Sweet Subterfuge

“There’s no need.” Larissa declined Edmund’s offer with a reasonable excuse. “It’s just a game to pass the lime. Regardless of whether I’m good or bad at poker, as the youngest, I should be the one to lose.”

Her words Immediately gained unanimous praise from Marla and Nancy.

“What a sensible child!”

“Young people nowadays should have such awareness!”

Frankly, Violet didn’t care whether Larissa lost money or not. Her insistence on having Kevan come upstairs was to prevent him from spending time with Ruby, but she was a step too late.

Violet fell a throbbing headache coming on.

Even though Kevan assured her that nothing was going on between him and Ruby, she was still worried that problems would arise. More importantly, she was afraid that Larissa would overthink,

Meanwhile..

“Thanks for agreeing to come out with me.” Ruby said to Kevan,

“It’s nothing.” Kevan replied with a faint smile as he drove.

Silently, Ruby stared at his side profile for a long time. Suddenly, she blurted. “Do you The Larissa?”

an eyebrow in

as if he didn’t understand

asked more specifically, “Did you marry Larissa because you like

was silent. Then, he

her, do you? The only reason you married her

continued after some hesitation, if you insist on thinking that way, go

assumed that she was on the right track

long nails into the flesh of her palm, forcing herself to

she was close to lears. “To be honest, I haven’t been happy these

his eyes on the wheel, he asked,

the tears away from

side. In fact,

his eyes and said with disapproval. “When we go back, I’ll

Ruby looked up in a hurry and grabbed Kevan’s arm desperately, “Don’t let him know about this! He will

turned to look at Ruby, his voice growing colder, “What, he

couldn’t stop hersell from sobbing. She covered her mouth with her

probed further. “Where

tears, Ruby shook her head. “Nol