Returning from the Dead: His Secret Lover

“To be filled with confusion and terror is like being completely engulfed in darkness. I would force myself to sleep, thinking that once I woke up, we would've returned to the past before anything had ever happened—to the time your brother was still your brother, or maybe to when I still hadn't met him. Do you know what we call that?”

Ian suddenly stopped talking and stared straight at the woman standing before him.

Standing in place, Yasmin now felt as though she had been stripped bare, and all her deepest thoughts had come to light.

It was as if the young man had completely seen through her with just his gaze.

What do we call that?

It's called running away. It's called numbing oneself out.

As a psychology major, Yasmin understood this concept more than anyone else did. Why is he suddenly telling me all this? Could he have found out about something?

The woman was so fearful that she tremored from head to toe.

But to her surprise, Ian then packed his books and got up to leave without another word.

Yasmin quietly watched him exit the hall.

The moment he disappeared, she felt as though she had lost every ounce of her strength.

Thud!

The young woman slumped to the floor, leaning against the door behind her after suddenly recalling how Ian and Susan had handed things over to the police right after discovering a lead.

meant Ian was still giving

move at

Night fell.

invited every student from the Faculty

Ian all the while,

brows upon arriving at the Neal residence, many of his classmates took

that, Susan eventually left him and headed over

didn't Yasmin

right. I haven't

series of chattering, one of the girls couldn't

just in time to

“Is she not here?”

Zaylynn not invite her?” someone

manners and would surely not leave anyone

over to

text, but she's not here. That's not my

Susan assured with a smile. “It's her loss for not coming. Look at all the good food

if she doesn't

the young

their surprise, Yasmin did show up

black hair cascading down her shoulders, and a flawless face, she captured everyone's attention as soon as

She was absolutely gorgeous.

compare her to