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”

of his time outside of his breaks to work. So he didn’t feel anything special. The other person was almost angry at his answer, pointing

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 was it now?

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 his taste, etc.

started drinking again?” Keen couldn’t help

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

Keen

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

there was

after a round of talks with the detective agencies, Keen went to wash his face in disappointment. When he came back,

to explain, “These are all from the

“Why are we only looking in Las Vegas?”

“Ms. Bennett went

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

Leandro tossed the pile of

undere

had underestimated Seraphina’s craftiness. But

–

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

sighed It seemed Leandro was losing his patience with this

were due to return home in

two glasses of whiskey and went

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

about to drift off, he

was slowly lifted, clearly someone

reached out and yanked the person

hair was silky smooth. In the dark, her

reaction.

his chest rising and falling with

chest, looking him in the