The Love that Never Really Dies

“What a dumbass.”

Sebastian turned toward her, fixing his gaze on the woman who was slipping into slumber.

“Is it painful?” he asked.

“No…”

Sasha was drifting into sleep when she heard him speaking vaguely.

For the past five years, she had constantly kept her suffering to herself and told her children she was fine despite how much pain she felt.

Her brows stitched tightly because of the pain and she flipped on her side to cuddle in his arms. His warm embrace made her pain much more bearable.

“You’ll be fine.” His voice echoed softly in her ears as he patted her to sleep.

Over at the Hayes Residence, the somber house instantly became vivacious with the arrival of the three children.

Everyone—except for Frederick—was electrified when they knew they were coming.

“Matteo, do you want to go to my house? I happen to have a lot of delicious food at home,” one of the relatives offered.

“Matt, you and Ian should come to my house instead. I have a huge playground at my place. You guys will love it!”

“Cut it out. I asked them first.”

at their respective places, but it went without saying that they had ulterior

kids to visit their places was that they were adorable. There was not a single person who would say no to the children, but

and his siblings were caught in a dilemma. Since they could not get out of the situation, Matteo decided to just flash the

y’all

nodded in

She kept herself occupied with the little yam plant in the garden, trying to dig it out of the soil. She had heard that Frederick was the one

other

man was pleased when all the adults came to ask for his

had three sons of his own, he

capacious. There were more than ten courtyards and the whole area was able to house everyone. One would easily get lost wandering around the compound unguided. It would take more than a day to

was for this reason that the Hayes did not break away from the family residence and go out to

he found out that everyone was eager to invite his grandchildren

your place, Roderick.” Frederick spelled the verdict after some

“Alrighty!”

the children were going home with him, he leaped like a happy kid in front of

pride and marched out of the door under everyone’s

y’all the green light

to

shot Ian a curious gaze. “He’s the one who gave me the gold pendant last time,

Ian nodded briefly.

child did not seem excited about the news at all. To be precise, there was a hint of

reluctance elicited a

when they found out the children were