Chapter 779 “Thank you,” Larissa said. Hearing this. Kevan frowned. Aster did not understand what exactly was happening between them. When he saw that Kevan did not say anything, he put his hands on his hips and scolded the man. “Daddy! You must tell Mommy “You’re welcome!” Kevan stared at Larissa dully before he finally […]
Chapter 778 Larissa’s body jalted. She backed away automatically. Out just as she had taken a step, her back was pressed up against the wet door. and her shirt was immediately drenched. The cotton fabric stuck to her skin, and it became transparent. Kevan walked closer to her. His lace became clearer in the steam. Larissa was like a mouse that was caught by a cal. She trembled in the comer. “Dont–don’t come here,” she warned him inellectively. My ankle is fine, I don’t need your help.” Kevan watched her. Then, he held out his hand to her. “Come.” His voice was very light, but there was a threatening tone to it. Larissa’s hand was already on the door handle. Her brain was calculating the chances of successfully escaping. Kevan took one step forward and had her in his arms in a bridal carry before she could open the door, Larissa screamed so loudly that one’s ears could have exploded. Kevan looked at her and reminded her, “Be quiet, don’t scare Aster.” Larissa immediately covered her mouth. “Put me down!” she hissed into his ear. Kevan ignored her. He sat on a stool close to the bath lub, putting Larissa in his lap, then carefully removing the slippers and socks that she was wearing. She wore short socks that covered only her toes and heels. Her ankles, which were exposed for the whole day, had already been frozen purple. It was a huge difference from her fair legs. Kevan pressed his lips together. Larissa could see his ur happiness through her eyelashes. She knew that she was in the wrong, so she did not move anymore. She was scared that she would make him angry and make something bad happen. “I’ll wear snow boots to work tomorrow. The longest type of snow boots she automatically proposed. Kevan still said nothing as he lifted her trouser legs. Larissa’s calves were frozen still because she had worn heels for the whole day, not to mention having walked back home from the train station. Kevan pressed on her flesh, and her calves did not change at all. Before he could speak, Larissa repeated, “I swear I’ll wear snow boots tomorrow! I’m nothing!” Kevan still ignored her. He massaged her calves until her muscles relaxed, only then did he put her on the floor. “Have a 30–minute bath, then come out.” He stood up and brushed the wrinkles out of his trousers and left the bathroom before Larissa could react. She only reacted to the sound of the door closing. She stood in the empty bathroom, surrounded by steam. She felt a strange sense of loss. Kevan was timing Larissa. The moment 30 minutes was up, he knocked on the bathroom door. “Time to come out.” Larissa jolted awake when she heard him calling out to her. The hot bath was too nice. She did not even know when she started leeling sleepy. “Okay!” Larissa called out as she cleaned hersell up as quickly as she could. Outside the bathroom, both Kevan and Aster stood by the bathroom doors like two statues, Larissa was given a big scare by them. Holding her hand over her heart, she glared at Kewan. “What did you two think you were doing?” Kevan did not answer, but Aster held her hand and dragged her to the dining room. “Mommy, comel” There was a glass of hot milk on the dining table. “Daddy just healed this up!” Aster showed the glass of milk to her like he was offering up a treasure. “Daddy said that Mommy will be able to sleep well after drinking milk! Larissa looked at Keyan, who had followed them. A complicated leeling appeared in her heart. She fell like she was going to cry.
