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.

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

Kevan smiled and turned to leave. Suddenly,

are your hands so cold?” She gasped at

had a lower body temperature than normal. His hands always felt cold throughout the year. However, his hands were

he had immersed his hands in ice water or exposed his bare hands

hand from

will be

doubting his explanation.

left the house today. It was

Is there something else?” Kevan asked.

what she was going to

her sense of smell was as keen as a dog. If she got close enough,

things not going well?”

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

was that something

him to

just that some problems have cropped up back in Calder.” Kevan denied it and came up with an excuse so that

him

was silent for a few seconds. An expression of guilt appeared

had to be in two places at