Chapter 142
Sandra was blowing up Seraphina’s phone with a ton of messages, most of them about a news story. The person in the spotlight was none other than Magdalen.
Seraphina quickly skimmed through the news, completely absorbed
Seeing her engrossed in her phone. the guy asked. “Everything okay?”
“Yeah, it’s all good” Seraphina snapped back to reality, pocketing her phone and looking at him, “We’re out of booze, anything else you want?”
The guy’s gaze landed on her face, slowly saying, “We’re in a bar, darling Liquor doesn’t run out that easily”
Looks like he’s up for more than a few drinks. Seraphina couldn’t help but chuckle.
She’d been in this bar for two months. His eyes had been hovering over her for two whole months, but it was only today that he made a move. The man sure knows how to play it cool.
And her waiting till today was no small feat either.
“Wait up“With that, Seraphina turned around and picked out several different bottles of liquor from the bar, setting them in front of the guy
These are some of my favorites, Seraphina said, “You seem to only drink tequila, how about trying something new today?”
“Sure.”
Seraphina then popped open the bottles, filled the glasses on the small table, and motioned for the guy to help himself.
She lifted glass after glass, and the guy across didn’t hesitate, matching her drink for drink.
After the first round, Seraphina poured a second.
Suddenly, the guy called her out.
back to reality. Seraphina noticed she’d overfilled a glass,
down the bottle
she gave the guy a small smile, ‘Sorry, something came up, I
that, she immediately stood up and yelled to the
grabbed her bag from the locker, ignored the questions from the people around her, and
Sandra’s messages and read the news about Magdalen
news. But now, the reality was right in front of her–Magdalen was embroiled in a contract scam, facing
utterly confused, “What’s the deal? Isn’t your mom
back, “I’ll find out what’s happening and let
a
Seraphina found Magdalen. Party animals like her always choose the top–tier hotels.
knocked on her door, it was opened by a well–dressed,
I help you?” The man
Magdalen, Seraphina responded without hesitation, “I’m her
mention having a daughter. He
back at the door, “Sorry, she doesn’t want to
door open, and walked in, ignoring his attempts to stop her. She made her way to the bedroom door, where she saw Magdalen lying on the bed.
was in, Magdalen looked as glamorous as ever, just a bit more exhausted, which only added to
Seraphina, her face froze, “I told you
in jail, I figured I should come see you”
said, “I won’t have to see you anymore, and you won’t have to see me. We can live our own lives. Isn’t that great?” Seraphina held her gaze for a moment, nodded, and turned around to
she didn’t leave. Instead, she sat down on the living room couch, looking at the man in the room, “Can
handed her a business card, Im a friend of your mother’s, and also a
took the card and saw that
mom was conned Latham said, “Most of her assets
Seraphina let out a small laugh, then slowly nodded, “That does sound like something she’d do. She was conned by
mother’s ex–boyfriend. He not only swindled most of your mother’s assets but also had her set up a company to commit contract fraud.
remained silent
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