Chapter 777 Stuck between two live “hand warmers,” Larissa’s frozen hands soon warmed up. She was relieved. “Can you let me go now?” she asked Kevan. His face remained unchanged. He was still stone–faced when he removed her hands from under his shirt. “I will fill the bathtub for you. Take a nice bath.” With that, Kevan instructed Aster. “Make mommy a glass of orange juice. Make sure she finishes it.” “Okay!” Aster ran off once he got his lask. Larissa could not even stop him. Kevan stared at her. “Finish it before coming to the bathroom.” Kevan had already told Aster where the oranges were. So, Aster juiced the fruits and brought the cup to his mother slowly. “Drink it quick, Mommy! Aster put the cup into Larissa’s hands. He dropped to his knees on the floor and put his head on her lap. He locked up to stare at her–clearly following Kevan’s orders. The smell of the oranges made Larissa frown. She teased Aster. “This doesn’t taste good. Can I not drink it?” “Nope!” Aster glared hard at her, “You will finish it!” Larissa glanced at the bathroom. The door was closed. She discussed with Aster in a low voice. “Your dad can’t hear us talking now, Don’t be so serious. Il pour it away in the kitchen, Don’t tell him, okay?” Aster did not answer her question. He got up from the floor and ran to the bathroom. His slippers tapped out a rhythm on the floor. Through the half–open door, Larissa could clearly hear Aster report to Kevan. “Daddy! Mommy’s being naughty again! She doesn’t want to drink the orange juice! She even said she wanted to secretly pour the juice away!” Larissa’s heart became cold. She had raised this son of hers for nothing! A minute later. Kevan came out while holding Aster’s hand. Kevan eyed Larissa coldly, and she quickly finished the orange juice. “Done!” She showed him the empty cup. Kevan said nothing and just turned back into the bathroom. Aster took the cup from her and got candy from his pocket. “Here. The prize for drinking that” Larissa scotted. She pinched his face hard and scolded him through gritted teeth. “Little traitor!” But the scolding was one thing. She still accepted the candy he gave her. Aster pouted. He scolded her. “That’s because Mommy is too naughty! Me and Daddy are only doing this for your own good! Can’t you help us worry less?” Larissa’s ear was going to be nagged off by her son. She turned her back to Aster to eat the candy. The sweet taste look away the aftertaste of the orange juice in her mouth, “Fine, bleeding hell, I get it Chewing on the candy, Larissa ludged things with him. “Wash the cup, yeah? I’m going to take a bath!” Aster only fell silent now as he took the cup to the kitchen, Larissa went back to her bedroom to get a change of clothes. She planned to take a good, hot bath. The moment she opened the bathroom door, the steam in the space blinded her for a bit, Kevan’s figure was only a faint dark shape in the steam. When he heard the sound of the door opening, he seemed to have turned over to look. “The water is ready.” His voice was a bit floaty due to being in a steamy bathroom. “Okay.” Larissa put her clothes on the shell above her head. She waited for Kevan to leave at the door. But he did not move. “Your ankle is not fully healed yet,” he said. “So. I will help you.”
Chapter 776 Kevan was wearing a light gray sweatshirt. The sleeves were rolled up to his elbows. “How come you’re back so early?” He was wiping his hands dry with a paper towel as he walked out of the kitchen. Larissa kicked off her heels. She walked toward Kevan with Aster. “It’s just dinner.” She took the chance to throw her hardbag onto the couch. She asked Kevan, “How about you two? Have you eaten?” “We just finished,” Kevan replied. “I was washing the dishes.” Larissa froze as she looked at his hands. They were red because of the cold tap water. She hurriedly reminded him, “We have a dishwasher “The dishwasher isn’t as clean as my washing.” Kevan’s voice was mild, but his weird personality was on full display. Larissa knew how bad his clear freakishness was. She sighed. “Use hot water, at least!” Kevan threw the balled–up paper towel into the trash bin far away from him while standing where he was. “It’s fine.” He stared at Larissa. “It’s not cold.” “Your hands are already this red. You’re telling me it isn’t cold?” Larissa was pissed. Kevan shut her up with one sentence. “Your hands are redder than mine.” Larissa looked down at her own hands. They really were redder than his. She guillity tried to hide her hands behind her back. Alas, Aster was gripping one of her arms, so she could not move at all. “Yeah, yeah! Mommy’s hands are sooooo cold!” Aster seemed to be going against her as he forced her hand into Kevan’s palm. “Daddy! Hurry and warm Mommy up!” Kevan simply took her hand. His body was always cold. His hands were always colder than normal, Combined with the lact that he had run them under cold water to wash the dishes earlier Well, his hands were warmer than Larissa’s Kevan’s eyes narrowed, and Larissa felt a tingling feeling on her head. She tried to pull her hand back, but Kevan only held or tighter. “You will wear thermal clothing and a down jackel tomorrow,” Kevan’s voice was cold. Larissa was about to refuse when she heard him say. “There’s no use refusing.” His attitude was rather firm. “If you don’t wear it, I don’t mind dragging things out with you at home. I’m quite free now anyway.” Larissa pressed her lips together. She did not voice out all the complaints she had. “Got it” she answered. Only then did Kevan’s eyes solten a little. “Hand.” He held out his other hand as he stared at her free hand. In such an atmosphere, Larissa did not dare do anything disobedient. She put her hand into his palm alter some hesitation. Kevan pulled her and she was forced to move forward. He brought her hands under his sweatshirt, placing them against his hot body. Larissa’s eyes widened in shock. She curled up her fingers at once as she tried hard to separate them from his body. Kevan did not give her that chance though. “Be good.” He pulled her back. Aster was blocking her off from behind too. “Mommy, just be good, okay?” Trapped by both of them. Larissa could only admit defeat and let Kevan do whatever he wanted to her.
