Tangled in His Obsession (Seraphina)

Chapter 11

About two hours later, Seraphina found herself back at Leandro’s front door.

From the entrance, she could see the garage, and Leandro’s car seemed to be missing. Just as she was about to ring the doorbell, the door suddenly swung open from the inside.

Karan was slinging a big bag over her shoulder, yelling back into the house as she stepped out, “You stay put, no running around, got it? Your dad will be home tonight!”

Mid–sentence, she turned her head and saw Seraphina standing at the doorway, looking taken aback and then annoyed, “Didn’t you already take off? Why are you back here?”

“Karan, I think I left something here, so I came back,” Seraphina replied with a smile, then glanced at Karan’s bag. “You heading out?”

Karan grimaced, adjusting her bag and grunting in response.

Seraphina hesitated for a moment before asking, “Can I go in and look for my stuff?”

Looking like she was pressed for time, Karan shot her an irritable glance, “Just go in and find whatever you need, and leave as soon as possible! And don’t go chattering with Valerio, gol it?”

Seraphina nodded promptly, “Alright, got it. Take care, Karan!”

With that, Karan hurried off, looking like she was indeed in a rush.

working on a pile of art supplies. He looked at her, obviously

waved at him with a smile, but he quickly looked down and started

upstairs and was back down in no time. Despite having spent the night here, her recorder had always been in her bag, so

choice but to wait for Leandro. But how would he react when he

Valerio. He didn’t look at her but seemed to sense

asked as she picked up the

the child to create a family album with the help of their parents, featuring a family portrait and individual pages

figures, big heads atop bodies made up of a

Bruce, Gloria, Leandro, and Valerio himself. But it seemed like a crucial person was missing. However, the rough sketching didn’t seem

Valerio’s sketching became

you with this assignment,” Seraphina sighed, “You’re one lucky kid. I haven’t drawn for seven years, and now I’m picking up a pencil to help

quickly sketched out Bruce and Gloria. When it came to drawing Leandro, she paused and handed the pencil

before accepting the pencil from her and copying her style to draw Leandro. Despite his lack of drawing skills, his sketch, although crude,

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resembled Leandro.

last empty spot on the paper, “Now it’s time to

brows furrowed in deep thought,

from him, “Let me help

her. Valerio was truly beautiful, with flawless

starting to sketch with her long

why are you so quiet? Girls your age aren’t usually into the