Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 874

It was already past 11:00 pm when Kevan came back home.

As expected, the living room was dark.

Larissa and Wendy were probably sleeping.

He moved as quietly as possible to avoid waking Larissa. He decided to sleep in one of the guest rooms.

Alas, as he walked past the study, a light switched on behind him.

“Where are you going? Larissa came out from the study, still dressed in her loungewear. Her shoulder–length hair was tied up into a ponytail which swayed as she moved.

She was staring at Kevan, puzzled.

Kevan backtracked when he heard her voice. “I thought you had gone to sleep. I was going to sleep in the guest room.”

“I’m still doing some work. Go and wash up in the bedroom. I will turn off the computer and come along later.” Larissa said in a tired voice. rubbing her eyes. She was exhausted from staring at documents all night.

Kevan looked past her shoulders and his gaze landed on the large desk in the study.

the desk was empty. Now, it was stacked with documents. Her computer was on displaying rows of

and turned to leave.

gasped at the coldness of Kevan’s

a lower body temperature than normal. His hands always

normal. It felt as if he had immersed his hands in ice water or exposed his bare hands to cold

hand from her warm grasp.

will be okay

doubting his

today. It

there something else?”

she was going

cigarettes on him wasn’t that strong, but her sense of smell was

things not going well?” Larissa

what she could remember, he had only smoked a handful of times.

was that something was

thing that could bother him to such an extent

cropped up back in Calder.” Kevan denied it and came up with an excuse so that she would believe

him

An expression of guilt

had to be in two places at once,” she said.