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.

trip on your mouth? Did a mosquito bite you? Are there even mosquitoes in winter?”

back to her room. She saw her swollen lips in the dressing table mirror. There was even a spot that

this disgusting thing to her while she

Larissa’s face become hideous. But when she thought of Aster, she forced herself to smile. When Larissa went out again, Kevan was playing with building blocks with

bought them the last time he came here. Aster could build the model of a city with it. Aster had worked on it for many days, but he’d only built less than a tenth of it.

a bit of

Daddy’s amazing!” Aster boasted to Larissa. “He is almost finished building this for me! I can take it to school to make

he smiled at Aster. When he saw Larissa coming over, he signaled to

after all” When he said the other

to wear a mask to avoid viruses or to cover up the

of 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

need to go back to work tomorrow. I must finish my

this time. “It’s all in