Tangled in His Obsession (Seraphina)

Chapter 4

After the main part of the engagement ceremony, the dance party was up next. After Peterson and Edith finished their first dance, more youngsters joined in the fun on the dance floor, having a whale of a time.

Upstairs in the lounge, the Whitmans and the Millers were sitting together, their faces grave after a heated. argument. Ike Whitman, the second son of the Whitman family, was nonchalantly leaning against the window, intrigued by the scene on the dance floor.-

Among the sea of soft, muted colors, a lady in a red dress stood out, her skirt swirling with her dance moves, oozing artistic flair.

The party had been going on for just twenty minutes, and Seraphina had already had five dance partners. Yet, there were still plenty of dudes lurking around, hoping for a chance to dance with her.

The door was pushed open, and Peterson and Edith came in. Edith’s dad immediately picked up a glass of water and threw it at Peterson’s feet.

Ike turned around when he heard the noise.

The parents started arguing again, but Edith and Peterson remained silent, one with a stiff face, the other puffing away on his cigarette, frowning.

The lounge door was pushed open again, and the bridesmaid Amelia appeared, panting.

Edith looked at her with a poker face. “Where have you been?”

“I… I was locked in the toilet. I just managed to get out.” Amelia was startled by the tense atmosphere in the room. “What happened?”

Edith sneered, then turned to look at Ike.

Ike smiled and said, “Come on, it’s a day of celebration. Don’t frown all the time. As for Seraphina… I’ll take care

of it.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Peterson looked up at him, his face dark.

Ike had already turned his head, his gaze returning to the banquet hall.

The dance floor was still buzzing.

Apart from the boisterous atmosphere, the open garden at the end of the corridor seemed serene and tranquil.

Seraphina was leaning at the entrance of the garden, holding a slim ladies‘ cigarette in her hand, but it wasn’t

lit.

no hurry, tiptoeing

tall, impeccably dressed man emerged from the nearby restroom.

around, she raised the cigarette in her

me a light?”

garden. Standing in the breeze in her red dress with the skirt

man stood there for a while before approaching

good look at him. He was about thirty–five or six, tall and thin, dressed in a well–fitted black suit. He was wearing black–rimmed glasses, and he had long, gentle eyebrows and eyes, giving him a refined and

Lawson,” she said with a smile, her voice

didn’t seem surprised that she recognized him. He just smiled

a tycoon like him, there was hardly anyone in Sunburst City who didn’t know

the switch on his lighter, the blue flame

a deep drag, watched the smoke slowly rise, then looked up at the man in front of her

away his lighter, and turned to leave.

her arm around his, looking at him with a sweet smile. Balch seemed somewhat

however, was fixed

look, and at the end of the hallway, Ike was coming

Lawson, I couldn’t find you in the banquet hall. You came out for

politely, “What can I do for you, Mr. Ike?”

standing behind him and said with a smile, “I

to him, cooing, “Mr. Lawson promised to take me home.

at her, seemingly understanding something, and nodded in

Ike, arm in arm with Seraphina, they strolled

he’s been avoiding women, hasn’t he?”

behind Ike said.

cigarette, stared at the retreating figures of the two, a smile still on his face,

arm with Balch, headed towards the hotel entrance, casually glancing back a few times.

looking calmly ahead, and said softly, “It’s still early, the dance

hearing this, Seraphina sighed softly and looked down at her

just a slight movement, her heels would

want to, I couldn’t help it. I’m wearing a pair of shoes that don’t

followed her gaze and said slowly, “If the shoes don’t fit, you should throw them away sooner.

can’t do that. After all, I paid for these shoes. The more uncomfortable they make me feel, the more I

didn’t say anything for a moment.

tilted her head to look at him, “A nice guy like Mr. Lawson may not understand this kind of stubbornness in us women.”

that, Balch smiled slightly.

got in the car, Balch whispered something to the driver. Soon, the driver took out