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?”

eyebrow in

as if he

more specifically, “Did you

Then, he put on a deliberate

“You don’t actually like her, do you? The only reason you married her

continued after some hesitation, if you insist

Ruby assumed that she was on the right track after hearing Kevan’s ambiguous

lip, she dug her long nails into the

lears.

Keeping his eyes on the wheel, he asked,

and wiped the tears away from the

other women on the side. In fact, it’s more than one,” she

disapproval.

Kevan’s arm desperately, “Don’t let him know about

Ruby, his voice growing colder, “What, he dared to hit

stop hersell from sobbing. She covered her mouth with

further. “Where

her tears, Ruby shook her head. “Nol He did not hit