âYes, I believe you. But keeping that secret with you is ultimately too dangerous.â
âWhat⦠are you trying to say?â Sasha took some time before she could squeeze past her sobbing to
ask.
Frederick smiled. âWhat I meant is that youâll be safer with me around. After all, Sebastianâs life cannot
be at risk. This time, you were alert and prevented a crisis. What about the next time? Sasha, none of
us wants to take this risk.â
The old man was finally making his intentions clear.
Sasha was stunned.
What does he mean by this? He doesnât want to risk his sonâs life, so heâs going to imprison his best
friendâs daughter instead? For how long? One year? Ten years? Or is it going to be forever?
At this point in time, Sasha felt even more disappointed.
She felt lost as she looked at the man that once told her he would treat her as his own. In the end, she
let the tears she held in for so long fall. âActually, you donât have to be so tedious about it. Just kill me.
That would be the safest option.â
âWhat are you talking about? How could I kill you? Iâve watched you grow ever since you were young!
Moreover, you are the mother to my two grandchildren. Why would I ever do that?â Frederick was
furious.
Sasha showed no signs of reacting after hearing what he said.
He wonât kill me? Whatâs the difference between imprisoning me forever and killing me? Maybe he
doesnât want to bear the guilt.
Sasha grinned and said nothing.
Seeing that she was not going to say anything, Frederick felt a little awkward.
âAlright. Iâll send someone to pick you up tomorrow. You enjoy your time with the kids tonight and donât
worry. Iâm not going to mistreat you. Everything will be like it was back then when youâre with me.â
Silence ensued.
After another long pause, Sasha finally responded, âLike how it was when I was your daughter-in-law?â
In an instant, Frederickâs expression turned even more rigid.
âSince you donât want to be with Sebastian, you wonât be my daughter-in-law. Youâre my daughter. Iâll
recognize you as my goddaughter.â
âIs that so?â
âYes. Iâve already agreed upon the marriage between Xandra and Sebastian. She will be my daughter-
in-law from now on, but you donât have to worry. You will always have more authority than her in the
Hayes family!â
Frederick gave Sasha a promise as if he was trying to assure her, giving her some special treatment.
When Frederick left, Sasha stared into his back. She felt the blood in her veins run cold, remembering
a lot about what happened in the past and felt nothing from them anymore.
So, blood will always be thicker than water.
â¦
After Sebastian got out of work, he came to the hospital just as expected.
However, this time around, he noticed that Sasha was even slower. When he came in, she carried a
chair over and sat at the window, enjoying the cold breeze. There was no response from her even after
Sebastian called out to her multiple times.
Has it gotten even worse?
Sebastian immediately became tensed and hurried over to her while tossing his laptop to the sofa.
âSasha Wand, are you deaf? Did you not hear me calling you?â
âHuhâ
Sasha finally raised her head after having the cold breeze in her face for a long while.
The cold made her face slightly translucent, and Sebastian did not need to touch it to know that she
was freezing herself, just based on the greenish color on her lips.
This woman really has gone mad.
Sebastian face turned dark and stern. He immediately bent down to carry Sasha out of the chair.
âAhâ¦â Sasha was startled, letting out a scream.
Whatâs this man doing?
Before she knew it, her heart was racing. Her veins expanded as blood came flowing up to the top of
her head, making her head ring.
âWhat⦠what are you doing?â
âWhat am I doing? Are you out of your mind? Why would you sit here? Do you want to stay in the
hospital even longer?â
Sebastian was never a patient person. So, when he heard Sashaâs question, he immediately got
irritated.
Sasha stayed quiet until Sebastian put her down on the bed. He even pulled the blanket up to cover
her up. After that, she was able to slowly calm herself down as the ringing in her head subsided.
Is he worried about me? Is he afraid that I might catch a cold?
Sebastianâs actions reminded Sasha of him force-feeding her the glass of water. It was just a normal
glass of water, but she thought he tried to poison, imprison, and murder her, so she refused the drink.
It was just water in the end.
On the other hand, the old man, who she was so happy to see and suspected nothing of, was the one
who wanted to imprison her and put her away.
How ironic! Sasha thought as she slowly closed her eyes.
âDid you take your medicine?â
âI did.â
âHave you eaten anything yet?â
âYes.â
âWhat about the injection?â
âItâs done.â
Their questions and the answers had no delay in it and flowed smoothly, and it surprised Sebastian,
who was pouring some water for himself.
He turned around to look at the woman who he tossed onto the bed, the woman that stayed there in
the same position without even moving an inch.
Has she recovered?
Sebastian walked over to her and pulled a chair from the side to him.
âYour rate of recovery is quite impressive,â he said.
âWhat are you talking about?â Sasha did not understand what he was saying.
However, she still opened her eyes and looked towards him, who was at her bedside. Sebastian was
sitting up straight with his legs crossed. He had a beautiful nose and a flawless face, reading Sashaâs
medical record with one hand on the armrest. The whole scene looked casual, yet, there was a
mysterious elegance to it that made others unable to shift their eyes away.