The Love that Never Really Dies

Sebastian said nothing.

But his gaze fell sternly and steadily on her face for the first time in so many years.

When exactly did he start hating her?

If he remembered correctly, when he was around the age of ten, the Wand family moved into town out of the blue. They were originally from the North. Soon after that, Mr. and Mrs. Wand brought Sasha, who was only five years old then, to meet the Hayes. Young Sebastian was told that the girl would be his future wife.

At that time, a ten-year-old boy had yet to grasp the meaning of love.

But, on that day, he saw with his own eyes how her parents rejoiced at the arrangement. The look of pleasure on their faces, and the way the little girl gawked at him…

They filled him with disgust.

He saw the clinging greed in their eyes. He saw the little girl’s idiocy. He hated them all.

But later, the adults of the Wand family got really close to his father. They often dropped by for visits with little Sasha in tow. And whenever they came over, they would leave the foolish girl in his company.

“Sebby, would you like an orange?”

Young Sasha was actually very gentle, just like Vivian.

Every time she came to visit the Hayes and met the handsome boy who never showed his emotions, she would always offer him her favorite candy.

But Sebastian had never appreciated her kindness.

He did not like her, so naturally, he did not like everything else about her. He would snatch the candy from her, toss it on the ground, and then stomp on it a couple of times to get her to leave!

Young Sasha’s eyes were always red and swollen, swimming with tears.

but very soon she would come back again. She would observe him timidly, and from a short distance away. She was like a piece of sticky bubble gum that he could never seem to

had only

one time when he had an episode, and she happened to run

confide in any of them. He was afraid that, once his family found out

secretly contacted his uncle who

witnessed him lose control and strangle the family cat until

taken to the

the beginning of his endless treatment. Even after he was taken home, he was kept in his room in virtue of the authoritative diagnosis

uncle finally managed to persuade his

saying that he disliked Sasha

towards the woman. If it had not been for

to spend six years in a living hell. All because

waiting for him. When he finally got out of that painful abyss, he still had

How ironic!

was like a sharp sword, covered in dust for many years. How he

the incident of that particular year, he never saw

served that night looked too familiar to him. Of course, he had been eating the exact same thing for the entirety of six terrible years. From the very beginning when he turned a blind eye to the fruit until the very last one, which appeared alongside a letter wrapped

And so he ate.

something sweet to forget

you? Are you having

Sasha gulped.

seen him look like this. The man had always worn his emotions on his sleeves in front of her. When provoked, he would fire up immediately; when

so calm?

“No.”

He slowly retracted his gaze. For an instant, his thin lips turned pale and his voice raspy, as though lead