Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 99

After hanging up, Larissa realized that Kevan was staring at her.

The two of them had been very close. Her conversation with the nurse earlier had been overheard by him

entirely.

“Do you want to go?” he asked her.

“No.” Her reply was swift with no trace of hesitation in her voice.

Kevan sighed in relief.

Still, he couldn’t help but ask, “Because there’s no cable car?”

“I wouldn’t go even if there was.” Larissa wiped away the few drops of tears leaking through the corner of her eyes as she spoke, her expression blank.

She most probably wouldn’t be attending his funeral either–if only to avoid encountering his family members.

Seeing her tears, Kevan’s heart sank.

“Are you sad that he’s no longer alive?”

“A bit.” Larissa’s answer was frank. “We were once husband and wife after all.”

that good husband of

disgusted her. “Can we not talk about

his tone becoming even more unpleasant. “You’re still devoted to him! You always will

entire thing with Travis had always been a sore spot of hers. Moreover, he’d just passed away–she didn’t like to speak

just about to turn away and leave when she spotted the needle on the back of his palm and resisted the urge.

and scrolled through her phone, her head

to him

very uncomfortable.

felt was even worse than that

but he couldn’t bring himself to set aside his pride and

th

of them found themselves at a stalemate until her

above him–the solution within had reached the

Chapter 99

called the doctor. “The IV’s almost finished.”

quickly and removed the needle from his

for me.” He handed a cotton ball to

of his hand, and Larissa hurriedly pressed the cotton ball onto the

and struggled to break free instinctively.

He could barely muster the strength to exert enough force, and his previous grip on her

ball fell onto the bed. Blood

I tell you to press it onto

death made Larissa inexplicably panicked and,