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”

most of his time outside of his breaks to work. So he didn’t feel anything special. The

worked overtime with Leandro for a week. It’s

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

again?”

every night. He’s upped it to two these past couple of days! He didn’t do this

Keen

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

few days, and there was still

his face in disappointment. When he came back, he found Leandro, who was about to clock out,

dried his face and ran over to explain, “These are all from

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

Bennett went to Las Vegas.”

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

that, Leandro tossed the pile of useless papers, turned around and

undere

Seraphina’s craftiness. But wouldn’t this

she had to be found, no matter how wide the

seemed Leandro was losing his patience with

enough, they were due to return home in two weeks.

two glasses of whiskey and went

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

he felt

slowly lifted, clearly someone was joining

person

hair was silky smooth. In the dark, her eyes were like a painting. She

reaction.

chest rising and falling

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

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