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.

expression carefully. At that moment, he felt as though he had just

“Darling?” he uttered softly.

“Yes?”

eyes with Sebastian, she tried but failed to

frenzy. She could not even look at the man

she had been blaming Sebastian for behaving unreasonably and making her upset. It now dawned on her that she was the

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

keep silent. He was holding his

mother had said something to him, that was why he came looking for me at

elaborate on the matter, Sasha 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 visit, that was why I’ve decided to keep

she recalled how worried and terrified she had felt on those

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

she’s

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 swapped over the

to lay a finger on him. But at the same time,

started to believe her

you’re saying that she has planned all these so that I’d let go of her son. And at

in assent as tears trickled

you tell me earlier? Do you

like that.” She looked into