Chapter 206

In 2009, during the sweltering summer.

Sunburst City experienced some crazy weather that year. After September, the city was hit by a heatwave with record breaking temperatures for days on end. Even late into the night, the heat was still suffocating

That evening, while Conway was at the hospital for a check-up and Glora was traveling in Europe, Bruce Reynolds was notably absent. This left Seraphina as the only awake inhabitant of the grandl Reynolds Manor: the servants had long since retired for the night.

Lost in thought, Seraphina wandered between her room and the kitchen. During one of her trips, she unexpectedly ran into someone at the kitchen

entrance.

Leandro, slightly inebriated from a recent party had just returned to the manor. He was in the kitchen for a cold drink when he turned and collided with Seraphina. She stood there, wearing a sleeveless nightgown, her bare shoulders glowing, cheeks rosy and hair slightly moist.

It seemed like they always ran into each other in the kitchen late at night

The moment he saw her, Leandro couldn’t help but chuckle, “Are you hungry again?”

Seraphina bit her lip and just replied, “No,” before throwing him a glance and bolting off

Back in her room, her heart was pounding

She still remembered the last time they ran into each other late at night, she had tripped and fallen right into his arms.

breaths to calm her racing heart, she

At this hour, no one in the house

resolutely opened the door. There stood Leandro, a croissant from the fridge in one hand and a bottle of cold

some?” Leandro offered, a teasing smile on his face, nodding towards

shifted from the croissant to

was feeling the heat. Her light

looked into her room, “What’s up with your room? Why is it

aircon’s broke.” Seraphina replied

in his hands, then handed her the water. Is this what

before pressing the cold bottle against

that actually help with the heat?

lowered her head and replied, “Better

touched her skin droplets formed and slid down her

found it hard

Seraphina paused, then said,

out

stop the door from closing. 1 can fix your

at him, her eyes lighting

let a small smile crept

eldest Reynolds son, he had grown up in luxury, groomed to helm the

gesture

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