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.

against her door and taking deep breaths to calm her racing heart, she was startled by a knock at

her breath, her mind racing. At this hour, no one

Leandro, a croissant from the fridge in one

Leandro offered, a teasing smile on his face,

gaze shifted from the

the heat. Her light attire contrasted with

room, “What’s up with your room? Why

broke.”

and the water in his hands, then handed

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

actually help with the heat?

head and replied, “Better than

skin droplets formed and slid down her smooth

her and suddenly found it hard to breathe in the stifling

then said,

she reached out

out to stop the door from

her eyes

let a small smile crept

son, he had grown up in luxury, groomed to helm the family business Yel, In this moment, he was

unexpected gesture

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