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

Seraphina’s gaze filled with loathing before softeniny, “You figured it out, didn’t

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

“Your childhood with the Reynolds family wasn’t very happy, was it? Did it have anything

the couch, chin resting on her knees, and

it, I’m willing

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 things and certain

half–false, but

came back to reality and laughed

you still love him? Balch

then her eyes calmed, and she slowly said, “No, I

slightly lowered his head and adjusted his glasses, “To hate out

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

him, her eyes clear

Balch quietly

wouldn’t understand how much I hate him.”

her eyes. When she opened them again, she

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