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

mind racing. At this hour, no one in the house would

then resolutely opened the door. There stood Leandro, a croissant from the fridge in

smile on his

shifted from the croissant to Leandro,

cheeks, Leandro realized she was feeling the heat. Her light attire contrasted with

her room, “What’s up with your room? Why

aircon’s broke.”

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

“Yes,” before pressing the cold bottle against her neck, and stealing

that actually help with the heat?

head and replied, “Better

bottle touched her skin droplets formed and slid down

glimpse of her and suddenly found it hard to breathe

some, Seraphina paused, then said, “gel some

out to close the

out to stop the door from closing.

up at him, her eyes lighting up in

small

response to her smile. As the eldest Reynolds son, he had grown up in luxury, groomed to helm the family business Yel, In this moment, he was playing

unexpected gesture

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