Chapter 171
Seraphina blinked, looking at her calmly.
Sandra locked eyes with her for a moment, finally withdrew her hand, but immediately turned and headed out of the store.
Seraphina put down the clothes in her hand, smiled at the cashier, then turned and chased after Sandra.
In the busiest commercial area of the city, Sandra was wandering aimlessly until Seraphina reached out and led her into a restaurant.
It wasn’t mealtime, so there weren’t many customers in the restaurant. Seraphina picked a seat by the window, which was pretty vacant, and then sat down with Sandra
After ordering two drinks, Seraphina looked at her again, “So, aren’t you going to spill the beans?”
Sandra lowered her head in silence for a while, then slowly said, “I don’t know how to tell you…
“When did this start?” Seraphina asked.
Sandra slowly exhaled, finally deciding to say, “After Mom and Dad passed away, he told me he’s not my real brother_”
Hearing this, Seraphina let out a sigh of relief, calmly watching her, waiting for her to continue.
Though Sandra had never thought of telling others many things, once she started, it didn’t seem so hard.
When Bowen told her that he was not her real brother, she was dumbstruck. Her first thought was her parents had just died, and now her brother was also going to leave her.
Despite her reluctance to believe it, Bowen was able to convince her of the truth when he presented a DNA test report.
“Mom and Dad had been married for over ten years without children, so they adopted me.” Bowen said to her, “I came to this family when I was seven, and to my surprise, you were born the next year.”
but she still found it unbelievable, “But all this time, Mom and Dad treated us the
Bowen patted her head, “I’m grateful to them, so I’ll take good care of
course!” Sandra hugged him tightly, looking up at him,
her, smiling, his
was hard to keep things
she knew there should be some boundaries between men and women, so
this unnaturalness would gradually
fall for him first?”
Sandra slowly nodded.
did he respond to your
for words, biting her lip lightly. After a while, she finally spoke again, “I always
“Why do
so I started avoiding him.” Sandra said, “Only after I started avoiding him did he start getting close to me…. Sera, I always feel that he accepted me because he didn’t want to let down our parents‘ expectations,
are you still unsure about this relationship up till now?”
Sandra nodded.
said, “Tell him you want to break up, cut ties.”
at her
Seraphina just smiled.
and Sandra parted ways. On the way home, she saw
was walking down the street with a man, both of them
glance and couldn’t help but chuckle.
didn’t affect the prosperity of this
her, seeing a friend’s happiness was also
the rest, forget it.
found that Leandro had already finished work and was sitting on the couch
on the street, she understood. If Leandro, the boss, didn’t knock off, she, the secretary, wouldn’t be able to finish
been finishing work so early every day. Compared to before, wasn’t he a bit
Chapter 12.1
walk in, Leandro, on the couch, extended his arms. Seraphina looked at him, walked over, and sat
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