Chapter 143
After leaving Magdalen’s hotel, Seraphina returned to Velvetwood.
By the time she got back to her apartment, it was already the middle of the night. She quickly dug out an old SIM card to get her phone back in action. The next morning, Seraphina was woken up by a call from Cooper.
“Seraphina” Cooper sounded relieved, “Finally, your phone is back on!”
Seraphina knew why he was looking for her, so she set up a lunch date with him.
Before meeting Cooper, she swung by the news agency.
Leandro had left Starhaven, and she had to go find him in Sunburst City. This meant putting her current case on hold and passing it off to a colleague. She handed over all the case documents to the colleague who had helped her when she first started working, officially transferring the case She also filed for an unpaid leave.
Next, she rang up the bar in Everlandia to quit her job. Then, she went to meet Cooper.
By the time she got to the restaurant, Cooper was already waiting for her.
“You’re here early.” Seraphina said as she sat down.
“Had nothing better to do, so I thought I’d come over and wait for you,” Cooper said, studying her face for a moment before he spoke again, “Seraphina, about your mum…”
Seraphina cut him off with a smile, “This must be satisfying news for a lot of people, huh?”
After all, Magdalen’s actions had long since pissed off a lot of people.
Ignoring her comment, Cooper asked, “There’s something going on with the Reynolds Group, isn’t there?”
While munching on some fruit, Seraphina replied, “Yes. The whole thing was initially meant for me, not her.”
“Leandro?”
She nodded
furrow appearing on his
with the long face?” Seraphina laughed, “Don’t worry, I’ll handle it.”
me help you, Cooper
taken
deal with this. I can’t stand watching
and gently took her
at their intertwined hands, Seraphina fell
appreciate your kindness. But the issues between Leandro and me aren’t that simple,”
fell silent
all these years, he finally had the chance to express his
He quickly managed a small smile, withdrew his hand, and said, “Alright, just let me know if you
him,
days later, Seraphina returned to
she was stuck in traffic all the way to the city. It
soon as she got out
screamed–I knew this was going to happen, why did
be busy till late,” Keen said, “He probably won’t be returning to the office today, so there’s no need for you to wait
I wait
back into a cab, and
residential area,
been greeted with a friendly smile from the guards. This was the first
The guard said, “Without the Mr. Reynolds‘
cooperative, “Alright, I’ll just wait outside then”
to make her suffer, she’d let him
compound, sitting on
the entire
never showed
suddenly bolted to the window and started
immediately Karan followed Valerio’s gaze and saw Seraphina
Seraphina looked up to meet
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