After Violet got down from the car, Larissa let out a sigh of relief. Prior to that, there were several instances in which she did not know how to pick up after Violet's conversations. Moreover, Kevan displayed a demeanor of indifference and detachment, only focusing on driving even when her awkwardness was so obvious. He never once helped rescue her from her predicament.

Seeing the discreet glare Larissa was giving him through the rearview mirror, Kevan's lips twitched upward.

"If you don't want to be troubled by my mother, don't ever attend this sort of event with her again," Kevan admonished.

Having learned her lesson, Larissa would naturally not make the same mistake. "But Chris is pretty cute," she said sincerely. "I guess it's worth the nagging from Mom."

Kevan was intrigued, and he deliberately asked her jeeringly, "What, you want to have children now?"

Larissa denied it at once. "No!"

Entertaining someone else's kid was one thing; raising one's own child was another. She