Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 88

Kevan and Larissa sat in the car quietly.

They were just looking at one another without exchanging words. It seemed to be the most common occurrence when they were alone.

Kevan stared out of the window.

His expression was calm, but his body tensed inch by inch.

He wanted to talk to Larissa, but he didn’t know what he should talk to her about.

Numerous conversation topics flashed through his mind, but they were rejected by him one by one.

“Are you okay?” sounded too stupid.

“Have you eaten?” sounded like he was trying too hard to fill the silence.

“You did well today” was just weird. She wasn’t his subordinate.

“Do you remember how, as a child, you used to-” That was probably a scar she wished to never uncover in this lifetime if she could help it.

it, he thought

really was just as Dylan described–he had no

turned off. She had no plans of turning it on

in for n

now.

to kill time, she felt the awkwardness in the car even more acutely.

she hadn’t gotten an answer to earlier once

breath and turned to her.

attempting to take her life from the roof of Victory General Hospital online. He couldn’t reach your phone, so

“Dylan“, as if

of him,” Larissa

felt tight, as if there was something preventing him from catching his breath.

minutes, he spoke again. “Are you free

the heart of Starry Mountain, on the outskirts of

of staying in Starville for just one night was exorbitant. The last few times Larissa had visited Starry Mountain, she

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she asked

event.” Kevan replied. “A lot of people there

needed her to go with him as his “fake girlfriend” to fend off

heart, voicing his