Tangled in His Obsession (Seraphina)

Chapter 140

His relationship with Seraphina might be confusing to those around them, but it was crystal clear between them.

She might have tried to erase all their past, but when she found out he was behind her return to Sunburst City, the memories flooded back.

She probably still hated him. She hated him for treating her like a booty call. With her character now, she’d definitely want to get back at him.

He knew what to expect, so he just watched before..

Her flirtatiousness, her come-ons, her deliberate indulgence, her feigned hurt… he saw it all, and even if he played along sometimes, he wouldn’t get too hooked

Now, she started playing hide and seek.

Alright then, he’ll play along.

Las Vegas was miles away from Moonhaven. Keen had the means but felt stretched thin, let alone Leandro who didn’t have the means at all, so he hired a few private detective agencies to look for Seraphina

However, they came up empty after half a month.

Keen was at his wit’s end every day with no news from Seraphina, while Leandro was business as usual, working when he should, resting when he should, seemingly unbothered.

But Keen still noticed something was off.

Like how the dark circles under the company executives‘ eyes were getting worse by the day. Their eye bags were heavier too, obviously overworked.

Keen didn’t know why until one day a senior came to talk to him “Mr. Keen, have you noticed Mr. Reynolds has been working very hard lately?”

Keen was taken aback, “Not really”

outside of his breaks to work. So he didn’t feel anything special. The other person was almost

entire company had worked overtime with Leandro for a week. It’s really rare except in special times. But what

him privately. She said Mr. Reynolds had been a pain in the neck lately. Despite her best efforts as a professional housekeeper, she got nitpicked over trivial things lately – like uneven cuffs, coffee not at the right temperature, wine

Reynolds started drinking again?” Keen couldn’t

“Yes, a glass of whiskey every night. He’s upped it to two these past couple of days! He didn’t do this when

this, Keen sighed.

leave a trace, no one knew if she was

few days, and there was still no progress in

face in disappointment. When he came back, he found

dried his face and ran over to explain, “These are all from the PIs, but there’s nothing

“Why are we only looking in Las Vegas?”

was taken aback, “Ms. Bennett went to Las Vegas.”

grid, she wouldn’t have revealed

Leandro tossed the pile of useless papers, turned

undere

he had underestimated Seraphina’s craftiness.

–

now that Leandro was personally involved, she had to be

seemed Leandro was losing his patience with this

did a quick calculation, sure enough, they were due to return home in two weeks.

night, Leandro downed two glasses of whiskey

used alcohol to help him sleep in a long time. And two glasses of whiskey were

about to drift off, he felt a hand gently grabbing his ankle.

blanket was slowly lifted,

reached out and yanked the person out

hair was silky smooth. In

reaction.

deeply at her, his chest rising and falling with his

her arms around his neck, pressing against his chest, looking him in the eye, “Heard you’ve sent people searching high and low for me?”