Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 402

Startled, Larissa almost dropped the shopping bag she was holding.

“Why are you following us?” she demanded, her eyes wide. Larissa raised her voice intentionally to mask the guilt she felt with anger.

“Huh?” In response to her question, Dylan expressed an appropriate amount of astonishment.

Aggrieved, he explained himself, I’m not following you. I have a friend who lives in this apartment complex, and I’m going to his place for dinner.”

Larissa exposed his lie with a straight face “Aren’t you cooking steak for dinner tonight?”

Dylan shrugged and pulled out his hands from his pockets.

Showing her his empty palms, he continued, “Can’t you see that I haven’t bought anything?

There’s nothing to eat at home, so I have to have dinner at my friend’s place.”

Larissa certainly didn’t believe him.

tow a

and tried to leave. “I just remembered that I

“I’ll go buy the ingredients

enough. I’m not going to buy anything, and I

demanded, “There’s no need to continue pretending. Tell me honestly, why are you

home safely,” Dylan

knew she couldn’t shake him off, so she decided to let him

they arrived at the apartment’s main entrance, she said to Dylan,

Dylan nodded, but he didn’t go home just yet. “You two should

at Aster, he

responded innocently, “Goodbye, Uncle

his phone and made a call.

able to buy most of the items on her shopping list, except for milk

she couldn’t make a lavish meal for Aster as planned. She poured milk into the oatmeal and heated the bowl in

apologized to Aster, “I will bring

put it in his mouth, smiling sweetly at

his adorable response. She leaned forward and planted a kiss on his chubby cheeks