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”

style, devoting most of his time outside of his breaks to work. So he didn’t feel anything special. The other person was almost

back and realized that the entire company had worked overtime with Leandro for a week.

been a pain in the neck lately. Despite her best efforts as a professional housekeeper, she got nitpicked over trivial things lately – like uneven

again?” Keen

these past couple of days! He didn’t do this when Ms. Bennett was around.”

Keen sighed.

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

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

Keen went to wash his face in disappointment. When he came back,

his face and ran over to explain, “These are all from the PIs, but there’s nothing useful.”

“Why are we only looking

taken aback, “Ms. Bennett went to Las

grid, she

of useless papers,

undere

dawned on Keen he had underestimated Seraphina’s craftiness.

that Leandro was personally involved, she had to be

seemed Leandro was losing

a quick calculation, sure enough, they were due to return

two glasses of whiskey and went to bed.

in a long time. And two glasses of whiskey were

when he was about to drift off, he felt a hand gently

lifted, clearly someone was

reached out and yanked the person out from under the

hair was silky smooth. In the dark, her eyes

reaction.

his chest rising

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

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