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”

time outside of his breaks to work. So he didn’t feel

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

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 not to

drinking again?” Keen couldn’t help

to two these past couple of days! He didn’t do

this, Keen sighed.

woman didn’t leave

there was still no progress in finding Seraphina.

detective agencies, Keen went to wash his face in disappointment. When he came back, he found Leandro, who was about to clock out, checking out the info from the agencies at his

and ran over to explain, “These are all from the PIs, but there’s

and asked, “Why are we only looking in Las Vegas?”

Bennett

the grid, she wouldn’t have revealed she was in Las Vegas.”

tossed the pile of useless papers,

undere

he had underestimated Seraphina’s craftiness. But wouldn’t

was personally involved, she had to be found, no matter how wide the search.

seemed Leandro was losing his patience with

a quick calculation, sure enough, they were due to return home

glasses of whiskey

a long time. And two glasses of whiskey were nothing to him now, just

he felt

his blanket was slowly lifted, clearly someone was

out and yanked the person

hair was silky smooth. In

reaction.

just stared deeply at her, his chest rising and

around his neck, pressing against his chest, looking him in the eye, “Heard you’ve sent people

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