Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 98

Larissa’s eyes were tightly shut, her breaths equal and steady. She was obviously already in a deep sleep.

Kevan smiled.

Barely a few minutes ago, she’d been the one adamantly insisting that she wasn’t tired at all.

What a liar.

She had promised–she’d said that she would never forget him. All those years ago-

He lifted his right hand after much struggle, the urge to caress her head fiercely rising within him, and yet, his arms halted before they could approach her.

His fingers curled into a fist.

Forget it. He should just let her sleep peacefully.

The ringing of a phone shattered the rare harmony between the two.

Larissa startled, bolting up immediately.

In her daze, she groggily picked up her phone and was about to stop the alarm when she noticed the string of

numbers on

the call

nurse who’d been in charge

experiences, she refused resolutely. “I’m sorry, I’m

a

within

froze for a few seconds before asking incredulously.

half an

“But how?”

the nurse telling her that Travis was simply paralyzed and that

imminent danger.

sudden death was very unusual.

volume of her voice, but Larissa could still hear her voice trembling as she spoke. “He took his own life–he jumped off from the window in his room–his parents and brother had left that afternoon, and we

paralyzed?

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Chapter 98

arms to support his body weight and climbed over to the window. There was also

Jumped.

her vision blurring.

when she hated him with everything she had.

had been gradually dissipating ever since she knew that he’d been

had already gotten the punishments they deserved, she no longer felt the need to harbor any

now that Travis was dead, she did not feel happy in the slightest. In fact, a small part of