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.

house, Seraphina spotted Valerio sitting at the table, working on a pile of art supplies. He looked at her, obviously having

smile, but he quickly looked down and started to

upstairs and was back down in no time. Despite having spent the night here, her recorder had always been in her bag, so if it had fallen out, it would have

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

He didn’t look at her but seemed to sense her approaching, his sketching grew even more frantic the closer

as she picked

was for the child to create a family album with the help of their

family portrait four identical stick figures, big heads atop bodies made

Bruce, Gloria, Leandro, and Valerio himself. But it seemed like a crucial person was missing. However, the rough sketching didn’t seem to match the standard. one would expect from a six–year–old.

Seraphina’s gaze, Valerio’s sketching became

help you with this assignment,” Seraphina sighed, “You’re one lucky kid. I haven’t drawn for seven

that, she pulled up a chair next to Valerio, picked up a pencil, and quickly sketched out Bruce and Gloria. When it came to drawing Leandro, she paused and handed the pencil to

Bruce and Gloria for a moment before accepting the pencil from her and copying her style

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resembled Leandro.

averted her gaze and pointed to the last empty spot on the paper, “Now it’s time to draw yourself.”

furrowed in deep thought, but

the pencil from him,

front of her. Valerio was truly beautiful, with flawless skin, dark hair, and bright, clear eyes. He looked

lowered her gaze, starting to sketch with her long

found him looking at her, his eyes full of curiosity. She patted his chin and said with a smile, “You’re such a looker, why are you so quiet? Girls your age aren’t usually into the silent type. How do you expect them to approach you if you don’t talk? Don’t you feel sad when the girl you