Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 761

Kevan’s answer was not surprising. “No.”

Larissa angrily screwed shut the cap of the moisturizer bottle before sitting on the bed resignedly.

Kevan sat near her and put her leg onto his lap.

Larissa’s skin was fair. It was a little red from the steam from the bathroom as she had just finished showering.

Kevan’s eyes darkened slowly. His normally cold fingers had grown warm due to his boiling blood. His palm rubbed circles into her ankle, The force he used was just right. Although there would be a bit of pain from his rubbing, it was still better than the “abuse” Lewis gave her that afternoon.

“Hey, did you learn this from someone? Larissa was curious. She had wanted to ask for a while now, but she never found the chance to. “Nope.” Kevan smiled. “You ever heard of practice makes perfect?”

Larissa froze for a moment. It was not difficult to figure out what he meant. But the moment she thought of the horrible things he went through, she could not help but shudder. Her heart actually ached a bit at this..

“With your background, shouldn’t you have a whole group of bodyguards around you as a child? How would you still get hurt?”

“It’s not like you don’t know what my family’s like.” Kevan looked down, his smile turning a hit hitter. “My two uncles. They’ve wanted to kill me ever since the day I was born.”

He was the second oldest of his generation. He was som a few years after Cody.

Bernard had thought that his own son was now the oldest grandson, so he could openy inherit Soaring Corporation, But his grandfather refused to step down for so long, and his words clearly favored his oldest son’s family.

So, Berard schemed with Felix, causing Violet to miscarry several times. Thankfully, Viclet was extremely lucky because she get out of it alive every time. They even tried to get rid of Kevan after he was born. Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

In the end, it was Roland who could not stand their actions anymore, and he raised Kevanin person instead. Only then did Heard and Felix stop.

To ensure that Kevan could protect himself, Rolan sent him to learn martial arts, Laekwondo, and boxing. When Kevan was young, he was always bruised. There was literally no patch of his skin that was left untouched.

In the beginning. Kevan would still obey Roland and go to see a doctor, After a while, he lixed himself on his own. It got to the point that he was just as good as a doctor.

Larissa bit her lip and stared at Kevan wordlessly. She should have comforted him, but she did not know how to say il

Kevan looked up in Lime to see the gentleness and love in her eyes. At that moment, all the pain from before did not seem to matter anymore. All the hardship he faced these years seemed to be worth it too.

“I’ve faced a lot of hardship. Don’t think of me as that sort of rich kid who only knows how to enjoy life.” Kevan’s voice was lighter, and it camed a hint of hurt in it.

The pain in Larissa’s heart grew worse, and her throat was stuck. She could only let out a shaky. “Okay.”

She knew of his hardships, of course. Just breaking off from Soaring Corporation to start Microworks and have it grow to the way it was today was insanely difficult.

“So — Kevan’s hand covered her ankle, his fingers caressing her soft skin.