Returning from the Dead: His Secret Lover

So it was all because of that. Oh… he already knew.

Paralyzed by an overwhelming sense of terror, Sasha was as still as a statue. Her mind was in such a mess she could not make heads or tails.

“Darling?”

Her catatonic state alarmed him, making his heart sink further.

Is there really something going on between them?

The man fell silent.

For a few seconds, the world was reduced to just the two of them sitting side by side in the dining carriage. It was a pin drop silence and definitely resembled the calm before the storm.

The silence was finally broken by the service staff who had returned with the hot chocolate. “Is everything okay?”

He, too, sensed the palpable tension in the air and felt a tingle in his scalp.

Fortunately for him, Sasha snapped back to reality upon his entrance.

“Oh… It’s all right. Is this hot chocolate? Thank you very much,” she said while taking over the cup with her icy cold hand.

Sasha was holding it as though it was not some steamy hot chocolate in a porcelain teacup.

and studied her stupefied expression carefully. At that moment, he felt as though

“Darling?” he uttered softly.

“Yes?”

up and locked eyes with Sebastian, she tried but failed to conceal the frantic

into a frenzy. She could not even look at

making her upset. It now dawned on her that she was the root problem. However, she was struggling to offer a good explanation

the other day, but it wasn’t what you think.” Many

man continued to keep silent. He was holding his breath

he came looking for

continued, “I’ve already denied my involvement in that matter, but he insisted that his mother had told him everything, so I panicked. I was afraid that you’d be upset about his

lowered her head. Her eyes welled up as she recalled

for me because of that and Yancy was very much

mean she’s aware of

dad. I’m not so sure. But my dad came looking for me regarding this matter. I thought I only needed to have a brief word with you about letting him go. But I didn’t expect her to turn around and did something so evil!” With a heavy heart, Sasha told him part of the truth. To make it more believable, she

don’t want that woman to lay a finger on him. But at the same time, I cannot let him find out the secret

the man started to believe her

of her son. And at the same time, she also tried to

assent as tears trickled down

me earlier?

like that.” She looked into his