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
a furrow appearing on
with the long face?” Seraphina laughed, “Don’t worry,
you, Cooper suddenly
taken
deal with this. I can’t stand watching you go through this. I can protect you…
out and gently took her hand.
intertwined hands, Seraphina fell silent for a
I appreciate your kindness. But the issues between Leandro and me aren’t that simple,” she said, “I have to
silent
years, he finally had the chance to
this scenario countless times. He quickly managed a small smile, withdrew his hand, and
him,
days later, Seraphina returned to
five in the afternoon, and she was stuck in traffic all the way to the
she got
picked up, sounding both surprised and resigned, his tone screamed–I knew
Keen said, “He probably won’t be returning to the office today, so there’s no need for you to
“So, can I wait for him at
hung up, hopped back into a cab, and headed for Urban Oasis.
residential area,
with a friendly smile from the
the Mr. Reynolds‘ permission,
I’ll just wait
her suffer, she’d
the exterior wall of the compound, sitting on
the entire
Leandro never
Valerio to school. Valerio suddenly bolted to the window and started
driver was shocked and hit the brakes immediately Karan followed Valerio’s gaze and
up to meet Valerio’s
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