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!”
back and realized that the entire company had worked overtime with Leandro for a week. It’s really rare except in special times. But what
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 to his taste, etc.
drinking again?” Keen
two these past couple of days! He didn’t do this when Ms. Bennett
Keen
that woman didn’t leave a trace, no one knew
days, and there
agencies, Keen went to wash his face in disappointment. When he came back, he found Leandro, who was about to clock out, checking out the info from the
his face and ran over to explain, “These are all from the PIs, but
are
“Ms. Bennett went
the grid, she wouldn’t have revealed she
tossed the pile of useless
undere
underestimated Seraphina’s craftiness. But wouldn’t this broaden the search?
–
had to
It seemed Leandro was losing his patience with
quick calculation, sure enough, they were due to return home in
night, Leandro downed two glasses of whiskey and went to
time. And two glasses of whiskey were nothing to him now, just a bit to make sleep come easier.
drift off, he felt a hand gently grabbing his ankle.
lifted, clearly someone was joining him.
yanked the person out from under the blanket.
lying on the pillow, looking at him. Her hair was silky smooth. In the dark, her eyes were like a painting. She couldn’t help laughing at
reaction.
stared deeply at her, his chest rising and falling with
neck, pressing against his chest, looking him in the eye, “Heard
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