Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

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.

Kevan followed behind Aster. He looked at her, his eyes stopping at a specific place before they quickly moved away. His expression became somewhat unnatural too.

Larissa was confused as she touched her face. Still before she could figure out what was wrong. Aster shouted out the problem.” Mommy! Why is your mouth swollen?!”

Larissa froze.

on your mouth? Did a mosquito

dressing table mirror. There was even a spot that bled. A light touch made it hurt. She did not have to think too deeply to figure

do this disgusting thing to her

to smile. When Larissa went out again, Kevan was playing with building blocks with Aster on the living

it. Aster had worked on it for many days, but he’d only built less than a tenth of it. The progress

had a bit of the city’s

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

saw Larissa coming over, he signaled to her with his chin to get the one-

he said. “There’s a kid in the house after all” When he said the other half of his sentence, he stared at her lips again.

mask to

the state she was now in, Larissa ripped open the mask’s packaging and put on the mask. She did not dare to get too close to the

Kevan. ‘I need to go back to work tomorrow. I must

“It’s all in the study,”