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.

with few marketable skills beyond her beauty, and decent job prospects were bleak. Still, she persisted, her breakdowns reserved for the darkest

why her mother wept - they had both lost the man they thought would be

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

City and left her with the Reynold family, before

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

told Andrea that he had seen her once, many

full of life, her laughter and playful tugs at her father's arm painting

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 origins. The conclusion he was given stated that Seraphina was indeed Adelina's daughter, but

a man like Simon, the notion that his beloved bore another man's child would be a humiliation too great to share. And

watchful eye, Helena likely saw an

and exact her vengeance. But she hadn't accounted

then on, the Reynolds family became Seraphina's sanctuary. Her identity as one of their own was

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, he was willing to let me be." Seraphina continued, her voice steady but with an undercurrent of distress. "But what about my dad? Could he really have no hard feelings

finally speaking.