Sweet Subterfuge novel by Trina Duo novel Chapter 364

This question of his really stumped Kevan. Thinking it through carefully, Kevan said uncertainly, "I don't … think so? Anyway, I've never seen her act out when I was with her."

"But earlier …" Dylan told Kevan everything he had heard, which made the latter frown deeper as a hint of panic appeared on his face.

"You're saying … she was looking for a cat?"

"Yeah." Dylan nodded. "She doesn't seem to like that cat. Just kept yelling as she tried looking for it. She sounded near hysterical, I'm telling you, just like she has bipolar disorder or something."

The moment Dylan finished speaking, Kevan was already out of the car.

"Hey! Where are you going?" Dylan also unfastened his seat belt and hurried down after him too.

Kevan had returned to Ruby's place, and she had found the kitten. When Kevan went inside, she saw her strangling Muffin's neck with one hand, a twisted, hideous smile on her face. Muffin was meowing in agony; her voice was so pitiful even as her four limbs flailed in the air.

Kevan's breathing stopped for a second, and his heart nearly forgot to beat. He nearly rushed over and saved Muffin, but rationality still won over recklessness. Backing all the way up to the entrance hall, he pretended to have come in again and called, "Ruby?"

Ruby froze and quickly hugged the kitten to her, putting away her hideous expression before turning around slowly.

"Kevan?" Her surprise was not faked. "I thought you went back to the company? Why did you come back?"

The moment he said that, Ruby's face turned pale. She watched Dylan nervously, worried that he might say something that made her look bad. Dylan, on the other hand, did not "disappoint" her.

"Ms. Cole said that she was tired and wanted to rest, so she had me leave first. I saw that she had no intention of continuing the conversation, so I did not find it appropriate to stay."

Kevan had not yet spoken when Ruby hurriedly explained, "I'm really tired. This cutie here—" She showed them Muffin. "Gave me trouble for the whole night yesterday, so much so that I didn't sleep well. Then it hid in the morning and made me find it for a good while. Look, I just managed to catch it."

Muffin did not collaborate with her lie. Her eyes were wide with fear, and when she saw Kevan, it was like she had seen her savior, meowing frantically as she tried to jump over to him.