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.
to reality. Seraphina noticed she’d overfilled a
bottle and let out a
gave the guy a small smile, ‘Sorry, something came up, I gotta
up and yelled to
she removed her accessories, grabbed her bag from the locker, ignored the questions from the people around her, and dashed
Seraphina reopened Sandra’s messages and read the news about
seeing Magdalen’s name in legal news. But now, the reality was right in front of her–Magdalen was embroiled in a
Isn’t your mom loaded? How’d she
out what’s happening and
a
found Magdalen. Party animals like her always choose the top–tier
this time, when Seraphina knocked on her door, it was opened by
I help you?”
looking for Magdalen, Seraphina responded without hesitation, “I’m her
never heard Magdalen mention having a daughter. He told Seraphina to “wait a moment” and went back inside to find
was back at the door, “Sorry, she doesn’t want
and walked in, ignoring his attempts to stop her. She made her way to the bedroom door, where she
in, Magdalen looked as glamorous as ever, just a bit more exhausted, which only added
“I told you I didn’t want to see
in jail, I figured I
go to jail” Magdalen 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
the living room couch, looking at the man
Magdalen, then walked over to Seraphina and handed her a
the card and saw
of her
laugh, then slowly nodded, “That does sound like something she’d do.
nodded, “It was your 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. Every contract has your mother’s signature, and the
Seraphina remained silent
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