Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 783

Larissa sneakily went to the door. She pressed herself against the door to listen to what was happening outside.

The living room seemed to be empty.

Larissa rejoiced. She planned to get her laptop and documents back in secret without Kevan noticing.

Alas, the moment she opened the room door, she heard the sound of the next door opening too.

“Mommy!” Aster shouted, “You’re awake!”

Larissa’s heart skipped a beat. Her expression showed some annoyance at the untimeliness of her son’s appearance.

her, his eyes stopping at a specific place before they quickly moved away. His expression became somewhat unnatural too.

out what was wrong. Aster shouted out the problem.” Mommy! Why is your

Larissa froze.

He screamed. “Did you trip on your mouth? Did

even a spot that bled. A light touch made

He dared do this disgusting thing to

face become hideous. But when she thought of Aster, she forced herself to smile. When Larissa went out again, Kevan was playing with building blocks

bought them the last time he came here. Aster could build the model of a city with it. Aster had worked on it for many days, but he’d only built

had a

“He is almost finished building this for me! I can take it to school to make the other kids jealous of me tomorrow! I’ll make them know how amazing

coming over, he signaled to her with his chin to get the one- time–use mask

house after all” When he said the other half of his sentence,

he wanted her to wear a mask to avoid viruses or to cover

she was now in, Larissa ripped open the mask’s packaging and put on the mask. She did