Chapter 246
Sweet Subterfuge
Kevanâs care suddenly focused on her wrists and Larissa lollowed his gare. Only then did she discover the dark red marks from Dorianâs grip on her earlier. The marks were obvious due to how far her skin was,
Kevanâs gaze carkened, and it was a little sinister how dark it got
Larissa shuddered involuntarily as he took two steps forward, grabbing her arm to raise it. He then asked in a low voice. âCole did this?â
Larissa did not need to lie. âYeah.â
Biting his ip, Kevan asked again. âDoes it hurt?â
Larissaâs mind wert blank as she found hersell captivated by his mesmenting eyes. In a daar, she replied, âYeah.â Her voice was soll with a hint of hurt. It sounded very much like she was trying to seek attention from him. When Larissa came back to her senses, she was chagrined. What on earth had she done?
Kevanâs eyes narrowed, and the cold aura coming from sim grew heavier. He pushed her onto the sola and retrieved a first aid kit to treat her wrists. While he was applying some soothing cream, he finally remembered Dylan, âReuben confessed and gave a name. Itâs not Jay.â
âAre you sure theyâre telling the truth?â Dylan did not quite believe him.
âWait-â Larissa interrupted them with confusion. âWhat? Reuben? Wasnât it supposed to be Darlan?â
These two Cole cousins were completely different from each other. Once you had met them, there was no way you could confuse them.
âThe one you met today is the real Reuben, Jayâs biogical son.â Kevan patiently explained to her. âJay is the type to care a lot about his reputation and image. He feared that people would laugh at how st upid his son is, so he publicly switched his nephewâs identity for his
sonâs.â
Larissa suddenly recalled that Reuben-no. I should be Dorian, who told her that the Cole family had many untold secrets back at the Seymour family home. She supposed this was one of them.
She nodded twice to show her understanding.
Kevan continued to answer Dylanâs question, âI can tell they were lying.â In order to survive in that large, complicated family, his lather sent him abroad te barn about micro-expresslors with an expert in the field.
Dylan naturally thought of this too. âThen what name did Reuben give? Who is it?â
Kevan looked at Larissa who panicked, a sense of dread engulfing her,
âTheyâre related to Larissa?â Dylan asked.
Kevan simply gave the answer. âIt was Lana.â
Larissa was surprised, and yet she was also not
The Seymours anginally tried to facilitate a marriage between her and the Cole family. It was because of Kevanâs sudden visit last time that they missed the opportunity, so they probably were not willing to give up.
However, Lana still did this with the knowledge that she had married Kevan Did she think that Kevan would divorce her once Reuben had tanted her?
âWho put the micro camera there? Dylan asked again.
Larissa really wanted to know too.
âReuben said that Lana gave it to him and told him in put it in the room. The police checked. The lootage from the camera will be instantly sent to the cloud, and you can check it by simply logging in to your account on a computer. They also managed to obtain a set of IP addresses that visited the cloud recently, and itâs bum Microworksâ Internal networkâ
The evidence of the cloud being accessed from within Microworksâ internal network provided lurther support for the claim of Lanaâs involvement.
âWith an accurate set of IP addresses, weâd be able to determine which computer II was, right?â
Microworks was the countryâs top IT company, and they had the best technicians. Checking an IP address would only take a lew minutes.
Yes. Itâs a computer operated by StreamWave. He says he has no idea about this.â