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.

timidly, and from a short distance

that had only

that one time when he had an episode, and she happened

of them. He was afraid that, once his family found out about him, they would take measures to control him or restrict his

secretly contacted his uncle who was living abroad

cat until it took its

was taken to the hospital by his

kept in his room in virtue of the authoritative diagnosis by the hospital. He had not stepped out of the

until six years later that his uncle finally managed to persuade his

he disliked Sasha

for her, his uncle might have secretly

in a living hell. All because of

if that was not enough, a most unbearable fate was waiting for him. When he finally got out of that painful

How ironic!

sharp sword, covered in dust for many years. How he wanted to cut her open right then and see for himself what was inside of

particular year, he never saw little Sasha

the exact same thing for the entirety of six

And so he ate.

said: Have something sweet to forget the bitterness in

Are you having

Sasha gulped.

his sleeves in front of her. When provoked, he would fire up immediately; when obeyed, he would behave

he gotten so calm? The stillness is

“No.”

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