Chapter 218
Sweet Subterfuge
When they reached the bottom of the stairs, a loud thud came from upstairs as if something heavy had fallen to the ground.
âMom!â Lana cried in desperation âLarissa, come back quickly! Mom faintedâ
âIf she fainted, call an ambulance. What use am 1? Larissa did not fall for their trap again.
From the first floor, Xavier ordered his staff, âStop her!â
Mrs. Harris, who was closest, rushed forward, but Kevan grabbed her arm and flung her aside, causing her to hit the wall and let out a loud groan. The subsequent people who followed. experienced the same outcome, to the point that the other servants were too scared to approach and kept their distance.
Larissa, with Kevanâs help, left the Seymours with no obstacles.
Kevanâs car was parked outside the courtyard, a black Maybach with a Bartham license plate and the number 8888 Larissa thought to herself about how wealthy and mighty Kevan was.
âDo you have your ID with you?â Kevan asked her Larissa took out her ID from the pocket of her jeans, âI have it.â
That was the only thing she had when Xavier brought her back from Covenford. In order to be able to escape at any time, she made sure to keep her ID in her pocket whenever she changed clothes It proved to be a wise decision âIf you donât have any other business to attend to, letâs go to the airport now for the earliest flight back to Covenford,â Kevan said.
âOkay.â Larissa couldnât ask for more.
After the excitement of successfully escaping from the Seymours subsided, she calmed down and asked Kevan, âHow did you end up at the Seymours?â
She had asked him this question, but his answer sounded like a lie to him.
âI want to hear the truth,â she emphasized.
Kevan raised an eyebrow, a small smirk appearing on his lips. âWhat I said before was the truth.â
Larissa didnât believe him.
Even if he really couldnât contact her and was worried, there was no need for him to fly all the way from Covenford to find her. Their relationship wasnât worth such trouble.
âForget it if you donât believe me.â Kevan didnât intend to convince her.
âBut youâ he glanced at her sideways. âWerenât you determined to cut off all ties with the Seymours?
Why did you come back to Bartham?â
âI was brought back by my stepfather,â Larissa told him about everything Xavier had done. âHe said my mom is in the late stages of uterine cancer and forced me to come back to see her. But I guess my mom is probably fine.â
Yvette indeed wasnât sick.
After the last time Yvette went to Covenford looking for Larissa, Kevan had people watching her and Xavier. As a result, he received the news that she went to the hospital for an examination and bribed the doctor to forge medical records.
He didnât initially know what she was planning, but when he learned that Xavier had met with Jay multiple times, he decided to be cautious and bought some secrets from Jayâs secretary. eventually learning about the planned marriage alliance between the Coles and Seymours.
Jayâs son, Reuben, was not the publicly known one. As far as Kevan knew, the real Reuben was an ugly and useless waste of space. There was no way Xavier and Yvette would give Lana, their precious daughter, in marriage to him.
In other words, they could only target Larissa. Kevan had considered stopping it in advance, but after careful consideration, he finally decided to play along with their scheme.