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.

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

but he quickly looked down and started

took a symbolic stroll upstairs and was back down in no time. Despite having spent the night here, her

left her with no choice but to wait for Leandro. But how

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

asked as she picked up the assignment brief from the

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

identical stick figures, big heads atop bodies made up of a few strokes resembling

represent 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

Valerio’s

sighed, “You’re one lucky kid. I haven’t

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

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

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resembled Leandro.

pointed to the last empty spot on the paper, “Now

the pencil, his brows furrowed in deep thought, but he

the pencil from him,

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

sketch with her long eyelashes

Girls your age aren’t usually