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

“Darling?” he uttered softly.

“Yes?”

and locked eyes with Sebastian, she tried

She could not even look at the man in the

and making her upset. It now dawned on her that she was the root problem. However, she was struggling to

He did 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 holding onto the hot chocolate, Sasha started to

silent. He was holding his breath

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

in that matter, but he insisted that his mother had told

lowered her head. Her eyes welled up as she recalled how worried and terrified she had felt on those

come looking for me because of that and Yancy was very much involved in that matter

she’s aware of

only needed to have a brief word with you about letting him go. But I

to lay a finger on him. But

started

let go of her son. And at the same time, she also tried to sow discord between

in assent as tears trickled

didn’t you tell me earlier? Do you still

It’s not like that.”