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.

with documents. Her

and turned to leave. Suddenly, Larissa grabbed his

gasped at the

had a lower body temperature than normal. His hands always felt

far from normal. It felt as if he had immersed his hands in

from her

outside. That’s why my hands are freezing. It will be okay once I

frowned, doubting his

house today. It was not that

something

remembered what she was going to ask. “Did you

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

things not going well?” Larissa asked.

could remember, he had

that something was bothering

bother him to such an extent was Edmund.

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

him

seconds. An expression of guilt

of me that you had to be in two places at once,”