The Love that Never Really Dies

He darted upstairs without even changing his shoes after he got in. He looked around and went toward the beam of light shining through the door.

“You’re back?”

Sasha was reading the children bedtime stories as they sat around her on the floor carpet. When she heard the door open, she looked up with anticipation and smiled widely at him. The yellow light from the bedside lit the room dimly and the scene warmed Sebastian’s heart.

She’s so happy to see me.

He felt a gush of bliss in his heart.

Sebastian took off his shoes before entering. “How’s Matteo?”

“He’s better now. I think he ate something wrong. I heard from Vivi that they had some peaches at their grand-uncle’s place.”

Seeing Sebastian coming over to take care of Matteo, Sasha stood up and got ready to go downstairs to make Sebastian something to eat.

“You don’t have to cook anything. I had dinner with the staff at the company just now. It’s the last day of the month.”

“Ah, right.”

Sasha stopped and went back to the children.

She realized that it had become a habit for her to cook for Sebastian. It used to be him asking her to do so, but somehow she started doing it even when he did not even ask her to.

asked her to go upstairs with him so he could check if

come over and take care of the children before following Sebastian to his

the medication you gave me? I’m feeling a little

threw the tube of medication aside and carried her

smiled and pulled Vivian

wanted his parents to

the following day, Sasha woke up to the first ray of the sunshine. She had had a good

was

herself awake and was

up close for a long time before her

What a handsome man!

showered on his face generously, augmenting his chiseled features and defined brows. Now that he was sleeping, he looked relaxed and the severity on his face was nowhere to be seen. Sasha looked at his face adoringly until his fine sets of long lashes flapped alarmingly at

done admiring

back and evaded his

She was caught red-handed.

“You’re drooling.”

turned to his side and took a good look at her. He laughed seeing the embarrassment on her face as

even know I was already awake, but

She looks cute now.

“What were you thinking?”

not knowing what to say. When she sensed him