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.

and studied her stupefied expression carefully. At that moment, he felt as though he had just fallen into

“Darling?” he uttered softly.

“Yes?”

eyes with Sebastian, she tried but failed to

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

had been blaming Sebastian for behaving unreasonably and making her upset. It now dawned on her that she was the root problem. However, she was struggling to offer a good explanation for what

you think.” Many thoughts rushed through

keep silent. He was holding his breath just so

that was why he came looking for me at the

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 I panicked. I was afraid that you’d be upset about

she recalled how worried and terrified she had felt on

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

You mean she’s aware of this

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

choice. I don’t want that woman to lay a finger on him. But at the same time, I cannot let him find out

man started

you’re saying that she has planned all these so that I’d let go of her son. And at the same time, she also tried to sow

assent as tears

didn’t you tell me earlier? Do you

It’s not like that.” She