Chapter 12
Seraphina sat on the sofa, patiently waiting for Leandro to ask his questions.
However, Leandro was far from anxious. Only after Valerio’s figure disappeared up the stairs did he take out a cigarette from his pack, lit it leisurely, took a puff, and then turned to Seraphina. He didn’t say a word, just furrowed his brows, creating an overwhelming sense of pressure.
Sat on the sofa, Seraphina quickly played along and explained with a smile, “Mr. Reynolds, you’ve got it all wrong. I actually lost something and came here looking for it. I think I left my stuff in your car. You don’t mind if I look for it, do you?”
She was about to get up when Leandro’s voice followed, “This?”
Seraphina turned around to see a silver voice recorder in Leandro’s hand- exactly what she had been missing!
“That’s it!” Seraphina walked towards him with a laugh, “So it really was here! I’ve been looking for it for so long!”
She went over to take the voice recorder, but Leandro’s hand suddenly closed, his slender fingers gripping the recorder tightly.
looked up at him, “Mr. Reynolds,
recorder in my car.” Leandro looked at her, “I should be asking you, what’s the deal?” Seraphina burst into laughter,
obviously not
out this answer, “If I really wanted to investigate you, I could just go back to the Reynolds family and
were deep,
kept smiling, but her eyes gradually became serious,
smart. He saw through her so easily and quickly.
annoyed. She rarely made such mistakes, but this time, things were unusually difficult. “Yes, I am investigating Balch.” At this point, Seraphina no longer resisted futilely and openly admitted. Leandro
heard this, “What gives you the
looked at him squarely, “I find these things interesting, so I looked into
smoke, his eyes blurry, “How
expect him to bring up the
was a very important part
a very young age.
house had a beautiful environment, an Ideal place for painting. During her few years living with
leaving the Reynolds family, she gave up
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