Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 98

Chapter 98

Larissa’s eyes were tightly shut, her breaths equal and steady. She was obviously already in a deep sleep.

Kevan smiled.

Barely a few minutes ago, she’d been the one adamantly insisting that she wasn’t tired at all.

What a liar.

She had promised–she’d said that she would never forget him. All those years ago-

He lifted his right hand after much struggle, the urge to caress her head fiercely rising within him, and yet, his arms halted before they could approach her.

His fingers curled into a fist.

Forget it. He should just let her sleep peacefully.

The ringing of a phone shattered the rare harmony between the two.

Larissa startled, bolting up immediately.

her daze, she groggily picked up her phone and was about to stop the alarm when

numbers on her

the call

end was that of the nurse who’d been in charge of Travis‘ care. ‘Ms. Seymour,

past experiences, she refused resolutely. “I’m sorry, I’m in the

bone, a sudden chill snaking down her

within her.

seconds before asking incredulously. “W–What?”

an hour ago,” the nurse repeated.

“But how?”

Travis was simply paralyzed and that his life wasn’t in any

imminent danger.

death was

nurse lowered the volume of her voice, but Larissa could still hear her voice trembling as she spoke. “He took his own life–he jumped off from the window in his

he paralyzed? How could he

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Chapter 98

paralyzed from the waist down. The police inferred that he most probably used his arms to support his body weight and climbed over to the window. There was also a

Jumped.

quickened, her

death when she hated him with everything

this hatred had been gradually dissipating ever since she knew that he’d

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