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.

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

could figure out what was wrong.

Larissa froze.

was young. He screamed. “Did you trip on your mouth? Did a mosquito bite you? Are there even mosquitoes in

to her room. She saw her swollen lips in the dressing table mirror. There was even a spot that bled. A

He dared do this disgusting thing to her while she was

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

blocks were from Gary, who 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

a

to Larissa. “He is almost finished building this for me! I can take it to school to make the other kids jealous of me

his lips together as he smiled at Aster. When he saw Larissa coming over, he signaled to her with his chin to get the one- time–use

in the house after all” When he said

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

mask’s packaging and put on the mask. She did