Chapter 775 This scene was too familiar. Larissa used to experience this every day. Watching the poor waitress gelling shouted at by Judy. Larissa could not hela but think back to her old self. She used to get abused all the time by weird hotel guests. Unable to keep watching, Larissa tugged on Marilyn and said, “Let’s go.” Marilyn put away her phone, which she had been using to record the scene. She agreed with much anger and pily. “Alright.” When they left the restaurant, Marilyn was still angry. “Judy is horrible! I didn’t even know she was like that in private!” Larissa did not comment on Judy’s actions. She did not want Marilyn to think that she was creating trouble or fanning the llames of conflict. When they said goodbye to each other, Marilyn said, “I must let Mr. Logan Senior know about Judy’s true face!” During dinner peak hours, Queensway was jammed with cars. There were no empty cabs that would pass by here. Marilyn offered to take Larissa home, but Larissa relused because of the inconvenience. In the end. Larissa chose to walk down a street to take the train home. The winter wird blew hard, causing Larissa’s hair to My back. She hunched and walked against the wind. Her nose was so cold that it turned red, and there was snot dripping out of it. Westonia’s trains had a history of over a hundred years. Their stations were older compared to Caldorian trains. There were ro thermostats in the station, Larissa only felt a little warmer after getting on the train. Alas, after getting out of the station, she was surrounded by the cold winds again. The hem of her windbreaker was flying in the wild breeze. Larissa sniffed as she entered her apartment building. The warden on duty greeted her. “It’s freezing out there, huh?” Larissa nodded. The warden studied her for a bit and told her kindly. “The temperature will be lower tomorrow. It might even snow, Do wear more layers! Don’t catch a cold!” Larissa grunted hard as acknowledgment and smiled at him. “Thank you.” “Mommy! The moment Larissa entered her apartment, a figure zipped over. It stopped for one second belore hugging her leg. Aster rubbed his nose before saying. “Oh, right, your leg’s not okay yet. Daddy said to not touch you!” Larissa patted his head and praised him. “What a good boy!” “Huh?” Asters smile dropped for a moment as he grabbed her hand. He asked, “Mommy, why is your hand so cold? Larissa pulled her hand back and answered, “The winds were strong today. I’ll warm up soon. “Hmmph!‘ Aster locked up at her. “Hold you to wear more layers before you go cull But you just didn’t listen!” “I’m not cold.” Larissa refused to back down. “It’s just that the wind was really strong today. My hands were exposed, so it feels cold.” “Then gel Daddy to warm you up!” Aster pulled on her arm as he called out to Kevan. Cadily, Daddy! Come quickly!”
