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

described–he had no

off. She had no plans of turning it on

in for n

now.

phone to kill time, she felt the awkwardness in the car even more

to earlier once again. “Why

deep breath and turned

news of Janine Levange attempting 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 chance.”

subject he used in his sentence was “Dylan“, as if everything had purely been Dylan’s

him,”

chest felt tight, as if there was

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

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

the price of staying in Starville for just one night was exorbitant. The last few times Larissa had visited Starry Mountain, she could only

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for?” she asked him now.

of people there might bring their daughters along-”

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

in her heart, voicing his