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.

studied her stupefied expression carefully. At that moment,

“Darling?” he uttered softly.

“Yes?”

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

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

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

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

to keep silent. He was holding his breath

said something to him, that was why he came looking for me at the hospital to thank me

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 everything, so

her head. Her eyes welled up as she recalled how

because of that and Yancy was very

mean she’s aware of

matter. I thought I only needed to have a brief word with you about letting him go. But I didn’t expect

believe me this once. I have no other choice. I don’t want that woman to

started

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

exactly right!” Sasha nodded in assent as tears

you tell me earlier?

It’s not like that.” She looked

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