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!”

just trust you,

shot her a glance.

you afraid Leandro will get

but laugh. “He likes me because I’m likable. If Leandro gets jealous, that’s his

keep telling yourself that,” Andrea teased. “We’ll see who can’t sleep

glared at her. “I won’t lose sleep over

next to you, how would I know?” Andrea shot back.

her lips.

zipping her own lips and wisely chose

didn’t expect was that by silencing Andrea, she inadvertently stirred up a whole lot of

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 Patrick

who was sitting right beside them, had turned invisible, not even a

even she would believe the gossip spun

was bombarded with messages-texts, calls, DMs-one after another,

flood were media contacts, nosy onlookers, and a throng of the

the unread messages, she noticed

all these inquiring calls from the Reynolds’ elders, Leandro must have seen the gossip. But his silence-was it indifference, or was he

swamped with messages, Seraphina spent the afternoon searching in vain for any word from

in hand, Seraphina finally drew Valerio’s annoyance. “You need to

know, I know,” Seraphina sighed and put her phone aside, picking up her fork.

the weekend,” Valerio remarked. “Is

no sign of him on her phone, maybe Leandro was planning to show up

him and find out?” Seraphina suggested. “How

set down his fork and immediately