The Love that Never Really Dies (Sasha and Sebastian)

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, he felt as though he had just

“Darling?” he uttered softly.

“Yes?”

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

a frenzy. She could not even look at the

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

for me at the hospital the other day, but it wasn’t what you think.” Many thoughts rushed

continued to keep silent. He was holding his breath just

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

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

lowered her head. Her eyes welled up as she recalled how

for me because of

mean she’s aware

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, she swapped over the part where Yancy had

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

man started to

these so that I’d let go of her son. And at the same time, she also tried to sow discord

right!” Sasha nodded in assent as tears trickled down her

earlier?

It’s not like that.” She looked into