“Oh, I just wanted to charge my phone.”
“Huh?”
Sasha was stunned.
Charge his phone? Isn’t he planning to go to bed?
Sasha stared blankly at him as he went to get his charger. His gaze fell upon her for a fleeting moment when he entered. And that was the only time he looked at her.
At that moment, she felt as if he had poured cold water on her, dousing the anticipation she had.
What am I going to do now?
Even seduction has failed me.
This is the first time I have put on this dress. Furthermore, I have never worn anything this skimpy in front of him. How can he… not have any reaction at all?
Feeling slighted, Sasha collapsed onto the bed with her nose burning.
Unbeknown to her, right after Sebastian left the room, he hurried to his study and downed a big glass of iced water.
Da*n her!
When he returned to the bedroom an hour later, she was already asleep.
Hugging a pillow, she curled up in a corner, just like an abandoned kitten. When he went over to her side, he could still see her butterfly-like eyelashes moist from tears.
“I’m sorry…”
Sobbing in her sleep, she continued to apologize.
What a fool.
Unable to keep it up any longer, he lay down beside her and hugged her tight.
“It’s alright,” he murmured.
“Let’s leave this place, shall we? We can leave everything behind. We’re still young and can build a new life someplace else. What do you think?”
He whispered into her ear in a pleading tone.
Worried that he would be driven mad if he stayed any longer, he was filled with the urge to leave.
All this while, he had assumed his ruthlessness and power would make him invincible. However, when the truth was laid before him, he was unable to behave indifferently.
It’s probably because I’m not cruel enough.
Both of them hugged each other to sleep.
The next day, when Sasha woke up, Sebastian was already gone.
As she gradually came to her senses, she was delighted when she felt the residual warmth beside her. However, when she saw that her nightie was still intact, her heart sank.
She was devastated that he had not made advances on her.
When she went downstairs, she realized Sebastian and the kids weren’t at home. After checking with Lance, he told her that Sebastian had sent the children to school.
Why didn’t he wake me up? Is he avoiding me?
After that, Sasha went to her office feeling depressed.
While she was there, she received a call from Sabrina.
“F*ck! Are you alright? Did my brother yell at you yesterday?”
Looks like she still has a conscience by asking about me before ranting at me.
Sasha felt worse after hearing Sabrina’s question. “Your brother is giving me the cold shoulder…”
“Huh? Ignoring you?”
Sabrina felt terribly guilty. “What are we going to do then? He is capable of doing anything whenever he is angry. In fact, he can even ignore someone for years.”
“What? Years?”
“Of course. Am I not the best example? He sent me on exile just because we quarreled.”
Those are two entirely different situations.
Nevertheless, Sasha recognized how terrible Sebastian could be when he was angry. After all, that was why everyone in Hayes Corporation feared him.
Sasha felt further disheartened.
“However, there’s one way to trick him into revealing his thoughts.”
“What is it?”
“Playing video games. Let me tell you, he loves playing them. Do you have an account? If you do, just add him. After all, he has all the time in the world now. In fact, he might even be playing games when you’re not at home. Once you play together with him using your account, he will be trapped.”
Given how Sabrina revealed his weakness, they are undoubtedly siblings.
With that, Sasha was suddenly filled with hope.
Of course, she had an account, it was just that she seldom played and was terrible at it.
Then, Sabrina was all excited to share his account details, Sasha wanted to end the call right away.
“Hey, you really don’t have a conscience, do you? Why didn’t you even ask me about my condition?”
Suppressing her restlessness, Sasha asked in a guilty tone, “In that case, how are you doing?”
“F*ck!” Sabrina swore. “My dad had me kneel in the garden since yesterday. My knees are all sore!”
Sasha didn’t know how to react to that.
After all, Sabrina was a lot more fortunate than she was.
“So, when did your dad release you? By the way, what did you see on the second floor of the building? Also, what was that thing chewing on your toes…”
“What? That thing was chewing my leg? Argh!”
Sabrina screamed into the phone.
After a long while, Sabrina managed to calm down. “I don’t know. When I went up and was rummaging through the dresser, something suddenly pounced on me from behind.”
