"There's no need." Larissa declined Edmund's offer with a reasonable excuse. "It's just a game to pass the time. Regardless of whether I'm good or bad at poker, as the youngest, I should be the one to lose."

Her words immediately gained unanimous praise from Maria and Nancy.

"What a sensible child!"

"Young people nowadays should have such awareness!"

Frankly, Violet didn't care whether Larissa lost money or not. Her insistence on having Kevan come upstairs was to prevent him from spending time with Ruby, but she was a step too late.

Violet felt a throbbing headache coming on.

Even though Kevan assured her that nothing was going on between him and Ruby, she was still worried that problems would arise. More importantly, she was afraid that Larissa would overthink.

Meanwhile …

"Thanks for agreeing to come out with me," Ruby said to Kevan.

"It's nothing," Kevan replied with a faint smile as he drove.

Silently, Ruby stared at his side profile for a long time. Suddenly, she