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.

her racing heart, she was startled by a knock

this hour, no one in

Leandro, a croissant from the fridge in one hand and

teasing smile on his face, nodding towards the

gaze shifted from the croissant to

feeling the heat. Her light attire contrasted with his own discomfort, making him

looked into her room, “What’s up with your

aircon’s broke.” Seraphina

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

murmured a small “Yes,” before pressing the cold bottle against her neck, and stealing another

that actually help with the

her head and replied,

touched her skin droplets formed and slid down her

suddenly found it hard to breathe

then said,

reached out

Leandro quickly reached out to stop the door from closing. 1 can fix your aircon for

her eyes

let a small smile crept onto

luxury, groomed to helm the family business Yel, In this moment, he was playing the role of a handyman, trying to

gesture delighted

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