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?”

raised an eyebrow in

he

asked more specifically, “Did you

moment. Kevan was silent. Then, he put

The only reason you married her was

continued after some hesitation, if you insist on thinking

she was on the right track after

long nails into the flesh of her palm,

…” Her voice trembled as if she was close to lears. “To be

lips into a straight line. Keeping his eyes on the wheel, he asked,

head and wiped the tears away from

women on the side. In fact, it’s more

with disapproval. “When we

hurry and grabbed Kevan’s arm desperately, “Don’t let him know about this! He

look at Ruby, his voice

like an overflowing dam as she couldn’t stop hersell from sobbing. She covered her mouth

“Where did he

stop her tears, Ruby shook her head. “Nol He