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

leave. “I just remembered

Dylan grinned. “I’ll go buy the ingredients I need for dinner.”

not going to buy anything, and I don’t live in

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

escort you home

him off, so she decided to let him

main entrance, she said

but he didn’t go home just yet.

he

innocently, “Goodbye, Uncle Dylan!”

phone and made a call. Larissa is finally

to buy most of the items on her shopping list, except for milk and oatmeal.

as planned. She poured milk into the oatmeal and heated

apologized to Aster, “I will

and put it in his mouth, smiling sweetly at

heart melted at his adorable response. She leaned forward and planted a kiss on his chubby cheeks “Mommy loves you very much,” Larissa