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
about what happened at Enchanted Petals Club that night?” Balch
Seraphina’s gaze filled with loathing before softeniny, “You figured it
that night while trying
before asking. “Your childhood with the Reynolds family wasn’t very happy, was it? Did it have anything to
up on the couch, chin resting on her knees, and looked at Balch with a
about it, I’m willing
and loved him with all my heart. When the Reynolds family found out, they saw me as a menace and
true, half–false, but
came back to reality and laughed
you still love him? Balch asked in
then her eyes calmed, and
head and adjusted his glasses, “To hate out of love shows you still
shook her head, and after a quiet moment, she said, “I hate him, not because of love, but despair. Mr.
her
quietly said
wouldn’t understand how
them again, she exhaled and
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