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

quickly looked down and started to sketch more furiously.

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 happened in

But how would he react when he

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

you drawing?” Seraphina asked as she picked up

with the help of their parents, featuring a family portrait and individual pages for each

portrait four identical stick figures, big heads atop bodies made up of a

it seemed like a crucial person was missing. However, the rough sketching didn’t seem to match the standard.

Seraphina’s gaze, Valerio’s sketching

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 you with this.”

chair next to Valerio, picked up a pencil, and quickly sketched out Bruce and Gloria. When it came

a moment 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.

her gaze and pointed to the last empty spot on the paper, “Now it’s time

held the pencil, his brows furrowed in deep thought,

took the pencil from him, “Let me

with flawless skin, dark hair, and bright, clear eyes. He looked a lot like his handsome father, Leandro.

lowered her gaze, starting to sketch with her long

looked up at Valerio, she 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