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.

it, he

just as Dylan described–he had no

was turned off. She had no plans of turning it on

in for n

now.

to kill time, she felt the awkwardness in

hadn’t gotten an answer to earlier once again. “Why are

deep breath and

take her life from the roof of Victory General Hospital online. He couldn’t reach your

sentence was “Dylan“, as

him,” Larissa

felt tight, as if there was something preventing him from catching

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

on the outskirts of Covenford. It was also rumored to

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

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asked him now.

“A lot of people there might bring

needed her to go with him as his “fake girlfriend” to fend

voicing his unspoken words.