Semua Bab Sweet Subterfuge: Bab 541 - Bab 550

"Do you want to have someone prepare the money?" Dylan asked."Of course." Kevan did not hesitate on this issue.Dylan immediately got up to make a call on the balcony."Are you feeling better now?" Kevan asked Larissa.He just asked this without any preamble, and Larissa took some time to gather herself before retorting, "Feeling better about what?""I will not ignore Bethany." Kevan had a faint smile on his lips. When he spoke, he kept his fathomless gaze on Larissa the whole time, the warmth and scorch from it causing her to be ill at ease once more.Pressing a hand against her pounding heart, Larissa looked down slowly. "I've always been okay." Her voice was lighter than the night's breeze."So …" Kevan's gaze moved away from her face and down to her plate. "Can you eat properly now?"Larissa was stunned. He seemed to have some sort of obsession—or was it some sort of … compulsive disorder? Regardless, if he did not force her to finish her food, he would not be happy. At th

Soon, Jack called too. "We've found out where Ron is. Your daughter's with him."Ron was temporarily living in a private house on the outskirts of the city. It was a secluded area, with farmland all around. The neighbors were all placed very far apart from each other, which was a perfect place to hide a person.Jack had sent in a team to stake out the area nearby. They were to report to him the moment they heard or saw anything.Kevan grunted in acknowledgment. "Thank you for your hard work.""Not at all, this is what we should be doing," Jack said cheerfully. "Oh, by the way, about your grandpa—"Kevan froze, his pupils dilating. "Yes?""Roland's body has been cremated, so we can't perform an autopsy, which means we can't figure out how he died exactly. Although I really want to help you, I can't file a case based on your suspicions. As for Cody, I've used my personal connections to help you check. He did not exhibit any strange behavior before Roland passed. So …" Jack did not

Larissa was about to say something to smooth things over when Morgan's phone rang.Ending the confrontation he had with Emmy, Morgan felt for his phone in his pocket. In the next second, his face appeared frozen.Emmy swiftly snatched his phone from him."Hey! What are you doing!" Morgan tried to get it back, but Emmy had already backed away till she was hiding behind Larissa.This all happened so fast that the crowd had no time to react.Emmy answered the call and put it on speakerphone."Morgan!" An overly attentive and sweet voice of a woman came through the phone's speakers, and everyone heard it.Larissa froze at once.That voice was familiar as hell, it was just that the tone … was massively different from the way that she usually heard it.Emmy said nothing as she turned to look at Morgan with a cold smile on her face."You promised to help me make an appointment to have a meal with Mr. Stephens of Olympus Entertainment before. What about it? Has it been decided?" Yvet

"Maybe because deep down, men just like delicate women like Yvette!" Larissa replied after a moment's thought.Yvette and Ruby seemed to be the same sort of people.The fact that Ruby could even gain Kevan's heart proved that men really liked that sort of delicate frailty she exuded.Emmy angrily downed the rest of the beer in her glass. "Well, aren't they just two-faced bitches and whores? Motherfucking punk son of a bitch! Men are all blind!" Her rage reached its peak, and the volume of her voice overtook the dreamy singing in the room.The melodious guitar stopped abruptly, and all the waiters and patrons in the bar turned to look over at them.Emmy did not seem to notice as she raised a finger to the air and swore. "If Morgan dares help Yvette get resources, I will fucking divorce him at once!"Larissa quickly comforted her. "Morgan is definitely not that type of person! Please chill out a little, Emmy. Go back and have a good talk with Morgan. Don't have any misunderstanding

Ruby leaned in, trying to grab Kevan's hand that was resting on the table. He quickly evaded her grasp, casting his gaze downward to conceal the disgust in his eyes. He then repeated, "I'm sorry.""Is it because of Larissa? It's because of her, right?" Her expression turned vicious. "That bitch must have said something to you! Don't believe her! She wants me dead! She's a vile woman!"If it weren't for the unfinished business, Kevan would have immediately stood up and left; the air seemed to turn foul wherever she was. "It has nothing to do with anyone." He forcefully suppressed his anger and pushed his phone toward her. "I came to see you today for this."Her attention was diverted. She stared at his phone, looking perplexed, and asked, "What about it?"He played the video for her to watch. Her expression only showed subtle changes, and her initial reaction wasn't as panicked as a typical mother would be. Half a minute later, she exclaimed, "What happened to Bethany? What's going on?