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 that moment, he felt as though he had

“Darling?” he uttered softly.

“Yes?”

tried but failed to conceal the frantic state that she

a frenzy. She could not even look at the man in

the past few days, she had been blaming Sebastian for behaving unreasonably and making her upset. It now dawned on her that she was the root

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

was holding his breath just so he would not miss a

Solomon’s mother had said something to him, that was why he came looking for me at the hospital to thank

as Sebastian was 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

as she recalled how worried

part. Solomon did come looking for me because of that and Yancy was very

she’s aware

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 more believable,

choice. I don’t want that woman to lay a finger on him. But at

the man started to believe

of her son. And at the same time, she also tried to sow discord between both

Sasha nodded in assent as tears trickled down her

tell me earlier?

It’s not like that.” She looked into