Sweet Subterfuge

After dinner, Violet showed no intention of leaving. Larissa, who needed to rest and recover, went to bed promptly at 8.30 pm every night as Kevan wouldn’t allow her to stay up even for a minute longer.

Once Larissa was asleep. Violet turned off the TV, patted the empty space beside her, and beckoned Kevan to come over.

“Come and sit here. I want to talk to you.”

Kevan sat down with a puzzled expression. His mother’s serious expression made him feel a bit uneasy.

“What is it?”

“When do you and Larissa plan to have children? Violetasked without beating around the bush.

at all hence he was stunned into silence.

moment, he answered, “We don’t want children.”

and carried too much weight. He had originally planned to wait until his family fully accepted Larissa before bringing it up. By that time, even if they weren’t happy about it they wouldn’t have the idea of making him give up on Larissa.

want his mother to have any

he said, taking

shock, “Do you know

despite his mother’s agitation. “I don’t like children. They’re too noisy.”

you. He just discussed it with me, saying that we should wait a little longer to have children. I pretended to agree, but later I used a needle to poke holes in all the condoms in the house and successfully got pregnant with you.

you cried, he would pick you up and soothe you. He had much more patience with you

the secret of his birth and his

children just because you don’t like them now. I think. Violet pondered for a moment and proposed a solution. “You can discuss it with Larissa and start by raising a pet first. Once you get used to the feeling of being