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.

her and studied her stupefied expression carefully. At that moment,

“Darling?” he uttered softly.

“Yes?”

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

mind went into a frenzy. She could not even

upset. It now dawned on her that she was the root problem. However, she was struggling to offer

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

his breath just so he would

came looking for me at the

in that matter, but he insisted that his mother had told him everything,

as she recalled how worried and

lie about this part. Solomon did come looking for me because of that and

she’s

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

this once. I have no other choice. I don’t want that woman to lay a finger on him. But

started

all these so that I’d let go of her son. And at the same time, she

Sasha nodded in assent as tears trickled

you tell me earlier? Do you still

not like that.” She looked into

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