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.

on a pile of

quickly looked down and started to

night here, her recorder had

for Leandro. But how would he react when he saw her in his house again?

she approached Valerio. He didn’t look at her but seemed to sense her approaching, his sketching grew even more

Seraphina asked as she picked up the

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

identical stick figures, big heads

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 erratic.

Seraphina sighed, “You’re one lucky kid. I haven’t drawn for seven years, and now I’m picking

out Bruce and Gloria. When it

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

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resembled Leandro.

her gaze and pointed to the last empty spot on the

deep thought, but he didn’t

this, Seraphina took the pencil from him, “Let me

beautiful, with flawless

sketch with her long eyelashes casting a shadow on her cheeks.

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 like is always playing with other boys?”