Tangled in His Obsession (Seraphina)

Chapter 440

Patrick was also heading back to Sunburst City that day, not on the same flight as Andrea, but at a similar time. So, he sat down next to her and Seraphina and struck up a casual conversation.

Andrea, who called Patrick “uncle” out of domestic relation, wasn’t too familiar with him. They’d only exchanged brief hellos at some event they both attended by chance. So naturally, she didn’t have much to say to him. But Seraphina and Patrick were a different story. They gabbed about current events, buzzworthy news, and Patrick’s media empire, the conversation flowing like a river.

Andrea mostly stayed quiet, just listening from the sidelines.

It wasn’t until Patrick’s assistant came over to remind him it was time for security check that their engrossing chat came to a reluctant close. “Going through security with me, Andrea?” Patrick finally turned to her.

“No, thanks,” she replied. “I just got a text that my flight’s delayed. I’ll hang back a bit longer.”

“Alright then, Patrick said. “You two take it easy. I’m off.”

Seraphina waved with a grin, and Patrick flashed a brief smile before turning to leave. He paused, looking back at Seraphina, “Next time you’re in Sunburst City, let me take you out for dinner. Or if I’m in Summitville again and you’re still around, let’s grab a bite, yeah?”

“Sure thing,” Seraphina responded with easy confidence. “We’ll plan it out.”

With a nod and a more formal farewell, Patrick finally left. Seraphina let out a small sigh as she watched him go.

“What’s with the sigh?” Andrea asked, her tone light.

“I just missed out on a golden opportunity,” Seraphina replied. “He wanted me to work for him once, and I was quite tempted.”

“Why didn’t you?”

“Because he’s a legend,” Seraphina explained. “He’s got the Midas touch, and working for him would mean getting my hands on the most intriguing cases. Plus, he really trusts me. Imagine how fulfilling that job would be!”

Andrea slowly said, “He doesn’t just trust you, he quite likes

a glance.

Leandro will get jealous?”

likable. If Leandro gets jealous, that’s his own sour

“We’ll see who can’t sleep at

“I won’t lose sleep over

one sleeping next to you, how would I

a zipping gesture across her lips. “Be responsible for what you say, got it?”

lips and wisely chose to

that by silencing Andrea, she inadvertently stirred up a

gossip website suddenly posted photos of her and Patrick deep in conversation, with a headline that screamed for attention, “Trouble in Paradise? Seraphina spotted in Summitville, cozying up to media tycoon

as if Andrea, who was sitting right beside them, had turned invisible,

would believe the gossip spun by those

the news broke, her phone was bombarded with messages-texts, calls, DMs-one after another, nearly overwhelming

nosy onlookers, and a throng of the Reynolds family elders, all reaching out to her

couldn’t be bothered. After skimming through the

Reynolds’ elders, Leandro must have seen the gossip. But his silence-was it indifference,

Seraphina spent the afternoon searching in

hand, Seraphina finally drew Valerio’s annoyance.

know,” Seraphina sighed and put her phone aside, picking

the weekend,” Valerio remarked. “Is Dad coming over

sign of him on her phone,

don’t you call him and find out?” Seraphina suggested.

down his fork