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.

and studied her stupefied expression carefully. At

“Darling?” he uttered softly.

“Yes?”

and locked eyes with Sebastian, she tried but failed to conceal

into a frenzy. She could not even look at the man in the eyes without

It now dawned on her that she was the root problem. However, she

for me at the 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

was holding his breath just so he would

him, that was why he came looking for me at

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.

she recalled how

Solomon did come looking for me because of that and Yancy was very much involved in that matter

mean she’s aware of this

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 turn around and did something so evil!” With a heavy heart, Sasha told him part of the truth. To make it

no other choice. I don’t want that woman to lay a

started to

you’re saying that she has planned all these so that I’d let go of her

right!” Sasha nodded in assent as tears trickled down

you tell me earlier? Do you

not like that.” She looked