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.

seconds, Sasha regained

snatched back her face from his hand, stumbling backward

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

jeeringly in an attempt to hide how she truly

didn’t do it

better this way for us

assured. “Okay. What would

think I should be asking you that question. What did you mean by what you said earlier? Why did you think I was luring your mother out? Do you think of me as an

demanded Devin, his gaze darkening like never

with indignation. How could

she could not blame him for thinking this way. Since the bloodline of Jared was extinct, his

Sasha clenched her fists.

thinking of avenging myself just

an extinguished ember

whether you choose to believe it or not. As I’ve said, I do not have the intention to avenge myself just yet. 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

not handle too much at the moment. Vengeance was something that would cost too much energy

thing to her at that juncture

worry neutralized, Devin brightened

the couple, he

Devin had noticed that Jonathan changed his mind about Sebastian, he opted to back out and save himself the

that she had no intention of

suddenly felt that he

“I know now.”

“What do you know?”

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