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
what happened at Enchanted Petals Club that night?” Balch suddenly asked
with loathing before softeniny, “You figured it
into him that night while trying to avoid Leandro.
with the Reynolds family wasn’t very happy,
her knees, and looked at Balch with a chuckle, “Mr. Lawson, you’re
about it, I’m willing to listen,” Balch
by him. I thought he was the best man in the world and loved him with all my heart. When the Reynolds family found out, they saw me as a menace and couldn’t tolerate me. So, he coldly drove me away. It’s been seven years. I thought I’d be over it, but turns
true, half–false, but they
came back to reality and
Balch asked in
small laugh, then her eyes calmed, and she slowly said,
slightly lowered his head and adjusted his glasses, “To hate out
shook her head, and after a quiet moment, she said, “I hate him, not because of love, but despair. Mr. Lawson, have you ever felt
at him, her eyes
Balch quietly said
said, “You wouldn’t understand
saying this, she closed her eyes. When she opened them again, she exhaled and returned to her usual bright
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