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.
overfilled a glass, spilling liquor all over the table.
bottle and let
gave the guy a small smile, ‘Sorry,
up and yelled to the bar owner,
spoke, she removed her accessories, grabbed her bag from the locker, ignored the questions from the people around her, and dashed out of
messages and
Magdalen’s name in legal news. But now, the reality
“What’s the deal? Isn’t your mom loaded? How’d she
back, “I’ll find out what’s happening and let
a flight to Moonhaven.
animals like her
time, when Seraphina knocked on her door, it was
you?” The
responded without hesitation,
a daughter.
than a minute, the man was back at the door, “Sorry,
ignoring his attempts to stop her. She made her way to the bedroom door, where she saw Magdalen lying on
was in, Magdalen looked as glamorous as ever, just a bit more exhausted, which only added to
told you I didn’t want to
jail, I figured 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,
didn’t leave. Instead, she sat down on the living room couch, looking at the man in the room, “Can you tell me
door for Magdalen, then walked over to Seraphina and handed her a business card, Im a friend of your mother’s, and also a
and saw that his name was Latham
said, “Most of her assets have
“That does sound like something she’d
set up a company to commit contract fraud. Every contract has your mother’s signature, and the guy’s now on the
remained silent for a long while.
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