Tangled in His Obsession - Season 2 Episode 40

His relationship with Seraphina might be confusing to those around them, but it was crystal clear between them.

She might have tried to erase all their past, but when she found out he was behind her return to Sunburst City, the memories flooded back.

She probably still hated him. She hated him for treating her like a booty call. With her character now, she’d definitely want to get back at him.

He knew what to expect, so he just watched before..

Her flirtatiousness, her come-ons, her deliberate indulgence, her feigned hurt… he saw it all, and even if he played along sometimes, he wouldn’t get too hooked

Now, she started playing hide and seek.

Alright then, he’ll play along.

Las Vegas was miles away from Moonhaven. Keen had the means but felt stretched thin, let alone Leandro who didn’t have the means at all, so he hired a few private detective agencies to look for Seraphina

However, they came up empty after half a month.

Keen was at his wit’s end every day with no news from Seraphina, while Leandro was business as usual, working when he should, resting when he should, seemingly unbothered.

But Keen still noticed something was off.

Like how the dark circles under the company executives‘ eyes were getting worse by the day. Their eye bags were heavier too, obviously overworked.

Keen didn’t know why until one day a senior came to talk to him “Mr. Keen, have you noticed Mr. Reynolds has been working very hard lately?”

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Keen was taken aback, “Not really”

In fact, he had been with Leandro for years and was used to Leandro’s do–it–yourself style, devoting most of his time outside of his breaks to work. So he didn’t feel anything special. The other person was almost angry at his answer, pointing at his eye bags in complaint: “We’ve been working overtime for a week! This is just too harsh!”

Keen thought back and realized that the entire company had worked overtime with Leandro for a week. It’s really rare except in special times. But what special time was it now?

Even Laura couldn’t help but vent to him privately. She said Mr. Reynolds had been a pain in the neck lately. Despite her best efforts as a professional housekeeper, she got nitpicked over trivial things lately – like uneven cuffs, coffee not at the right temperature, wine not to his taste, etc.

“Has Mr. Reynolds started drinking again?” Keen couldn’t help asking

Laura nodded, “Yes, a glass of whiskey every night. He’s upped it to two these past couple of days! He didn’t do this when Ms. Bennett was around.”

Hearing this, Keen sighed.

Seraphina, it was all because of Seraphina! But that woman didn’t leave a trace, no one knew if she was dead or alive!

This went on for a few days, and there was still no progress in finding Seraphina.

Late at night, after a round of talks with the detective agencies, Keen went to wash his face in disappointment. When he came back, he found Leandro, who was about to clock out, checking out the info from the agencies at his desk.

Keen quickly dried his face and ran over to explain, “These are all from the PIs, but there’s nothing useful.”

Leandro skimmed through it and asked, “Why are we only looking in Las Vegas?”

Keen was taken aback, “Ms. Bennett went to Las Vegas.”

“If she wanted to go off the grid, she wouldn’t have revealed she was in Las Vegas.”

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With that, Leandro tossed the pile of useless papers, turned around and left.

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It dawned on Keen he had underestimated Seraphina’s craftiness. But wouldn’t this broaden the search?

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But now that Leandro was personally involved, she had to be found, no matter how wide the search.

Keen sighed It seemed Leandro was losing his patience with this

He did a quick calculation, sure enough, they were due to return home in two weeks.

That night, Leandro downed two glasses of whiskey and went to bed.

He hadn’t used alcohol to help him sleep in a long time. And two glasses of whiskey were nothing to him now, just a bit to make sleep come easier.

Just when he was about to drift off, he felt a hand gently grabbing his ankle.

Then, his blanket was slowly lifted, clearly someone was joining him.

Leandro reached out and yanked the person out from under the blanket.

Seraphina was lying on the pillow, looking at him. Her hair was silky smooth. In the dark, her eyes were like a painting. She couldn’t help laughing at his

reaction.

Leandro just stared deeply at her, his chest rising and falling with his breath.

Seraphina reached out and wrapped her arms around his neck, pressing against his chest, looking him in the eye, “Heard you’ve sent people searching high and low for me?”

Leandro looked at her, something seemed off.

Seraphina leaned in close to his ear and whispered, “Did you miss me?”

She didn’t wait for his answer, kissing his earlobe, then slowly moving down his jawline to his lips.

The moment he tasted her lips, Leandro was almost lost, instinctively wanting to hold her close, to show her the answer.

But it was just a fleeting moment. He forced himself to snap out of it.

There was no way she would come back so easily and sneak into his bed.

The next moment, Leandro, lying in bed, slowly opened his eyes.

The room was pitch black, only his breathing echoed in the bedroom, her shadow was nowhere to be seen.

Turned out, it was all a dream.

Leandro sat up, switched on the bedside lamp, took out the cigarette box and lighter from the bedside table.

Next to the cigarette box was his phone. Leandro lit a cigarette, picked up his phone, and found Seraphina’s number.

The call went through, but it was still unreachable.

Leandro put down his phone, just silently puffing on his cig. His eyes were deep and indifferent..

Having finished his smoke, he stubbed it out, then picked up his phone again, dialing Keen.

“Mr. Reynolds?” Keen picked up right away.

*Track down Magdalen.” Leandro said.

He was fed up with this game of hide and seek. No more patience to play along with her.