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.

carefully. At that moment, he felt as though

“Darling?” he uttered softly.

“Yes?”

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

frenzy. She could not even look at

upset. It now dawned on her that she was the root

Many thoughts rushed through her head in an instance. Still holding onto the hot chocolate, Sasha started to recount the

holding his breath just so

looking for me at

Sebastian was still waiting for her to elaborate on the matter, Sasha continued, “I’ve already denied my involvement in that matter, but he insisted that his mother

as she recalled how worried and

because of that and Yancy was very much involved in that matter

mean she’s

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

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

started

her son. And at the same time, she

Sasha nodded in assent as tears trickled down her

me earlier? Do

that.” She looked into his

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