Tangled in his Obsession novel Chapter 97

The following day, Seraphina was rudely awakened by a shrill scream.

It was already past 10 in the morning, and sunlight was streaming through the floor-to-ceiling windows, bathing the room in a warm glow. She was deeply buried in a soft, messy duvet, and it took her a while to force her eyes open.

A middle-aged woman in a cleaning uniform stood by the entrance to the lounge, looking at her in shock.

The woman usually came around this time to clean Leandro's room. Leandro was a creature of habit, so the cleaner was used to seeing an empty room every day. Needless to say, finding a naked woman sound asleep in bed was quite a shock.

Yasmina, who was organizing files in the outer office, heard the scream. Noticing the cleaner frozen in place, she hurried over, asking, "What's wrong?"

As she spoke, she saw Seraphina slowly sitting up in bed.

The morning sunlight was bright, illuminating the disorder in the room—women's clothes scattered about, the displaced sofa, a glass of water knocked over on the coffee table, crumpled curtains, and most notably, the woman on the bed, her skin glowing with conspicuous red marks all over her body.

Yasmina's first thought was, Thia was way too intense!

However, when she came to her senses, she found herself frozen in place, feeling awkward in front of Seraphina sitting on the bed.

After all, she had guarded Seraphina like a hawk just the previous evening, only for Seraphina to brazenly spend the night in her boss's bed.

Seraphina had just woken up, still not fully awake, but she managed to flash Yasmina a smile, her eyes half-closed, and say, "Hey, good morning."

She was utterly charming.

Snapping back to reality, Yasmina quickly dismissed the cleaner before turning to Seraphina and saying, "Ms. Bennett, I'm sorry. I didn't know you were resting here. I wouldn't have disturbed you otherwise."

"It's fine." Seraphina said, rubbing her sore body. Her demeanor was friendly as she asked, "Where is he?"

"Mr. Reynolds has gone to meet a client. He's not in the office right now." Yasmina breathed a sigh of relief before asking, "Is there anything you need?"

Only then did Seraphina fully wake up. Looking down at herself, she requested, "A complete set of clothes, a full set of makeup, and breakfast."

"Alright, I'll get on it right away." Yasmina replied.

"Wait." Seraphina suddenly stopped her and said, "Prepare two more sets of lingerie. Thanks."

Yasmina was taken aback but quickly agreed and left the room.

Seraphina then got up and took a shower, allowing the cleaner to tidy up the room.

By the time the cleaner had finished tidying up, Seraphina had already finished breakfast, changed into the clothes Yasmina had prepared, and was ready to leave.

"Ms. Bennett." The cleaner called her hesitantly, pointing to the two extra sets of lingerie, "Are you taking these with you?"

"No, you can leave them in the wardrobe," Seraphina replied.

The cleaner looked a bit uncomfortable but did as she was told.

As they passed each other, Seraphina suddenly picked up one of the sets and told the cleaner, "I'll take this one; you can put the other one away."

Seraphina lifted her head from Leandro's chest, spotting Conway and his nurse not far off. She pouted and returned to her seat.

Leandro turned to take Conway's wheelchair from the nurse, pushing it back into the courtyard.

Conway looked at the lipstick mark on Leandro's shirt, then at Seraphina, and chuckled, "Seeing you two like this, I can rest easy."

Seraphina continued to fiddle with the radio, not bothering to look up as she replied, "Don't talk nonsense, Grandpa. Mr. Reynolds and I have nothing going on. I'm going back to Starhaven."

Only then did she glance at Leandro, but she quickly averted her eyes.

Conway tapped his cane and said, "This is your home; why would you go back to Starhaven?"

"Because no one wants me to stay except you, Grandpa." Seraphina raised an eyebrow. "Why should I stay if no one wants me here?"

Upon hearing this, Conway immediately turned to Leandro and said, "You need to find a way to make her stay, got it?"

Leandro, however, seemed to not have heard. He simply took Conway's test results from him, asking, "How was the check-up today? Anything unusual?"

"I'm talking to you!" The old man glared at him.

Leandro, holding the report in his hand, remained as indifferent as ever. "I'm talking to you; don't play around with your health."

"Ugh," Seraphina heaved a deep sigh out of nowhere. "Grandpa, I've got to go after staying with you for this month. I've already bought my plane ticket, so don't waste your breath."