Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 221

“Huh?” Larissa was puzzled. “Why should I go home with you?”

However, Kevan didn’t answer her question directly. Instead, he said, “We’re getting married.

tomorrow,”

“Married? What are you talking about?” Larissa couldn’t quite grasp Kevan’s statement.

He slightly pursed his lips and replied, “We’re going to register our marriage.”

She could sense a hint of displeasure seeping through his cold tone.

Simultaneously, her new phone made a “ding” sound, and a bank notification popped up on the screen. “Your debit card ending in 4408 received a deposit of 20,000,000 dollars on January 2, 2019, at 20:07. Your balance is now 20,023.125 86 dollars.1

She stared at the amount, counting the zeros behind the “2” multiple times just to be sure.

“20 million dollars?”

This amount

She looked at Kevan, who also noticed the message. He calmly uttered, “Dowry.” Instantly, she felt flustered and apprehensive.. All content is © N0velDrama.Org.

‘I demanded 20 million as a dowry just to scare Jay away…

She had no intention of asking Kevan for that much money. In fact, she hadn’t even considered marrying him in the first place!

“You said you’d register the marriage once you received the dowry.” He held onto this point firmly. disregarding the circumstances under which Larissa had uttered those words or whether she had

been serious about it.

He squinted his eyes, and his tone turned cold. “Or are you planning to listen to your mother and marry Jay?”

“No!” She quickly denied it.

Marrying Jay was completely out of the question. She had finally managed to escape from the Seymour family, and it would be insane for her to return and wade through that mess again

“Think it over,” Kevan said. He reasoned with her as he presented the facts.

“Even if Jay is out of the picture, your family will find someone else for you. Only when you get. married will they completely abandon this idea.”

She agreed with everything he said and didn’t object to marrying him either. But the idea of marrying into a wealthy family terrified her. After all, her mother’s cautionary tale served as a warning. She had witnessed how picky Xavier’s parents and relatives were toward Yvette.

Despite being a beauty queen and adored by millions of people, she was treated as lowly as a servant in the presence of those elder relatives. As a result, her temper worsened, and even the slightest thing would provoke her wrath. Such a life was too terrifying, and Larissa didn’t want to follow in Yvette’s footsteps.

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“Marriage involves more than just the two of us.” She used this reason to refuse Kevan. “I can disregard my mother’s wishes, but what about you?”

Wealthy people placed great importance on matching status. Someone like her, who had been divorced once and was an illegitimate child with an unknown biological father, might not meet his parents‘ standards.

“If that’s your concem… Kevan smiled. There was a glint in his eyes, and his tone became lighter as he continued, “As long as the person I bring back is a woman, my parents will be very happy.”

He had been single for so many years, without a girlfriend or even rumored romantic partners. His mother had inquired more than once to Dylan whether her son was gay. Not to mention Dylan had teased him about it several times.

Dylan, who was driving, couldn’t help but burst into laughter upon hearing Kevan’s reply as he

recalled those times.

“That’s right, Dylan said, trying his best to hold back his laughter as Kevan shot him a death stare.

“His parents really aren’t picky. Moreover, Kevan only goes back home once a year. You don’t have to worry about conflicts with the in–laws, and there’s no need to fret about them flying over specifically to find fault with you. They have better things to do.”

Larissa’s heart began to waver.