Chapter 140
His relationship with Seraphina might be confusing to those around them, but it was crystal clear between them.
She might have tried to erase all their past, but when she found out he was behind her return to Sunburst City, the memories flooded back.
She probably still hated him. She hated him for treating her like a booty call. With her character now, she’d definitely want to get back at him.
He knew what to expect, so he just watched before..
Her flirtatiousness, her come-ons, her deliberate indulgence, her feigned hurt… he saw it all, and even if he played along sometimes, he wouldn’t get too hooked
Now, she started playing hide and seek.
Alright then, he’ll play along.
Las Vegas was miles away from Moonhaven. Keen had the means but felt stretched thin, let alone Leandro who didn’t have the means at all, so he hired a few private detective agencies to look for Seraphina
However, they came up empty after half a month.
Keen was at his wit’s end every day with no news from Seraphina, while Leandro was business as usual, working when he should, resting when he should, seemingly unbothered.
But Keen still noticed something was off.
Like how the dark circles under the company executives‘ eyes were getting worse by the day. Their eye bags were heavier too, obviously overworked.
Keen didn’t know why until one day a senior came to talk to him “Mr. Keen, have you noticed Mr. Reynolds has been working very hard lately?”
Keen was taken aback, “Not really”
In fact, he had been with Leandro for years and was used to Leandro’s do–it–yourself style, devoting most of his time outside of his breaks to work. So he didn’t feel anything special. The other person was almost angry at his answer, pointing at his eye bags in complaint: “We’ve been working overtime for a week! This is just too harsh!”
and realized that the entire company had worked overtime with Leandro for a week. It’s really rare except in special times.
help but vent to him privately. She said Mr. Reynolds had been a pain in the neck lately. Despite her best efforts as a professional housekeeper, she got nitpicked over trivial things lately – like uneven cuffs, coffee not at the right temperature, wine not
drinking again?” Keen
night. He’s upped it to two these past couple of days! He didn’t do this when Ms. Bennett was around.”
this, Keen sighed.
of Seraphina! But that woman didn’t leave
on for a few days, and there was
detective agencies, Keen went to wash his face in disappointment. When he came back, he found Leandro, who was about to clock out, checking out
to explain, “These are all from
“Why are we only looking in Las
was taken aback, “Ms. Bennett
she wanted to go off the grid, she wouldn’t have
the pile of useless papers, turned around and left.
undere
underestimated Seraphina’s craftiness. But wouldn’t this
–
had to be
Leandro was losing his patience with this
sure enough, they were due to return home in two
night, Leandro downed two glasses of whiskey and went
in a long time. And two glasses of whiskey were nothing to him now, just a bit to make sleep come
drift off, he felt a hand gently grabbing
blanket was slowly lifted, clearly someone
reached out and yanked the person out from under the
him. Her hair was silky smooth. In the dark, her eyes were like a painting. She couldn’t help laughing
reaction.
her, his chest rising and falling with his
his chest, looking him in the eye, “Heard you’ve sent people searching high and low for
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