Chapter 774 Larissa recognized that unique profile picture at once. The background was an endless night sky. There was a golden crescent moon in the middle of it with bright stars nearby. This was Aster’s art homework from last week. According to him, the name of this painting was called “Mommy and Me.” Larissa was like the gentle moon that was always by the little stars‘ sides. Larissa thought that the person who liked her post was Aster. Just as she was amazed by his speed, she was greeted by Kevan’s name when she tapped into the notifications tab. It was not strange for Kevan to like her post. Yet, the fact that he used Aster’s profile picture, one that had such a significant meaning. made her feel strange. Marilyn had already put down her phone and started eating. Every bite made her moan in satisfaction. “Larissa! C’mon, try this! It’s so good!” Larissa jotted as she looked away from Kevan’s profile picture. “Sure.” She smiled and shoved her phone back into her bag. She was anxious about her unfinished slideshow. Thus, Larissa did not spend too long on this meal When she left with Marlyn, the gang of colleagues were still there. Their dishes were all empty, and they were leaning against each other while making all sorts of poses. They were having so much fun taking selfies. This time, Larissa did not stop walking. Still, when they reached the doors of the restaurant, she heard the angry shouts of a woman inside. Larissa did not like to bother with these kinds of incidents. But Marilyn tugged on her arm. “This sounds a bit like Judy.” “Huh? Larissa was interested now. The other customers had stopped eating in the restaurant. They were looking at where the voice came from. Their focus was on Judy and a uniformed waitress. Judy was taller than the waitress. When she was shouting at the poor girl, it looked like she was bullying her. “So, I’m spending money here to take your shit? “The customer is always right, don’t you know that? I “I can sit for however long I like since I paid. You have no fucking right to kick me pull “Bring me your manager! I want to complain about you!” From Judy’s words and the discussions with the other customers, Larissa was able to figure out the whole problem. Judy and her gang had already finished their meal quite some time ago. Yet they kept taking pictures in their seats. They did not want to pay and leave. The other customers who had booked reservations had waited for too long. They had urged the restaurant to hurry up. The waitress had no choice but to come and tell Judy and her gang to leave. Reportedly, the waitress‘ attitude was okay. She only asked them to leave in a roundabout way, and even apologized several times. But Judy exploded at once. She did not wait for the waitress to finish before jumping up to scream bloody murder at the poor girl. The waitress tried to defend herself while Judy had paused. “When you called to book your reservation, we already reminded you that all customers can only be seated for two hours at most during peak hours. You and your friends have been here for two and a hall hours, the next group of customers are still waiting …” “What two hours? I don’t fucking know!” Judy relused to listen. “What kind of fucking rule is this? Why should we only sit for two hours? Don’t think I won’t fucking sue you guys! hours. If you feel that two hours is too short, you can change your time slot and sit here for as long as you like “Shut up!” Judy sat back down in her seat as she crossed her arms. She looked super annoyed. “Fucking bring me your manager” The waitress pressed her lips together. “Please wait then.” With that the poor girl left.
Chapter 773 “Here, warm your hands.” Marilyn gave Larissa the cup. “I got someone to boll some water for you right now. So, there was a little delay.” Larissa held the paper cup with both hands. The heat spread from her palms into her body. It made her hunched shoulders relax. She sighed in gratitude. If it were not for the fact that she would get stares from others, Larissa wished she could press the paper cup to her frozen cheek. “If it weren’t for you. I would’ve died.” Larissa said to Marilyn. I’m not even kidding.” Marilyn stared at Larissa with those large eyes of hers. “What nonsense are you saying? I just asked too, by the way. The customers earlier are fir shed and they’re paying right now. We‘.. be able to go in soon. You wor’t have to freeze any longer.” This made Larissa come to me at once. As predictec, the waiter came to inform them that the table was ready for them less than five minutes later. The thermostat in the restaurant was turned up. It did not take long for Larissa’s frozen arms and legs to move about again. The waiter led them to their seats. When they reached the center of the hall Larissa and Marilyn noticed Judy and her gang, who were laughing. Their chatter was very loud. The restaurant was not quiet and Larissa and Marilyn were standing quite a distance away. Still they were able to hear Judy and her gang’s conversation very cleary. “Did you see her face? Hahahaha! Oh my god, like, It was awesome!” “I didn’t think that Mr. Logan Junior would take Judy’s side. Truth be told. I thought he would side with that bitch and punish Judy, you feel me?” “Isn’t Mr. Logan Junior always a