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”

didn’t feel anything special. The

with Leandro for a week. It’s really

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

started drinking again?” Keen couldn’t

nodded, “Yes, a glass of whiskey every night. He’s upped it to two these past couple of days! He

this, Keen sighed.

it was all because of Seraphina! But that woman didn’t leave a

went on for a few days, and there was still no progress

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

face and ran over to explain, “These are

and asked, “Why are we only looking in Las

aback, “Ms. Bennett went

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

tossed the pile of useless papers, turned around and left.

undere

underestimated Seraphina’s craftiness. But wouldn’t this

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 in

downed two glasses of whiskey and went to

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

he felt a hand gently grabbing his ankle.

was slowly lifted, clearly someone was joining

out and yanked the person out from under the

was silky smooth. In the

reaction.

stared deeply at her, his chest rising and falling with

around his neck, pressing against his chest, looking him in the eye,

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