Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 1001

“Alright, then. We shall head out.”

Larissa gathered her belongings and pulled Kevan toward the exit.

“I’ll come pick you up tomorrow moming. It’s almost the big family reunion dinner day.

“So, it’s hard to find a cab on the road. You might even lind yourself waiting for hall a day without coming across an empty cab.”

Gary didn’t reluse.

Instead, he recursted, “Then, you come alone tomorrow.”

Her steps hesitated a moment, and she sighed Inwardly.

Gary really hadn’t changed.

“Alright,” she agreed.

As soon as they closed the door, Larissa began complaining to Kevan. “I thought my dad had really come around! Turns out, he still has reservations about you!”

Kevan lightened his grip on her hand and smiled.

it slow; there has to be

Gary to change his

long as things were moving in a positive direction,

upon hearing

here; it’s you. If you’re line with

He chuckled.

then if I don’t want to

lowered his head to

held a hint

stumped

a coherent response for a

it slow

gave up thinking of an answer: she couldn’t allord to alienate her biological father,

great surprise at their early return to the Rogers‘

She was also dissatisfied.

didn’t you both spend quality time with Gary and Lewis?” she

hosted

“It’s not that Kevan d dn’t want to host them. Rather, my dad and brother haven’t slept for a dozen hours. They were loo lired to bother with us. So, they

see…

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She offered a smiles

and Kevin were out Violet and

of them, and each person