Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 498

Larissa’s movements of getting up halled abruptly. Bracing hersell against the edge of the bed, she sat down again. “Do you need me to help you massage the spot? Kevan pressed a hand on his pounding heart and said with restraint. “No need.”

Larissa suddenly remembered his weird quirk of not letting others touch him. “Forgive me. I was too forward.” She apologized to him before adding, “Wait a moment-

She retrieved the aromatherapy machine she had bought but never used–it was still in its original packaging–from the closet she used to put her sundries in. After filling it with water, she added a few drops of lavender oil into the machine.

“This will help you relax and sleep.” She introduced the product to Kevan, “Just close your eyes, and you’ll be able to sleep soon.”

The faint smell of lavender filled the air via the mist from the machine.

not lessen likely due to his tense nerves. Alter some time, he opened his eyes and found Larissa surprisingly asleep against the headboard of the

stared at her for a long time, not even blinking with the help of the night light nearby. He no longer remembered when the last time he was able to stare indiscriminately at her was, and he did not know when he could do so again. The only thing he could do was to look at her a

It was only when Larissa jerked awake that he frantically shut his eyes. Straightening up. Larissa’s fatigue vanished in an instant. The aromatherapy machine was still working,

a picture of it and sent it to Wendy as a show of proof, but

the moment her head leaned against the headboard, her eyes

his forehead, and it looked somewhat comical Larissa reached out to touch it, and the pad was still cold, which meant that it had not absorbed much heat. She carefully peeled it off and felt his forehead with the

breathed a sigh of relief. She went to fill up the aromatherapy machine with water again before returning to the room next

still

lying on his belly, an arm and a leg stuck out from underneath the sheets. Larissa sighed and tucked him in again, but she did not

as he wriggled

curiously