Sweet Subterfuge

He raised an eyebrow as he waited for her answer.

“I’m not interested” Lanssa replied, refusing to play along with him.

Edmund clicked his tongue in disappointment Propping his arm on the back of the chair, he slunk onto the seat.

“Well my sister-in-law told my brother that she was going out shopping with a friend, but she was spotted meeting Kevan at the Microworks Building. She was there for the whole day. Who knows? Maybe they were together when you were kidnapped, which is why Kevan didn’t come to rescue you.”

Larissa wanted to tell him that it wasn’t merely a possibility but that was the case.

“Cody now suspects that my sister-in-law and Kevan are having an affair, After all, they had something between them in the past, but she married my brother in the end.” Edmund said. His chin was slightly raised, and he could hardly mask the pride in his voice.” shows that my brother had a stronger appeal than even in the past, but not anymore. Now Kevan is wealthier, so women prefer him.”

Larissa didn’t like how Edmund was trying to put Cody on a pedestal by beliling Kevan

Hence, she chimed in “Women prefer Kevan not just because he’s wealthier.”

“Oh? Then tell me, what do you like about him? Edmund rested his chin on his hand, smirking.

the question was simple, Larissa could come

that

says that I’m

the way he carries himself

straight face. “I

like that he’s a Taekwondo expert, a wrestler, and a boxer. He

a black belt in

Edmund would

played her trump card. “I like that

Edmund couldn’t form a response, Instead, he looked at her with pity in his

who likes you? Mutual love is much happler

Larissa rejected the Idea “Marrying the man

Kevan likes my sister-in-Law! How can you accept that they

to marry him. It doesn’t

to get through her walls, Edmund failed,