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?

running into him that night while trying to avoid Leandro. She’d been quite spiteful.

with the Reynolds family wasn’t

her knees, and looked

willing to talk about it, I’m willing to listen,” Balch said.

stopped laughing. After a long silence, she finally said, “Even if I didn’t say anything, 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

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

reality and laughed

love him? Balch asked in a low

let out a small laugh, then her eyes calmed, and she slowly

adjusted his glasses, “To hate

a quiet moment, she said, “I hate him, not because of love, but despair. Mr. Lawson, have you

looked at him, her eyes clear and fragile.

quietly said

understand how much I hate

them again,

talking about it. Thank you, Mr. Lawson. Standing up, she added, “I should get going.