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

around with Aster in tow and tried to leave. “I just remembered

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

enough. I’m not going to buy anything, and I don’t live in this apartment complex either.”

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

you home safely,” Dylan replied

so she decided to let him tag

apartment’s main entrance, she said

home just yet. “You two should head inside

at Aster, he said, “Goodbye!”

responded innocently, “Goodbye, Uncle

the door, Dylan took out his phone and made a call.

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

poured milk into the oatmeal and heated the bowl in

for dinner,” she apologized to Aster, “I will bring you out to eat something

spoonful of oatmeal and put it in his mouth, smiling sweetly

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