Leandro didn’t say anything and was enjoying the moment.

Seraphina, tucked in his embrace, was flipping through a report she knew like the back of her hand, acting like she was hooked on it. She even searched for more articles once she finished one, even though every report was about the same and there wasn’t any useful info, she was still totally into it.

“Is it that interesting?” Leandro asked.

Seraphina looked back at him, “Of course.”

As she said that, the corners of her mouth curled up in a joyful expression.

It had been a while since she had genuinely smiled since the incident with Sandra.

“Are

you that happy?” Leandro asked slowly.

“Not really.” Seraphina said, “I will only be happy when they all get what they deserved.”

Leandro didn’t say anything after hearing that.

Seraphina finished reading another piece of article and suddenly looked back at him, “Why, do you think I’m cold-blooded and cruel?” Leandro silently locked eyes with her for a moment, then slowly said, “I don’t think so.”

Hearing that, Seraphina looked away, after a moment of silence, she laid more comfortably into his embrace, continuing to read the news on her tablet.

Leandro fully opened his arms to let her lean against him, her head resting on his chest, allowing him to smell the scent of her hair every time he lowered his head.

Just as Herman walked in, he caught them in this intimate position in the living room, with Leandro kissing Seraphina’s hair. Herman immediately felt awkward and didn’t know what to do, luckily, Leandro heard the noise and looked up to see him.

“Leandro.” Herman said awkwardly as he walked up, “Sorry, I’m late.”

“No worries.” Seraphina put down her tablet and looked behind him, “There’s someone who’s even more late than you, we can have a midnight snack together.”

Herman turned around and saw Terrell following him in.

“I don’t know how late our meeting will go.” Terrell said calmly to Seraphina, not overly polite, “I had to wait until my wife took her medication and went to sleep before I could come.”

“Okay.” Seraphina stood up, “There are not many men who cherish their wives these days, for the sake of your wife, I forgive you.”

Hearing her words, Leandro’s eyes deepened.

When everyone finally arrived, dinner began.

Seraphina hadn’t been hungry these past few days, but was particularly hungry today, she started to eat as soon as she sat down, then looked at Herman, “So, any leads on Mervin’s case?”

“There are many suspicions.” Herman said, “But without finding the car that hit him, nothing can be confirmed.”

“Is there a chance of finding it?”

Herman shrugged, “We can only confirm that it was a black car because of the paint on Mervin’s body. That road is a secluded suburban road, no cameras, and plenty of blind spots and intersections, it’s virtually impossible to investigate.”

After hearing this, Seraphina was silent for a while, then slowly said, “How ruthless. They used to at least create accidents to make the case seem flawless, but now they’re opting for this crude and direct method… seems like they’re really eager to silence someone.”

Herman then asked, “Any news on your end?”

Seraphina glanced at Terrell.

Terrell took a sip of his drink, then said, “I haven’t appeared directly in front of Maddox, just been tailing him. He’s usually very cautious and doesn’t make any moves, but today he was acting differently, he accidentally bumped into one of his students after class, he almost couldn’t control his emotions.”

Seems like he’s starting to get nervous.” Herman said, “In that case, he’s our breakthrough. What about that guy named Keeley?”

“As for him…” Seraphina sighed, “He doesn’t seem scared, on the contrary, he’s more angry at me. He told me clearly that he’s not afraid of death, and even if he dies, he won’t reveal any information to me.”

scoffed and said, “Why did you show him your true colors so early? That kid was so smitten with you, if you keep pretending

who had been sitting quietly at

was

cover up his embarrassment, and turned back to his drink.

the awkwardness and pulled out a cigarette

simply

He quit smoking?

Seraphina both looked at

withdrew his hand.

looked at him in surprise, “When

and realized… she hadn’t

though she didn’t see him often, compared to before where he

now.

“My mom always tells me

he lit a cigarette for himself,

Terrell left, it

to her room to take a bath, when she came out, Leandro who had also taken a

the bathroom door waiting for her skincare to absorb, while

on the stock market news, looked up at her when he felt

the bed,

she started sniffing

his fingers and held them to her nose for a

trace of

after Seraphina finished her inspection, she squinted at him for a while before

really tough, right?”

simply hummed in

leaned in closer to Leandro, “Then why

her, his

left a pack of cigarettes, I can go get it for you, smoke one and you’ll feel better!”

to get off the bed, Leandro immediately grabbed her wrist, pulling her back and pinning her underneath him. “It is indeed tough.” Leandro said, “But I have other ways to get

finished speaking, Seraphina’s ability to argue back was

noon by the

Valerio were at home. The moment they saw her come downstairs,

you missed me, I’ll spend

this, Conway curiously asked, “you are

replied, “Most of the prep work is done, it’s mostly waiting for

that, Seraphina still re-examined the previous information at home, continuing to search for clues about the other

her doing his homework

help but come over to chat with her, “I heard

Seraphina feigned ignorance.

clean his study, the ashtray is always

know?”

notice.” Seraphina replied, “Everyone has their own stuff going on, I don’t have

care, once you guys are done

finally looked at him, “What explanation?”

busy as you want, I won’t bother you anymore! And since Leandro’s even trying to quit smoking, you should get your body in shape and be ready, stop running around all over the place, got it?”

Seraphina blinked, obediently smiling, “Okay, I’ll listen to you.”

so compliant and was momentarily stunned, just as he was

rang.

the screen, saw Terrell’s name, and

with

this, Seraphina almost

to drive so he called a taxi.” Terrell continued, “But who would’ve thought that there’d be a car accident on the highway, seven to eight cars piled up, his car got rear-ended by a truck

too ruthless, then asked, “Did he die

died,

still alive, he was taken

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