Tangled in His Obsession (Seraphina)

Chapter 279

Leandro didn’t say anything and was enjoying the moment.

Seraphina, tucked in his embrace, was flipping through a report she knew like the back of her hand, acting like she was hooked on it. She even searched for more articles once she finished one, even though every report was about the same and there wasn’t any useful info, she was still totally into it.

“Is it that interesting?” Leandro asked.

Seraphina looked back at him, “Of course.”

As she said that, the corners of her mouth curled up in a joyful expression.

It had been a while since she had genuinely smiled since the incident with Sandra.

“Are

you that happy?” Leandro asked slowly.

“Not really.” Seraphina said, “I will only be happy when they all get what they deserved.”

Leandro didn’t say anything after hearing that.

Seraphina finished reading another piece of article and suddenly looked back at him, “Why, do you think I’m cold-blooded and cruel?” Leandro silently locked eyes with her for a moment, then slowly said, “I don’t think so.”

Hearing that, Seraphina looked away, after a moment of silence, she laid more comfortably into his embrace, continuing to read the news on her tablet.

Leandro fully opened his arms to let her lean against him, her head resting on his chest, allowing him to smell the scent of her hair every time he lowered his head.

Just as Herman walked in, he caught them in this intimate position in the living room, with Leandro kissing Seraphina’s hair. Herman immediately felt awkward and didn’t know what to do, luckily, Leandro heard the noise and looked up to see him.

“Leandro.” Herman said awkwardly as he walked up, “Sorry, I’m late.”

“No worries.” Seraphina put down her tablet and looked behind him, “There’s someone who’s even more late than you, we can have a midnight snack together.”

Herman turned around and saw Terrell following him in.

“I don’t know how late our meeting will go.” Terrell said calmly to Seraphina, not overly polite, “I had to wait until my wife took her medication and went to sleep before I could come.”

“Okay.” Seraphina stood up, “There are not many men who cherish their wives these days, for the sake of your wife, I forgive you.”

Hearing her words, Leandro’s eyes deepened.

When everyone finally arrived, dinner began.

Seraphina hadn’t been hungry these past few days, but was particularly hungry today, she started to eat as soon as she sat down, then looked at Herman, “So, any leads on Mervin’s case?”

“There are many suspicions.” Herman said, “But without finding the car that hit him, nothing can be confirmed.”

“Is there a chance of finding it?”

Herman shrugged, “We can only confirm that it was a black car because of the paint on Mervin’s body. That road is a secluded suburban road, no cameras, and plenty of blind spots and intersections, it’s virtually impossible to investigate.”

After hearing this, Seraphina was silent for a while, then slowly said, “How ruthless. They used to at least create accidents to make the case seem flawless, but now they’re opting for this crude and direct method… seems like they’re really eager to silence someone.”

Herman then asked, “Any news on your end?”

Seraphina glanced at Terrell.

Terrell took a sip of his drink, then said, “I haven’t appeared directly in front of Maddox, just been tailing him. He’s usually very cautious and doesn’t make any moves, but today he was acting differently, he accidentally bumped into one of his students after class, he almost couldn’t control his emotions.”

Seems like he’s starting to get nervous.” Herman said, “In that case, he’s our breakthrough. What about that guy named Keeley?”

“As for him…” Seraphina sighed, “He doesn’t seem scared, on the contrary, he’s more angry at me. He told me clearly that he’s not afraid of death, and even if he dies, he won’t reveal any information to me.”

Hearing this, Terrell scoffed and said, “Why did you show him your true colors so early? That kid was so smitten with you, if you keep pretending that you don’t know much and continue seeing him, he might’ve confessed everything.”

who had been sitting quietly at the dinner table suddenly looked at

look was chilling.

cover up his embarrassment, and turned back to his drink.

pulled out a cigarette to

simply stating, “I

He quit smoking?

both looked at him.

withdrew

him in surprise, “When did you quit?”

thought about it and realized… she hadn’t seen

though she didn’t see him often, compared to before where he always had a cigarette in his hand, he was completely different

now.

a good thing.” Herman said, “My mom always tells me to quit,

lit a cigarette for himself, then continued discussing the current situation with Seraphina.

dinner, by the time Herman and Terrell left, it was already late

room to take a bath, when she came out, Leandro who had also taken a bath was sitting

at the bathroom door waiting for her

who had been focused on the stock market news, looked up

forward, jumped on the bed,

sniffing

even picked up his fingers and held them

trace of

she squinted at him

really tough, right?”

hummed in

closer to Leandro,

at her, his gaze deep.

Herman seems to have left a pack of cigarettes, I

and pinning her underneath him. “It is indeed tough.” Leandro said, “But I have

ability to argue back

next day, it was almost noon by the time Seraphina got out of bed.

at home. The moment they saw

know you missed me, I’ll spend the day at home

this, Conway curiously asked, “you

of the prep work is done, it’s mostly waiting for the results

re-examined the previous information at home, continuing to search for clues about the other members of

sat beside her doing his homework and

over to chat with her, “I heard from Karan,

feigned ignorance.

ashtray is always empty.” Conway said, “You live

know?”

stuff going on, I don’t have time to pay attention to

pretended to be angry, “I don’t care, once you guys are done being busy, you better

at him, “What

playmate. Then you guys can be as busy as you want, I won’t bother you anymore! And since Leandro’s even trying to quit smoking, you should get

impressive, Seraphina blinked, obediently smiling, “Okay, I’ll listen to you.”

didn’t expect her to be so compliant and was momentarily stunned, just

rang.

saw Terrell’s name, and immediately

problem with Maddox.” Terrell said.

Seraphina almost burst

abroad in the middle of the night, went straight to the airport, he didn’t dare to drive so he called a taxi.” Terrell continued, “But who would’ve thought that there’d be a car accident on the highway, seven to eight cars piled up, his car got rear-ended by a truck and

that the planner was too

died,

he was taken

“I see, I’m going to ask Herman

up, she