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.

in tow a

and tried to leave. “I just remembered that I forgot to buy

timing.” Dylan grinned. “I’ll go buy the ingredients I

and stood her ground. “That’s enough. I’m not going to buy anything, and I don’t live in this apartment

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

escort you home safely,”

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

apartment’s main entrance, she said to Dylan, “Thank you. You

just yet. “You

he

innocently, “Goodbye, Uncle

disappeared behind the door, Dylan took out his phone and made a call. Larissa is

of Dylan’s interference, Larissa wasn’t able to buy most of the items on her

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

she apologized to Aster, “I will bring

smiling sweetly at

and planted a kiss on his chubby cheeks “Mommy loves you very much,”