Chapter 448

When Seraphina finally made her way back to the hospital, Andrea was waiting at the main entrance, her eyes anxiously scanning each arriving vehicle. As soon as Seraphina’s car pulled up, Andrea darted forward, grasping Seraphina’s hands in her own.

Seraphina’s palms were icy, a stark contrast to the warmth of the summer evening. Andrea instinctively rubbed them between her hands, trying to infuse some of her own warmth into Seraphina’s chilled skin.

“What are you doing here?” It took a moment for Seraphina to find her voice, a quiet murmur against the buzz of the hospital.

Andrea’s gaze lingered on her face, a gentle tone softening her words, “Mr. Herman sent me a text.”

A brief laugh escaped Seraphina at the mention of his name. “You haven’t blocked him yet?”

The quip brought a more scrutinizing look from Andrea, revealing a disturbing calm in Seraphina’s eyes that sent a shiver down her spine.

“I’ll come in with you,” Andrea offered.

But Seraphina shook her head, her gaze drifting to the dark expanse of the night sky as she exhaled, “Time moves so slowly…”

Glancing at her watch, Andrea noted it was already ten in the evening.

“How’s Valerio?” Andrea attempted to shift the focus away from the unspoken topic of Leandro, “Is he still in Summitville, or did he come back too? Is everything settled?”

“You remind me…” Seraphina mumbled, reaching into her purse for her phone only to realize she’d left it in the car.

had parked and was approaching with her bag in hand.

familiar voice of the housekeeper answered. Seraphina’s tension seemed

a hint of mirth, “He was a bit down today, missing Leandro and

Seraphina sighed, “Keep an eye on him for me, will you? We might only

dear. I’ve got it covered. You go enjoy your date with Leandro!” Another soft laugh from Seraphina, and with a simple “Okay,”

turned to face Andrea, thoughts of Herman momentarily returned, but before she could voice them, another car rolled to a stop nearby.

Mr. Reynolds is waiting

hospital’s chief, Daniel, wasted no time and quickly

group disappear inside,

tugged at Seraphina’s hand, and they both hurried inside.

reached the surgical floor, Bruce and Daniel were deep in conversation, heading toward

approach, Bruce turned and motioned them over, “Sera,

whole body rigid with tension. She

they all settled in the conference room, Andrea, unable to bear the silence any longer, inquired, “Mr. Reynolds, what’s the

softly, “I wanted to be updated, so

ever so slightly, a cue for Andrea to

doctor handed Daniel a stack of documents, “Here are the patient’s previous medical records,

he’s recovered well,” Daniel spoke, setting Leandro’s past records aside to focus

reach of Seraphina, who sat quietly beside

it open. Leandro’s history with the hospital was extensive; from

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