Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 917

Allen couldn’t even be bothered to lock his car. He trotted over and asked. “Where’s Freddy?”

Larissa pointed at the car. “He was trying to escape just now, so Lewis has tied him up.”

Upon opening the car door, Allen called, “Freddy!” His voice was choked up,

Hearing that the little kid finally stopped struggling and quieted down.

Lewis loosened the jacket and tie holding Freddy down, but he didn’t remove the mask on the boy’s face.

Allen pulled Freddy into his arms and whined, “Where did you go? You have made us look for you everywhere!” He sounded angry and joyful at the same time.

Once again, Freddy fell into silence.

“Thanks, Larissa Lewis. I’m sorry for bothering you at this hour,” Allen sald apologetically.

“It’s okay.” Larissa waved her hand. “Hurry up and bring Freddy back. He must be scared and hungry.”

Allen nodded. “We’ll leave first, then. I’ll treat you to a meal some other day to express my gratitude.”

Larissa watched them go away. It wasn’t until they had disappeared from her sight that she revealed her right hand. “I think I need to go to the hospital” she said to Lewis.

Freddy’s bite was fierce. After disinfecting her wound, the doctor applied medicine to it and dressed it with a bandage. Larissa clenched her fists tightly, bearing the pain.

“What bad luck I have. I was just trying to help, but I ended up getting injured.”

“You should learn from this.” Lewis didn’t show any sympathy for her at all “Don’t meddle in something like this again. He could have just contacted the police when his son went missing. He must have harbored ulterior motives for calling you in the middle of the night”

“I don’t think so?” To be honest, Larissa wasn’t trying to put in a good word for Allen. “It’s true that Freddy is closer to me. Moreover, I also share the blame that he became like this.”

“What are you talking about?” Lewis didn’t agree with her. “Did you beat or scold him? You are not even his mother and have no obligations to take care of him. He’s now suffering from depression just because of your cold treatment? That simply shows that his dad doesn’t know how to look after his son. It has nothing to do with you.” Property © NôvelDrama.Org.

Although what Lewis said made sense, Larissa still felt bad about it.

“If you still want to act like a saint next time, take a look at your hand first.” Lewis snorted. “I don’t even know why you’re willing to suffer

like this.”

Larissa lowered her head, having said nothing else.

By the time Larissa reached home, it was already the dead of night. In the living room was only Kevan, who was waiting for her to be back. When he saw Larissa, he immediately muted the television.

“Why are you so late? Weren’t you out just to have a meal with Lewis?” Upon seeing the Injury on her hand, he walked up to her at once and carefully put it on his palm. “What happened?”

“I was bitten by Freddy,” Larissa replied honestly.

The bite mark was deep. Even if the bandage was removed after a few days, the mark would probably still be there. Hence, there wasn’t a need to lie since Kevan would know about it sooner or later.

“Freddy?” Kevan was aware of that name. “That annoying kid who keeps pestering you?”

19se but don’t describe him like that. He is not annoying, and he doesn’t always pester me either.”