Chapter 117
Seraphina seemed chill, speaking with an air of nonchalance, leaving Cooper speechless
They entered a restaurant Halfway through the meal, Cooper, who seemed to be deep in thought, asked, “Have you ever tried to have a serious talk with your mom?”
Seraphina, cutting her steak with an indifferent shrug, replied, “No chance We’re used to this way of being around each other, so I don’t mind”
Cooper stared at her in silence before slowly saying. “You’re lying
“Oh?” Seraphina looked up at him
“You haven’t done anything wrong, yet you’re treated like this” Cooper put down his cutlery and added after a pause. “How can you not feel upset?”
Seraphina rolled her eyes, a spark in them, but still managed to keep a smile “Maybe my existence is a mistake in itself.”
She finished, gave him a smile, and went back to her meal.
Cooper felt a pang in his heart
After a while, he quietly said, “That is even less your fault”
Seraphina looked up at him, raised her glass and clinked it lightly against his, saying, “I don’t often share these things. Thanks for understanding”
“I don’t often hang out with people either,” Cooper raised his glass, “Thank you for the company”
They looked at each other and laughed
an out–of the–way cinema
foreign indie film, spoken in their native language. This was the only cinema in town showing it, but maybe for that reason, the turnout was good. About 30% of the audience were from their
director who had been quiet for quite some time in their country Cooper was a fan of his first
couldn’t appreciate such a film, many girls in the theater left with red eyes, still clutching their tissues. But when Cooper looked at
think? Cooper asked
a bit over the top with the sentimentality, but overall it’s okay” Seraphina shrugged and said,
it didn’t
“I can’t
moment and moved a little closer as
help but laugh and gently
cinema, it was already late. Despite his disability, Cooper insisted that the driver take Seraphina
Seraphina was about to go upstairs, Cooper suddenly called her back.
to the car
met you again,” Cooper
smiled and said,
moment of silence. Cooper spoke again, I hope
at him for a moment and then smiled and said, “Okay. Let’s work on
her with a tender and serious
and rest,” Seraphina said, “We’ll hang out
told the driver to drive off
building. She watched the car disappear into the distance
still not fixed Seraphina reached out in the dark, about to open the door, when she suddenly felt an unusual atmosphere. Her hair stood
the darkness, someone seented to be hiding not far
for a moment, concentrated, and then suddenly kicked towards the darkest part
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