Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 94

Larissa went straight into the bathroom to take a shower.

After hiking up this mountain, her clothes had been soaked by her sweat, her disheveled appearance on par

with Kevan’s.

She changed into a dry, casual outfit before going over and knocking on Kevan’s door.

Because of her, it was way past lunchtime when they arrived, and the little bit of breakfast she’d had that morning had already been depleted by the intense physical activities she’d been forced to perform.

Larissa’s stomach grumbled, and she guessed that Kevan felt the same, so she decided to invite him downstairs to get lunch together.

Kevan did not open the door. Instead, he asked through the door separating them, “What is it?”

“Do you want to go get lunch?‘ Larissa asked him.

“You go. I’m not hungry,” he replied.

“Oh, okay-“Larissa was a little disappointed, although she couldn’t exactly tell why.

Larissa ordered two servings of food. She ate one of them and brought the other back to their room.

Even though Kevan had said that he wasn’t hungry, he still needed to eat something.

This time, he didn’t even

asked, raising her voice in

paused and tried again. “Can I–come

was still no

her. Hurriedly, she twisted the doorknob and pushed the

shut the curtains in his room, and he hadn’t turned on the lights, so the room was pitch–black.

surroundings, she caught sight of the lump in the middle of the

He was asleep.

of the room again.

here just for Kevan. Now that he was asleep, she had nothing else

table, she watched TV for a while before dozing off without realizing

again, it was almost 6 pm, and the TV was still on the same channel. However, it was now

still tightly shut. She didn’t know if he was already up or

Chapter 94

about how he’d practically eaten nothing that day, Larissa scrambled up from the couch and rushed over to his door.

are

was still

wasn’t sure if he was still sleeping

waited until 8 pm.

earlier had long been digested. Rubbing her

he should’ve been awakened by hunger by now, shouldn’t he?

were beyond her expectations.

was wrong, so she pushed open his door again. The lump on

bedroom, walked over to