fair man? He is totally my superstar!” “Speaking of which, though. Does Mr. Logan Junior have anything going on with that bitch or not? If there’s nothing going on, why would How would today’s incident be explained?” he suddenly hire a lemale assistant for Mr. Logan Senior? If there’s something going on “Maybe they did have something going on. But dicn’t W, Logan Junior already say? Workplace violence is not allowed. That bitch did exactly that to Judy, and was caught by Mr. Logan Junior! He must hate her now. Maybe he’l fire that little bitch two days later. We can celebrate here then!” “Fuck yeah!” “A toast to Mr. Logan Junior “To Mr. Logan Junior!” Larissa watched thern raise their glasses. She fell rothing at all. It was Manlyn, who kept tugging on Larissa’s sleeve, urging her to leave. When nothing happened. Marilyn comforted her in a low voice.” That’s just how they are. They like talking shit about people behind their backs. Don’t mind them. Just ignore them in the luture.” “I know,” Larissa promised, but she was already holding a grudge on the inside. When she officially took over the company, she would fire them all. It had to be said that there was a reason that this restaurant was popular. The plating of the dishes was amazing. The taste was insane Marilyn was obsessed with social media. She snapped a picture of each and every dish. Then, she picked the best one to upload online. Larissa was affected by her. She could not help but snap a few pictures too. She posted it all to her own social media and lagged the location, adding a “Not bad!” as a caption. Less than a minute later, someone liked her post.
Chapter 772 Afraid that Marilyn would wait too long, Larissa only worked overtime for half an hour. Then, she turned off her computer. She put the statements and reports that were not yet typed into the slideshow into her bag. She intended to finish the slideshow at home. “Let’s go.” she said to Marilyn once she was packed. “So soon?” Marilyn had been playing with her phone while waiting for Larissa. When she heard Larissa speak, she put down her phone in surprise. “Yeah.” Larissa smiled. “It’s late, and I feel a little hungry.” “Me too.” Marilyn rubbed her stomach. Then, she walked over to Larissa and hugged her arm, and dragged her away quickly. “Let’s go then!” Marilyn must have been really hungry because she drove her car like crazy. Westonia was like Bartham. The traffic was awful. Marilyn’s pink smart car was able to weave among the crowd size to its size. Soon, they reached Queensway. The restaurant they wanted to go to was on the main road of Queensway. It was a really obvious shop lot. Business was booming because of its recent opening. Even if Marilyn had booked a spot in advance, they were still stopped at the entrance. The waiter coldly told them. “The previous customers are not finished. You will have to wait for at least half an hour and above.” The restaurant did not have a waiting area, so the people who were waiting to be seated had taken up the little space that was in front of the restaurant Larissa and Marilyn were squeezed in with this crowd. They were stuck. They didn They did not know if they should leave or not. Marilyn apologized to Larissa. “I’m so sorry, Larissa. I didn’t think that we would come early. If you don’t want to wait, we’ll switch to a restaurant with fewer people?” Larissa wrapped her windbreaker around herself and moved behind a tall man beside her. The chilly wind was blocked off by the man. Only then did she stop shivering. Forcing a smile, Larissa said, “It’s alright. Didn’t you want to try this place? We’re already here, and it’s only half an hour’s wait.” *Thank you so much, Larissa! You’re so nice!” Marilyn we her a bun As time passed, the sky turned dark, and the temperature grew colder. Many people wore down jackets. At the very least, they would still have a thick coat covering themselves. It made Larissa and Marilyn’s outfits look rather out of place. Larissa was already weak from working long–term in an office. Previously, she had been stuck in a hospital bed for several months, so she was even weaker than usual. Soon, the tall man entered the restaurant with his companions, and Larissa was left to shiver in the cold. Seeing Larissa sneeze several times, Marilyn could not help but worry. “Are you okay?” Larissa waved her off while she sneezed. “It’s–achoo–linel” She took out a pack of tissues from her bag. She then turned around to blow her nose. Marilyn brought her to a place where the wind was not so strong. “Why are your clothes so thin? You’ll catch a cold like this.” Larissa eyed Marilyn’s outfit. She thought that her words were not convincing. Marilyn smiled and advised her, “Don’t compare yourself to me and those other people in the company. We’re used to it, and we don’t feel anything at this point. If you can’t stand the cold in Westonia, it’s better to wear more layers. “The most that would happen is that people would laugh at you for being lame. But it won’t really allect you. But if you get sick because you wore fewer layers, you’d be the one who sulfers.” Larissa thought about it and found it very reasonable. 1/2 When she reappeared, there was a cup of hot water in her hand. There was a thin slice of lemon in the water too.
