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”

used to Leandro’s do–it–yourself style, devoting most 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,

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

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

drinking again?” Keen couldn’t

a glass of whiskey every night. He’s upped it to two these past couple of

Keen sighed.

it was all because of Seraphina! But that woman didn’t leave a trace, no

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

night, after a round of talks with the 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

face and ran over to explain, “These are all from the PIs, but

and asked, “Why are we only looking in

taken aback, “Ms. Bennett went to Las

grid, she wouldn’t have revealed she was in Las

of useless papers,

undere

underestimated Seraphina’s craftiness. But wouldn’t this

–

had to be found, no matter how

It seemed Leandro was losing

calculation, sure enough, they were due to

of whiskey and

sleep in a long time. And two glasses of whiskey were nothing

off, he felt a hand gently grabbing his ankle.

lifted, clearly someone was

reached out and yanked the person out from under the blanket.

lying on the pillow, looking at him. Her hair was silky smooth. In the dark, her eyes were like a painting. She couldn’t

reaction.

stared deeply at her, his chest rising and falling with his

looking him