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!”
entire company had worked overtime with Leandro for a week.
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 to his
Reynolds started drinking again?” Keen couldn’t help asking
of whiskey every night. He’s upped it to two these past
this, Keen sighed.
woman didn’t leave a trace, no one knew if she was
few days, and there was
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
to explain, “These are all from the PIs, but there’s nothing useful.”
asked, “Why are
“Ms. Bennett
to go off the grid, she wouldn’t have
the pile of useless papers, turned around and left.
undere
he had underestimated Seraphina’s craftiness. But wouldn’t this broaden the search?
–
to be found, no matter
It seemed Leandro was
enough, they were due to return home in two
glasses of
time. And two glasses of whiskey were nothing to him now, just a bit
about to drift off, he felt
his blanket was slowly lifted, clearly someone was joining
and yanked the person out from under the
the pillow, looking at him. Her hair was silky smooth. In the dark, her eyes were like a painting.
reaction.
his chest rising and falling with his
around his neck, pressing against his chest, looking him
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