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”

he didn’t feel anything special. The other person was almost angry at his answer, pointing

back and realized that the entire company had worked overtime with Leandro for a week. It’s really rare except in special times. But what special time

Laura couldn’t help but vent to 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 not to

started drinking again?” Keen

night. He’s upped it to two these past couple of days! He didn’t do this when Ms. Bennett was around.”

this, Keen

But that woman didn’t leave a trace, no one knew if she was dead or alive!

on for a few days, and there was still no progress in finding Seraphina.

When he came back, he found Leandro, who was about to clock out, checking out the info from the agencies

over to explain, “These

“Why are we only looking in Las Vegas?”

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

go off the grid, she wouldn’t have revealed she was in

pile of useless papers, turned

undere

dawned on Keen he had underestimated Seraphina’s craftiness. But wouldn’t

–

Leandro was personally involved, she had to be found, no matter

Leandro was

a quick calculation, sure enough, they were due to

night, Leandro downed two glasses of whiskey and went to

two glasses of whiskey were nothing to him now, just a bit to make

about to drift off, he felt a hand gently

was slowly lifted, clearly

reached out and yanked the person out from under the

In the dark,

reaction.

at her, his chest rising and

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