The Love that Never Really Dies

So it was all because of that. Oh… he already knew.

Paralyzed by an overwhelming sense of terror, Sasha was as still as a statue. Her mind was in such a mess she could not make heads or tails.

“Darling?”

Her catatonic state alarmed him, making his heart sink further.

Is there really something going on between them?

The man fell silent.

For a few seconds, the world was reduced to just the two of them sitting side by side in the dining carriage. It was a pin drop silence and definitely resembled the calm before the storm.

The silence was finally broken by the service staff who had returned with the hot chocolate. “Is everything okay?”

He, too, sensed the palpable tension in the air and felt a tingle in his scalp.

Fortunately for him, Sasha snapped back to reality upon his entrance.

“Oh… It’s all right. Is this hot chocolate? Thank you very much,” she said while taking over the cup with her icy cold hand.

Sasha was holding it as though it was not some steamy hot chocolate in a porcelain teacup.

At

“Darling?” he uttered softly.

“Yes?”

she tried but failed to conceal the frantic

even look at

and making her upset. It now dawned on her that she was the root problem. However, she was struggling to offer a good explanation for what had

hospital the other day, but it wasn’t what you think.” Many thoughts rushed through her head in an instance. Still holding onto the hot

his breath just so

he came looking for me at the hospital to thank me for

still waiting for her to elaborate on the matter, Sasha continued, “I’ve already denied my involvement in that matter, but he insisted that his mother had told him everything, so I panicked. I was afraid that you’d be upset about his visit,

head. Her eyes welled up as she recalled how worried and

because of that and Yancy was

You mean she’s aware

might have approached my dad. I’m not so sure. But my dad came looking for me regarding this matter. I thought I only needed to have a brief word with you about letting him go. But I didn’t expect her to

one lie. I need him to believe me this once. I have no other choice. I don’t want that woman to lay a finger on him. But at the same time,

the man started to believe

so that I’d let go of her son.

Sasha nodded in assent as tears trickled

me earlier?

that.” She looked into