Chapter 38
Seraphina sat there, staring straight at Balch, and sighed softly, “Mr. Lawson, you didn’t like me from the get–go, did you?”
Batch, hearing this, took another look at her
“But turns out, you were right not to Seraphina said with a self–mocking laugh. “Did you see that video online today?”
Balch moved to the couch across from her, not responding
“Interesting, isn’t it?” Seraphina looked at him, “I only watched the beginning before shutting it off. I wonder if it gets any good?”
Balch didn’t answer this either
The video was only a couple of minutes long and, while it didn’t show anything too explicit, the characters, location, and insinuated outcome had everyone in a lizzy
at Enchanted Petals Club that night?” Balch
Seraphina’s gaze filled with loathing before softeniny, “You figured it out, didn’t you? Yeah, that night.”
him that night while trying to avoid Leandro. She’d been
Reynolds family wasn’t very
couch, chin resting on her knees, and looked at
talk about it,
him. I thought he was the best man in the world and loved him with all my heart. When the Reynolds family
true, half–false, but
came back to reality and laughed
still love him? Balch asked in
her eyes calmed, and
and adjusted his glasses, “To hate out of love shows you still
head, and after a quiet moment, she said, “I hate him, not because of love, but despair.
him, her eyes clear and
Balch quietly
Seraphina said, “You wouldn’t understand how much I hate him.”
opened them again, she exhaled and returned
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