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.”
accept the fact, but she still found
eyes, I was their own son.” Bowen patted her head, “I’m grateful to them, so I’ll take good care of you as long as you still consider
him tightly, looking up at
her, smiling, his
keep things as they were compared to when you didn’t know.
was close to him, she would unconsciously remember that they didn’t share a bloodline. As she grew up, she knew there should be some boundaries between
that this unnaturalness would gradually turn into another
you fall for him first?” Seraphina
Sandra slowly nodded.
then asked, “When did he
while, she finally spoke again, “I always feel that he
frown, “Why do you say that?”
getting close to me…. Sera, I always feel that he accepted me because he didn’t want to let down our parents‘ expectations, but in reality, his heart might
unsure about this relationship up till now?” Seraphina asked.
Sandra nodded.
said, “Tell him you want to break up, cut ties.”
at her in
Seraphina just smiled.
Seraphina and Sandra parted ways. On the way home,
a man, both of
and couldn’t help but chuckle.
though winter was approaching, it didn’t affect the prosperity
happiness was
the rest, forget it.
already finished work and was sitting on the couch
just seen on the street, she understood. If Leandro, the boss, didn’t knock off, she, the secretary, wouldn’t be able to finish work so
lately, Leandro had been finishing work so early every day. Compared to before, wasn’t he a
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looked at him, walked over,
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