The Love that Never Really Dies (Sasha and Sebastian)

The housemaid felt bad for not doing her job well, but Vivian fell into deep thought while staring long and hard at the ribbon.

Withered flowers? What withered flowers?

As she continued to rack her brain, she noticed a faint scent of sandalwood on the ribbon.

Sandalwood? Could this be...

Suddenly, Vivian felt a sharp pain in her chest as all sorts of emotions surged uncontrollably through her mind.

She then grabbed the housemaid by the wrist and asked, “What about the flower? Where is it?”

“Flower? Uh... W-We threw it in the trash outside, Ms. Vivian!”

Vivian got so agitated that she leapt to her feet and ran straight outside in her pajamas with her hair unkempt.

I knew it! It was my birthday yesterday! There's no way he wouldn't come!

With tears running down her face, Vivian made a mad dash for the town's dumpster and began rummaging through the trash.

Fortunately for her, the waste collectors had yet to arrive, as it was still very early in the morning, so she was able to find the withered flowers.

In fact, they weren't even flowers.

They were actually vines growing just outside Aquene Temple's entrance, which was the only place one would ever find the plants.

to the smoke from the temple's incense burning, they had

her chest, Vivian fell to the ground and broke

she saw that it

wasn't expecting for him to not show up

his promise of never

over and saw

throwing it away, Ms. Vivian! It's all our fault! Will you please stop crying?” she apologized

tears of joy! Now, I need you all to help me bring these vines back to life! Otherwise, I'll tell Daddy to fire you

spoilt, unreasonable self when she was a

on earth are we going to

with a conflicted look

since she brought the vines home. Instead of staying in the dormitory at school like she usually did, she started coming

would check on the vines once in the morning, and once in the

an extensive research online, and even consulted botanical experts for advice. She spent so much time and effort on it that

on with her? It's just a few strands of

her parents about it

tending to a pot of vines. We've tried to talk some sense into her,

Sasha asked

a

on the picture that she received seconds later, only to freeze

the vines from Aquene

time, leaned in