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!”
thought back and realized that the entire company had worked overtime with Leandro for a week.
neck lately. Despite her best efforts as a professional housekeeper, she got nitpicked over trivial things lately – like uneven cuffs, coffee not
drinking again?” Keen couldn’t
whiskey every night. He’s upped it to two these past couple of
Keen
it was all because of Seraphina! But that woman didn’t leave a trace, no one knew if she was dead
and there was still no
at night, after a round of talks with the detective agencies, Keen went to wash his face in disappointment. When he came back, he found Leandro, who was about to clock out, checking
face and ran over to explain, “These are all from the PIs, but there’s nothing useful.”
it and asked, “Why are we only looking in Las
Bennett went
wanted to go off the grid, she wouldn’t have revealed she was
Leandro tossed the pile of
undere
on Keen he had underestimated Seraphina’s
–
Leandro was personally involved, she had to be found, no matter how wide the
It seemed Leandro was losing his patience
did a quick calculation, sure enough, they were due to return home
glasses of whiskey and went to
him sleep in a long time. And two glasses of whiskey were
he was about to drift off, he felt a hand gently grabbing his ankle.
blanket was slowly lifted, clearly
yanked the person out from
hair was silky smooth. In
reaction.
deeply at her, his chest rising and
neck, pressing against his chest, looking him in the eye, “Heard
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