Chapter 771Judy’s s obs stopped very quickly. She let out a victorious smile.“Larissa, it’s not that I don’t want to help you Judy acted like she was put in a difficult situation. “You heard Mr. Logan Junior… I’msorry, darling. You’ll have to do the slideshow yoursell.”Larissa stared at her coldly before looking away. She walked
Chapter 770 “What’s with the commotion? Are you guys out of work to do? Lewis warned coldly. Everyone froze. They were agitated for one second and went totally silent the next. Lewis walked over while everyone scattered away from Larissa and back to their seals. They buried themselves in their work, fearing meeting his eyes. Judy was flustered lon. She wiped her tears off and slightly lowered her head. She snited loudly, drawing Lewis‘ attention. He frowned ard questioned Larissa, “What happened? She took a deep breath and kept her cool. She had never thought of catastrophizing things from the beginning, let alone letting Lew’s and Gary find out about it. Otherwise, things would go out of hand. “Judy and I had a disagreement about work. It was a small dispute. Larissa tried to make it sound as trivial as possible. However, the others look her compromise as a sign of quill. Judy dipped her head lower wordlessly. Tears flowed down her cheeks again. There was a pool of tears on her desk in no time. “Judy, it seems like you disagree with what Larissa said.” Lewis arched a brow. He acted like a sharp and considerate superior. “Tell me. What’s going on?” She sobbed for a moment before saying. ‘She’s telling the truth.” On top of her dodgy gaze, her hunched posture seemed to indicate that she was a victim. Larissa deemed it a waste of her acting skills it no one awarded her an Oscar. His gaze and tone softened. “If you trust me, you can tell me the truth.” He cast a glance at Larissa. “I will never condone power abuse within Blue Star Shipping. It that event comes to pass-” He dragged his voice on purpose before announcing. “The perpetrator will be fired.” Judy and the female colleagues, who had previously bullied Larissa, were scared cut of their wits. “Actually, I’m the one to blame for what happened today,” Judy confessed. “I borrowed Larissa’s computer and printer to print same documents. While I was deleling my liles on her desktop. I accidentally deleted her slideshow. It’s important to her because she needs it to present a report to you tomorrow. That’s why she asked me to redo it for her.” She emphasized the word “accidentally in an attempt to avoid responsibility. “Is she telling the truth?” inquired Lewis sternly. Larissa nodded. “Yes.” She didn’t wish for him to take her side, so she didn’t expose her lies. The rumors spreading among the staff were a lot more than she imagined. If he stood up for her, people would twist the whole story and spread rumors even if she was innocent. “Since Judy didn’t do it on purpose, you shouldn’t cross the line too much.” He pretended to scold her. “I’ll take at least two days to read all the documents I gave you. It’s unrealistic to ask her to make the slideshow by today. Spend more time on it and redo it from scratch. If you can’t finish it by tomorrow, report it to me the day aller.” “Okay.” Judy accepted the outcome obediently. “Let’s put an end to the matter.” 1/2 Everyone started typing faster. It was as if they were working diligently. Lewis didn’t stay longer. He returned to his office once the issue was resolved. 2/2