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.

still

couldn't move

Night fell.

every student from the Faculty of Finance to her place for a

the while, worried

at the Neal residence, many of his classmates took the initiative to greet him,

eventually left him and headed

didn't Yasmin

I

of the girls couldn't help but

had arrived just in time to hear

“Is she not here?”

not, Susan. Did Zaylynn not invite her?”

how spoiled and willful Zaylynn was, she still had her manners and would surely not leave anyone out after inviting the entire

over to

did invite her. I even sent her a personal text, but she's not

not coming.

better if she doesn't come,” the other

consoled the young

Yasmin did show up

her shoulders, and a flawless face, she captured everyone's attention as soon as she

She was absolutely gorgeous.

Susan couldn't help but compare her to