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

and ran back to her room. She saw her swollen lips in the 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 out who

Kevan! He dared do this disgusting thing to her while she

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

were from Gary, who 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.

blocks now had a bit of

Aster boasted to Larissa. “He is almost finished building this for me! I can take it to school to make the

together as he smiled at Aster. When he saw Larissa coming over, he signaled to her with his chin to get the one- time–use mask on the

that,” he said. “There’s a kid in the house after all” When he said the other half of his

if he wanted her to wear a mask to avoid viruses or to cover up the results

she thought 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 to the other two and sat

asked Kevan. ‘I need to go back to work

this time. “It’s all