Tangled in His Obsession (Seraphina)

Chapter 4

After the main part of the engagement ceremony, the dance party was up next. After Peterson and Edith finished their first dance, more youngsters joined in the fun on the dance floor, having a whale of a time.

Upstairs in the lounge, the Whitmans and the Millers were sitting together, their faces grave after a heated. argument. Ike Whitman, the second son of the Whitman family, was nonchalantly leaning against the window, intrigued by the scene on the dance floor.-

Among the sea of soft, muted colors, a lady in a red dress stood out, her skirt swirling with her dance moves, oozing artistic flair.

The party had been going on for just twenty minutes, and Seraphina had already had five dance partners. Yet, there were still plenty of dudes lurking around, hoping for a chance to dance with her.

The door was pushed open, and Peterson and Edith came in. Edith’s dad immediately picked up a glass of water and threw it at Peterson’s feet.

Ike turned around when he heard the noise.

The parents started arguing again, but Edith and Peterson remained silent, one with a stiff face, the other puffing away on his cigarette, frowning.

The lounge door was pushed open again, and the bridesmaid Amelia appeared, panting.

Edith looked at her with a poker face. “Where have you been?”

“I… I was locked in the toilet. I just managed to get out.” Amelia was startled by the tense atmosphere in the room. “What happened?”

Edith sneered, then turned to look at Ike.

Ike smiled and said, “Come on, it’s a day of celebration. Don’t frown all the time. As for Seraphina… I’ll take care

of it.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Peterson looked up at him, his face dark.

Ike had already turned his head, his gaze returning to the banquet hall.

The dance floor was still buzzing.

Apart from the boisterous atmosphere, the open garden at the end of the corridor seemed serene and tranquil.

Seraphina was leaning at the entrance of the garden, holding a slim ladies‘ cigarette in her hand, but it wasn’t

lit.

in no hurry, tiptoeing

impeccably dressed man emerged from the nearby

turned around, she raised the cigarette in

me a light?”

breeze in her red dress with the skirt

there for a while

tall and thin, dressed in a well–fitted black suit. He was wearing black–rimmed glasses, and he had long, gentle eyebrows and eyes, giving him a

with a smile, her voice

him. He

tycoon like him, there was hardly anyone in Sunburst

elegantly flicked the switch on his lighter, the blue flame flickering between

the smoke slowly rise, then looked up at the

put away his

her arm around his, looking at him with a sweet smile. Balch seemed somewhat surprised, looking at

was fixed

of the hallway,

Lawson, I couldn’t find you in the banquet hall. You came

politely, “What can I do

glanced at Seraphina standing behind him and said with a smile,

“Mr. Lawson promised

seemingly understanding something, and nodded in agreement.

said goodbye to Ike, arm in arm with Seraphina,

passed away, he’s been avoiding women, hasn’t he?” one of the

behind Ike said.

cigarette, stared at the retreating figures of the two, a smile still on his face, but his eyes deepened, “That depends on the ability of the woman he comes into

in arm with Balch, headed towards the hotel entrance, casually

still early, the dance isn’t over yet, Ms. Bennett, are you sure you want to

softly and looked down

movement, her heels

it. I’m wearing a pair of shoes that

fit, you should throw them away

that. After all, I paid for these shoes. The more uncomfortable they

didn’t say anything

him, “A nice guy like Mr. Lawson may not understand

Balch smiled

Balch whispered something to the driver. Soon, the driver