The Love that Never Really Dies

Sasha was thinking of apologizing to appease him enough to stay.

Before she could finish, Devin interjected. “I want to ask you something. If something were to happen to your child that day, what would you do?”

“What?”

“I know that it wasn’t my mother’s doing. But the fact remains that your children were still poisoned. After that, you have nursed the children back to health fairly quickly. Forgive me for being presumptuous, but I can’t help suspecting that you’ve concocted that story to set my mother up.”

Sasha was stunned, not expecting him to have turned it around against her.

She stared at him with wide unblinking eyes, wondering if she had misheard him.

“What are you saying? What story?”

“Do you not understand? I sympathize with what you did, I really do. Charles and his family are gone. Connor is no longer here as well. The only person left to have caused your family to be broken up is me. Isn’t dealing with me the next logical step for you?”

As he spoke, he reached a hand out toward her face.

Before Sasha could react, she felt two fingers beneath her chin preceding a forceful tug and a sudden chill. Her mask was peeled off so quickly that it took her completely by surprise.

“You-”

Her mind a blank, she stood glaring at him wordlessly.

Devin too was momentarily stunned, not expecting to actually peel off her face.

Another possible reason for his reaction was that it was the first time he was gazing upon the true face of the woman whose death he had almost caused.

so seconds, Sasha

snatched back her face from his hand, stumbling backward as

it was me. Very well, Devin! Under these circumstances, you could still think of me that way. Sebastian is very lucky to

the torrent of emotions within her, she laughed jeeringly in an attempt to hide how

turned pale. “I-I didn’t do it on

this way for us to

felt slightly assured. “Okay. What would you like to

you mean by what you said earlier? Why did you think I was luring your mother out? Do

Devin, his gaze darkening

indignation. How could

way. Since the bloodline of Jared was extinct, his would

Sasha clenched her fists.

am not thinking of

eyes brightened up considerably like an extinguished ember

Aside from still recovering from having all the bones in my body broken, my face is still in ruins. The reason why I wear a face mask is so that my face could heal. Other than that, I could spare no energy thinking

did mean every word. Being a patient recuperating from severe injuries, she could not handle too much at the moment. Vengeance was something

important thing to her at that juncture was that she

his greatest worry neutralized, Devin

the couple, he was

his mind about Sebastian, he opted to back out and save himself the pain and embarrassment

confirming that she had no intention

he found

“I know now.”

“What do you know?”