Chapter 125
With a bang, Seraphina was hit so hard that her neck was twisted The guy next to Magdalen looked even more shocked than Seraphina herself. He gawked at Magdalen.
The crowd had drawn the attention of the people at the exhibition. They all turned to look at their direction.
But Seraphina remained calm and composed She touched her face and then lifted her gaze to meet Magdalens.
Magdalen glared at Seraphina. “You’re making me uncomfortable on purpose, aren’t you?”
“Why would I want to make you uncomfortable? Seraphina glanced at her and then at the painting in front of them, “Today is dad’s birthday and Mr. Malcom just happened to have his exhibition today To commemorate my dad. Mr. Malcom wanted to display one of dad’s paintings, so I picked this one What’s wrong with that?”
Upon hearing that, Magdalen suddenly raised her hand again, ready to smack Seraphina once more.
Her male companion quickly grabbed her, “Magdalen, what are you doing? You can’t go around smacking people in public!”
“She deserves it Magdalen was seething. “She deserves it
Seeing her like this, Seraphina gave a small laugh
“This painting of those roses was painted by dad for you You used to love this painting, why do you hate it now?”
“Shut up!” Magdalen became even more agitated Ignoring the man next to her, she almost lunged at Seraphina.
This finally alarmed Malcom and the security guards in the gallery. In no time, a crowd had gathered around them.
Magdalen, ‘Magdalen,
at him, “She wants to
gripped her shoulders
can’t calm down!” Magdalen pointed at Seraphina, “Get her out! And take down this painting
shaken off Malcom and walked to the painting Despite the glass covering the painting, she swung her handbag
suddenly stepped forward, using her body to
hard corner of Magdalen’s handbag hit Seraphina’s
situation escalating into a bloody mess, the security guards quickly
immediately rushed over to get photos.
you to leave Malcom said
as she was dragged away by the security guards, her glare remained on Seraphina. She was so angry, it was as if they were mortal enemies rather than mother and daughter.
watching as her mother was escorted away, her
Malcom finally came over to examine Seraphina’s wound, “I’ll get someone to
Mr. Malcom Seraphina said, “it’s just a small wound.
she spoke, she began to head out
her to the entrance. She
an intersection with little traffic. She had crashed into a traffic island.
sat in her car, silent. The police had no choice but to
anyone, but not long after, Keen showed
glass room Seeing Keen negotiating with the police outside,
the bail and giving a brief statement, Seraphina was free to
on her forehead, he was taken
was there, but got into his car, “I made a reservation at a restaurant Can you give
stunned. ‘You’re going to have dinner?”
reservation at a hard–to–book restaurant
But he didn’t ask any more questions
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