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.

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

“Darling?” he uttered softly.

“Yes?”

eyes with Sebastian, she tried but failed to conceal the frantic state that she

into a frenzy. She could not even look at the man in the

now dawned on her that she was the root

looking for me at the hospital the other day, but it wasn’t what you think.” Many thoughts rushed through her head

keep silent. He was holding his breath just so he would not

to him, that was why he came looking for me at the hospital to thank me for begging you to let him

Sasha continued, “I’ve already denied my involvement in that matter, but he insisted that his mother had told

her head. Her eyes welled up as she recalled how worried and terrified she

didn’t lie about this part. Solomon did come looking for me because of that and Yancy was very

she’s aware

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!”

believe me this once. I have no other choice. I don’t want that woman to lay a finger on him. But at the same time,

the man started to believe

you’re saying that she has planned all these so that I’d let go of her son. And at the same time, she also tried

exactly right!” Sasha nodded in assent as tears trickled down

you tell me earlier? Do you

like that.” She looked