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

gaze filled with loathing before softeniny, “You figured it out, didn’t you?

into him that night while trying to avoid

moment before asking. “Your childhood with the Reynolds family wasn’t very happy, was it? Did it have anything to

on her knees, and looked at Balch with

it, I’m willing

you would’ve guessed… I was naive back then, easily fooled by him. I thought he was the best man in the world 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 coldly drove me away. It’s been seven years. I thought I’d be over it, but turns out, I can’t forget certain things and certain people.”

true, half–false, but they made Seraphina sad.

back to reality and laughed

love him? Balch asked in a

calmed, and

his glasses, “To hate out of love shows you still

shook her head, and after a quiet moment, she said, “I hate him, not because of love, but despair. Mr. Lawson,

her eyes clear and

quietly said

understand how much I hate

When she opened them again, she

she added, “I should get going. You don’t mind if I leave in