Tangled in His Obsession (Seraphina)

Chapter 38

Seraphina sat there, staring straight at Balch, and sighed softly, “Mr. Lawson, you didn’t like me from the get–go, did you?”

Batch, hearing this, took another look at her

“But turns out, you were right not to Seraphina said with a self–mocking laugh. “Did you see that video online today?”

Balch moved to the couch across from her, not responding

“Interesting, isn’t it?” Seraphina looked at him, “I only watched the beginning before shutting it off. I wonder if it gets any good?”

Balch didn’t answer this either

The video was only a couple of minutes long and, while it didn’t show anything too explicit, the characters, location, and insinuated outcome had everyone in a lizzy

“Is it about what happened at Enchanted Petals Club that night?” Balch suddenly asked

before softeniny, “You figured it out, didn’t you? Yeah, that night.”

him that night while trying to

a moment before asking. “Your childhood with the Reynolds family wasn’t

the couch, chin resting on her knees, and looked at Balch

it,

and loved him with all my heart. When the Reynolds family found out, they saw me as a menace and couldn’t tolerate me. So, he

words were half true, half–false, but

came back to reality and laughed

still love him? Balch asked in a low voice.

calmed,

lowered his head and adjusted his glasses, “To hate out of love shows you

“I hate him,

at him, her eyes clear

quietly said

said, “You wouldn’t understand how much I

closed her eyes. When she opened them again, she exhaled and returned

it. Thank you, Mr. Lawson. Standing up, she added, “I should get going. You don’t mind if I