Chapter 28
After leaving Enchanted Petals Club, Seraphina bolted straight home.
The open–plan one–bedroom cottage was neat and tidy, certainly not her usual style–it was clear Sandra had come over to clean up the place for her
again.
That lady from the ritzy family sure is quite the housewife.
Seraphina sighed deep down, casually unfastened her bra, tossed it onto the coffee table, and sank into the couch.
The first thing she did when she plonked down was to boot up her computer, then took out her voice recorder, and started to sort out the recording from that night.
Having dinner with Terrell was just a smoke screen for the evening, the ultimate goal was to get Terrell and Balch in the same room, hence the recording in the restroom was the key.
got to the part in the restroom, Seraphina started to get
after their encounter, and she had
minutes of focused listening, she couldn’t help but rip off her headphones and toss them aside.
were filled with the close calls she had with Leandro, making her feel strangely hot
and went to the fridge, grabbed a bottle of water and took a few
stop her mind from replaying the scenes–what was Leandro’s reaction to her? Was he usually good
in thought, Seraphina was jolted back to reality by the
opened the door without breaking away from her train
was standing at the door, looking at her with
to reality and saw Valerio, being led
backpack on his back, quickly glanced at Seraphina and then deliberately
moment, “Karan, what’s the deal here?”
daughter is sick and in the hospital, I need to go take care of her for a while.” Karan said flatly, then pushed Valerio toward Seraphina,
help but laugh out loud, “Karan, what’s that got
someone you were
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