Larissa hated taking pictures. This weird quirk was because of a very unhappy experience from her childhood.The Seymours were a typical rich family. When the first compact camera was just invented, Lana owned one when she was still in elementary school.Children were always curious about new things. As a result, whenever Lana ran around the Seymour Mansion taking pictures with her camera, Larissa would sometimes secretly watch Lana from her bedroom door.The camera film only had twenty snaps per film roll. The Seymours did not have a special darkroom, and it was rare for the photo studios on the streets to have one too.So, Lana always took several photos on several film rolls, and a driver would take them all to a photo studio several miles away to get them developed. After that, the photos would be brought home.Lana was young. The camera was more like a toy to her. She took very random photos, so there were too many films that were either too bright or too blurry. The photos c
Hearing the noise, Kevan threw down the spatula and ran out of the kitchen."What's wrong?" He was still wearing the apron with flowers printed on it. Larissa was already used to the comical sight of him wearing that apron."I'm. Fine." Larissa coughed out the two words with difficulty. She coughed so hard that she bent over with a hand on her chest.Kevan quickly poured a glass of warm water and pushed it into her hand.Larissa moved to the balcony. She pulled off her mask to drink the water.Having managed to calm down, Larissa glared sharply at the two guys who were watching her a far distance away. She said, "You two stay away from me!"Seeing that Kevan was going to walk over to where she was, she pointed a finger at him and shouted, "Especially you! Don't you dare come close!"Kevan frowned and stared at her in confusion. He did not understand why within a few short hours, she went from willingly hugging him to sleep to hating him so much she had to avoid him.Larissa's f
Kevan did not avoid Larissa's attacks. He just stood there and used his chest to bear it all.Larissa was really angry. She used a great deal of her strength to throw the pillow, but she did not expect that Kevan would just stand there and let her beat him.So, when she saw him sway dangerously, her guilt swallowed the rage from before, and words of concern escaped her mouth. "Are you okay?"The pillow fell off Kevan's body. He gripped his chest with pain, and there was a painful expression on his face.Larissa panicked even more. She threw the blanket off and got closer to him."Does it hurt?" she asked anxiously as she sat on her legs in front of him. She did not know what to do all of a sudden.Kevan did not say a single word as he gritted his teeth. He seemed to be in the greatest pain possible."Sorry …" Larissa's forehead began to sweat from her panic. She reached out to rub his chest but realized halfway through that this was not suitable.But she had not even pulled her
Larissa could sense the way Kevan treated her differently. But she was not sure if the difference in treatment was because of her or because of Aster.After all, he knew from the beginning that Aster was his son. Maybe his actions of pleasing her were all because of giving Aster a complete family.But that picture—Larissa rolled out of bed and quickly stormed out of the door. She scared the two people watching a cartoon on the couch. They turned around to stare at her."Mommy, have you finished eating?" Aster asked first."Not yet." Larissa forced a smile out with great difficulty. "I'm looking for your daddy." As she spoke, she looked at Kevan. "Come to the study with me."Kevan gave the remote control to Aster. As he stood up, he put his hand on the kid's head. "Watch by yourself, then shower and go to sleep when it's time. Do you understand?"Aster nodded. "Got it!" He smiled slyly like a fox. His eyes were sparkling. "Don't mind me. Chat for as long as you want!"Larissa g
Larissa licked her lips in disappointment as she muttered, "Then how the hell did you even know me …"Her high school life was incredibly simple. In order to get into an important university and change her fate by escaping the Seymour family, she spent every single moment of her life studying.Any free time she had she was studying at home and revising her work. She never wasted time on anything else. In other words, Kevan could not have known her at all unless he was in the same school as her.Larissa's blank expression did not seem fake. Kevan's tense feelings relaxed again. He had been excited and happy then because he thought she finally remembered him. But in the end, she did not, and disappointment took over Kevan.He'd had her in his heart for so many years. He thought of her every day and night and never forgot about her. He thought that he was special to her at least.But now he realized that he was only a random nobody to her. He never mattered in her life."I didn'
It was not a problem if Aster saw Larissa's picture. But if Aster told Wendy about it—Larissa could imagine how Wendy would laugh at her and what face she would make."I'll take the pictures for you now, okay?" She gave in helplessly.Kevan stood there and watched her. "Sure."Larissa pressed her lips together and raised her phone. She pointed the front camera at herself and randomly snapped a few shots.Her phone was an old one from last year. The front camera was not really good, and it did not have any pretty filter functions. Combined with her randomness—none of the pictures could be used.Kevan stared at her phone's photo album, and his frown grew deeper."I don't mean to force you to take pictures." He returned Larissa's phone to her. "If you're not willing …""I'm willing!" Larissa interrupted him. "I'll retake the pictures until you're satisfied. Okay?"Kevan looked hesitant."I'll take the pictures in whatever way you want!" Larissa patted her chest in promise."Fi
Larissa's body froze. She turned around to look at Aster.Aster seemed rather angry as he stared at Larissa with disapproval.Larissa quickly let go of Kevan. She was about to explain when the kid said, "You guys are not hugging me!" He pouted. Larissa found his hurt look very funny.Kevan was the calmest out of all three of them. He waved to Aster and said, "Come here."Aster's eyes lit up at once, and he ran to Kevan.Kevan gave Larissa his laptop and bent down to hug Aster.Aster hugged Kevan and left a big, wet kiss on his cheek. "Daddy's the best!"Kevan glanced at Larissa, who had a complicated look on her face as she stood there. He purposely asked Aster, "Is Mommy not good?""Mommy is good too!" Aster always liked to flatter his mother. He naturally would not "disrespect" her now. He quickly reached out to Larissa after saying that, adding, "I want Mommy's hug too!"Larissa let her son drag her over. Aster's arms were hugging both Kevan and Larissa. It made the thr
Aster agreed. "Oh, okay."Kevan gave Larissa a weird smile. "If you need to work, you can use my laptop."Larissa sneered at him. "Thank you for that, but I don't. Flipping. Need it!"…The kid had seen Larissa and Kevan sleeping in the same bed. He now wanted to sleep with them together.Although Larissa's fever was gone, her cold was not gone. Worried that she would pass it to him, she persuaded Aster to not sleep with her. In the end, this whole thing ended with Kevan going over to accompany him to bed.Larissa was happy to have the whole bed to herself. She even childishly rolled around the bed a few times. But when she turned off the lights and listened to her own breathing, she felt that the bed was too empty. It made her feel a little lonely.When she realized that, she felt terrified. She hid herself under the blanket and curled up under it. She also hugged herself. But even with that, she was unable to stop herself from feeling lonely.She tossed and turned a lot tha