Sweet Subterfuge novel by Trina Duo
Chapter 365

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?"

"I remembered that Mr. Shields came over from Covenford, so he is not so familiar with the roads in Bartham. Hence, I came back to pick him up." Kevan used Dylan as his excuse as he pretended to look around inside and asked, "Where's Mr. Shields?"

"He just left!" Ruby smiled tightly. "He probably hasn't gone very far. How about calling him and asking?"

Just at this moment, a huffing and puffing Dylan came in, having taken the elevator after Kevan's. The two people in the apartment turned to look at him. Having just arrived, Dylan had no idea what was going on, so he did not bother to speak, just trading stares with the other two.

"Mr. Shields?" Kevan's eyes widened just the right amount, expressing his surprise. "Did you follow me up because you saw me coming up?"

Dylan nodded. "Indeed."

Kevan then asked deliberately, "But why did you leave so early? I thought you were going to have a long chat."

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.