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

“You figured it out, didn’t you? Yeah, that

trying to avoid

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

couch, chin resting on her knees, and looked at Balch with a

to talk about it, I’m willing to

with all my heart. When the Reynolds family found out, they saw

true, half–false,

reality and laughed again.

you still love him? Balch asked in

small laugh, then her eyes calmed, and she slowly

“To hate out

him, not because of love, but despair. Mr. Lawson,

her eyes

quietly

“You wouldn’t understand how much I

saying this, she closed her eyes. When she opened them again, she exhaled

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