He raised an eyebrow as he waited for her answer.

"I'm not interested," Larissa replied, refusing to play along with him.

Edmund clicked his tongue in disappointment. Propping his arm on the back of the chair, he slunk onto the seat.

"Well, my sister-in-law told my brother that she was going out shopping with a friend, but she was spotted meeting Kevan at the Microworks Building. She was there for the whole day. Who knows? Maybe they were together when you were kidnapped, which is why Kevan didn't come to rescue you."

Larissa wanted to tell him that it wasn't merely a possibility but that was the case.

"Cody now suspects that my sister-in-law and Kevan are having an affair. After all, they had something between them in the past, but she married my brother in the end," Edmund said. His chin was slightly raised, and he could hardly mask the pride in his voice. "It shows that my brother had a stronger appeal than Kevan in the past, but not anymore … Now Kevan is wealthier, so women