa said gratefully.

his lap. His chest felt tight, as if there was something preventing

minutes, he spoke again. “Are you free this weekend? Accompany me to

set at the heart of Starry Mountain, on the outskirts of Covenford. It was also rumored to be the best place on Starry

exorbitant. The last few times Larissa had visited Starry Mountain, she could

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she asked him now.

replied. “A lot of people there might bring their daughters

with him as his “fake girlfriend” to fend off those unwanted advances,

heart, voicing his unspoken words.