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.

spending some time with the children, Sebastian asked her to go upstairs

care of the

gave me?

the doctor here.” Sebastian threw the tube of medication aside

Vivian back to

wanted his parents to spend more

of the sunshine. She had had a good night’s rest. Just as she was about to stretch, she was surprised to find

it was really

awake and

the man up close for a long time before her

What a handsome man!

he looked relaxed and the severity on his face was nowhere to be seen. Sasha looked

you done

and

She was caught red-handed.

“You’re drooling.”

a good look at her. He laughed seeing the embarrassment

know I was already awake,

She looks cute now.

“What were you thinking?”

with her words, not knowing what to say. When she sensed him coming closer, she quickly moved aside, but it was too