Sweet Subterfuge

Larissa was angrier than ever, spitting a few times as she exclaimed. “What the hell are you saying?”
Kevan’s smile grew bigger, so much so that it reached his eyes. She still cared about him. How wonderful
Because Kevan was standing there by the door-regardless of how well-behaved he was. Larissa. Grit in to hurry up with the
wipe-down,
Ivery ill at ease, getting Mrs.
The thundering outside finally stopped, and the rain began to thin slowly. But the power had not been restored yet. Other than
the hospital there was no light in the nearby skyscrapers.
Kevan checked the balcony and the bathroom window, only retuming to the room once he was certain that everything was
closed properly.
Larissa was still watching television-she could not do anything else other than that anyway. “Are you going to sleep soon? she
asked Kevan, who cic not answer her question, He asked her instead. “What about you?”
“I’m going to sleep, Larissa yawned and turned off the television
Kevan immediately went closer to lower the bed for her sot the bed to the head, bracing one hand against the railing sum
His close proximity made Larissa freeze.
the could te flat. “Do you need anything else?” He moved from the foot of e bed as he leaned down sightly.
“No, thanks. She smiled, her gaze darting about without daring to stay on his face for long.
nd he was
Kevan c’d notice her panic. But the way she forced herself to be calm when she was clearly freaking out was rather adorable,
and reluctant to leck away.
He sounded like he was sighing when he spoke.
Larissa shuddered and hummed in response. “What?” She carefully moved her gaze back to him, automatically freezing again
when she saw his affectionate face and fathomless eyes. An inexplicable sense of fear rose up from within her, causing her to

sputter. “I really don’t ineed anything else: please go to sleep! I’m tired, goodnight.”
With that said, she seemingly tried to deceive herself by closing her eyes.
Kevan did not manage to hold himself back from chuckling. “Why are you so cute? The gentleness in his gaze was enough to
drown someone-but it was a pity that Larissa did not see it. However, his words still made her blush, Cute? She was not a child!
Kevan let go of the railing and slowly straightened up, Larissa listened attentively, only relaxing when she heard his footsteps
heading toward the other side.
Kevan’s phone happened to ring at this time. When he looked at it, it was Aster requesting a video call with him. He rejected it at
once-he could not let Aster see the ward nor the hospital gown he was wearing.
Aster may be young, but it was not easy to fool him.
“I be making a call’ Kevan said to Larissa. “Right here.”
Larissa had no thoughts on that. “Sure.”
Kevan immediately made an audio call and Aster practically answered at the first ring.
“Daddy!” His clear, delighted voice rang out in the ward.
Larissa’s eyes snapped open.