Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 715

When they got in the car, Larissa patted Aster’s back and said, “Alright, you can look up now.”

Aster looked up from Larissa’s neck, showing his red and puffy eyes. He stared with curiosity at everything in the car, including the strange old man sitting beside Larissa,

“Mommy, who is this person? He poked Larissa’s arm and spoke in a low tone.

Gary panicked a little when he was singled out by Aster.

Gary stammered, but his tongue seemed to be tied. He couldn’t even string a sentence together.

Larissa completed his sentence for him. “He is my father, and your grandpa.”

Aster took in what Larissa said without difficulty. He turned to Gary and greeted him with a sweet smile, “Grandpa

jerked involuntarily at how easily Aster accepted him. Tears welled in his eyes, and Gary’s lips trembled as he replied in a hoarse voice. “Nice

when they were reunited, Larissa had not seen Gary in such an emotional state. Touched by the emotional scene, she lowered her head and told Aster,

of strangers. He looked

was taken by surprise for a second time. He blinked, and tears

struggled to get out of Larissa’s arms and sat on Gary’s lap, wiping

of

a gentle voice, but the tears continued falling uncontrollably from Gary’s eyes.

don’t need

you’re happy? Aster asked, puzzled, but no one

to compose himself after some time. With Aster on his lap,

day. Regardless of how childish the topic was or how bland the

Although the three of them were sitting in the backseat, it seemed as if she were

they seemed, but she was mostly grateful for

thought. “Things couldn’t be better

what she always wanted–a harmonious and loving