Tangled in His Obsession (Seraphina)

Chapter 484

Before her tenth birthday, Seraphina's life was a picture of stability and contentment.

Her father, Carney, was a struggling artist whose paintings barely paid the bills for her and her mother, Magdalen. They sometimes had to make do with the simplest of meals, but Carney and Magdalen shared a bond so loving that Seraphina, their only child, grew up without knowing the slightest hint of sorrow.

Everything changed when Carney passed away.

Seraphina could still vividly recall the winter of her tenth year, when illness had whittled her father down to bones, and he spent his days in a hospital bed, fighting a losing battle.

Magdalen, once a woman whose hands had never been marred by household chores, transformed overnight into the epitome of a devoted wife and mother. She was a constant presence at Carney's bedside, her tears shed in silence, her heartache cloaked in stoic resolve.

Despite her efforts, Carney didn't make it through the winter.

He departed this world just before New Year's Eve, leaving them in the cold sterility of the hospital room. After handling Carney's funeral all by herself, Magdalen set out to find work.

were bleak. Still, she persisted,

lost the man they thought would

Carney's departure, their world had collapsed. And no matter

Sunburst City and left her with the Reynold family, before she herself vanished

something must have happened," Seraphina whispered into Leandro's embrace. "Someone must have lied to her, made her believe I was the

and those close to him. Seraphina didn't remember meeting Simon as a child, but he had told

Seraphina at the cemetery. Despite just having visited a grave, she was full of life, her laughter and playful tugs at her father's arm painting a beautiful

- she bore an uncanny resemblance to the girl from his memories. When he reached the grave he intended to visit, he noticed the fresh flowers and offerings. Turning back, Carney and Seraphina were already gone. Back in Sunburst City, Simon had someone investigate Seraphina's

Helena had indeed altered the records, then she knew the truth and harbored a deep-seated hatred. For a man like Simon, the notion that his beloved bore another man's child would be a humiliation too great to share. And for

who lived under Simon's watchful eye, Helena likely saw an opportunity

to take Seraphina for herself and exact her vengeance. But she

Reynolds family became Seraphina's sanctuary. Her identity as one of their

Andrea that after seeing me, he was struck by how much I resembled Adelina, his lost love. So he dug into my background. Clearly, what he found out about where I came from was both shocking and infuriating to him. But because I reminded him so much of the woman he cherished,

listened in silence before finally speaking. "When