Tangled in His Obsession

Chapter 71

Chapter 71 Gloria’s face changed in an instant upon hearing Seraphina’s words. “Seraphina, you’re always trying to seduce Leandro! I’ve known you’re no good since you were a child, and now you’re even worse! What do you think you’re going to get out of this? What are you thinking?” The previous Gloria was just sarcastic about Seraphina. But the old Seraphina was sensitive and fragile. Gloria’s words could easily get her down for a long time.. Sipping her milk, Seraphina just shrugged nonchalantly, “Even if I did try to seduce him, if your son had any self-control, he wouldn’t fall for it. Did I force him into bed with me? It was his own choice to be with me.” No sooner had she finished her sentence than the glass in front of her was empty, with just a little bit left on the spoon in her hand. To Seraphina’s shock, Gloria flung her glass to the floor in a fit of rage. She pointed at Seraphina and screamed, “Get out! Leave the Reynolds family!” “Gloria, I don’t want to be here either, I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for your son and Bruce.” Seraphina took a sip of her milk and looked innocent Gloria was shaking with rage, and just as she was about to hit Seraphina, Karan suddenly ran in from outside, grabbing Gloria, “My lady, calm down, calm down, please!” “Karan, get her out, get her out of here! I don’t want to see her!” Gloria clung to Karan’s sleeve, pointing at Seraphina and roaring. “Got it.” Karan rarely sounded so calm, “You go upstairs and rest, I’ll get rid of her right away.” As Karan was leading Gloria upstairs, she said, “Why bother fighting with her? She’s not worth it. Leandro could never seriously be into her, he’s just cheating her…” As Seraphina listened to Karan’s voice fading away upstairs, she turned to the maid who was hiding in the kitchen, “Sorry for the trouble, can you get me another glass of milk? I’m still hungry…” Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

After a while, the maid came out of the kitchen with another glass of milk. As she put it down in front of Seraphina, she couldn’t help but take a closer look at her.

Seraphina took the glass and gave her a smile. It was almost when she had finished her milk that Karan finally came down from upstairs. Seeing Seraphina still sitting at the dining table, she stormed over, “You still have the nerve to eat here? Seraphina, you were raised by the Reynolds family, can’t you show some respect to Gloria, the lady of the Reynolds family?” “I was raised by the Reynolds family…” Seraphina looked at her, “Why can’t Gloria respect me?” “How else do you want her to respect you?” Karan said, “She’s let you live in this house all these years, isn’t that enough?” Seraphina shrugged and laughed, “Karan, you got it wrong, I did live in the Reynolds family for many years, but Gloria never accepted me. You neither, right?” “Don’t use me as an excuse!” Karan said, “What am I in this house? How I treat you is my business! But she’s put up with you for so many years, she’s had enough, and you dare to talk to her like that? Have you no conscience?” Seraphina got the hint. In fact, the reason she was taken in by the Reynolds family and accepted by Conway and Bruce was because of her mom, Magdalen. Unlike Seraphina who came to the Reynolds family when she was 10, Magdalen had lived in the Reynolds family since she was a child and was raised by them. And because of this, there seemed to be some emotional entanglement between Bruce and Magdalen, which was why Gloria never accepted Seraphina. “I do have a conscience.” Seraphina said, “But I’m not the one who made her suffer, so I don’t feel sorry for her” Karan seemed to be upset by her words. It was quite a while before she spoke again, “Alright, let’s not talk about the past, let’s talk about the present. She’s been having a lough time these past few years, can you stop rubbing salt into her wounds?” Upon hearing this, Seraphina immediately got interested, “What happened?”

Karan glared at her. “Don’t you know what kind of person Bruce is?” Seraphina just laughed when she heard this. Although she had never met him, Bruce had a reputation. Over the years, he had frequently made headlines due to various scandals and was well-known as a pl ayboy in town. “She should be used to it after all these years, shouldn’t she?” Seraphina asked. Karan snorted, “It’s one thing for him to be a pla yboy, but can you accept him bringing home one illegitimate child after another?” Upon hearing this, Seraphina couldn’t help but cover her lips, “Where are these illegitimate children? Where are they?” “Seraphina!” Koran suddenly shouted at her, “Do you think I’m here to chitchat with you?” Seraphina rubbed her ears and laughed, “Alright, you just want me to stop upsetting her, right? If I promise, will that do?” “Stay away from Reynolds Vista Retreat as much as possible, don’t show up in front of her! She only has Leandro to rely on now. If she sees any connection between Leandro and you, she will definitely be upset again!” Seraphina couldn’t help but laugh, “I’d rather stay away from here. Do you think I enjoy watching all these people and things?” Upon hearing this, Karan couldn’t help but glare at her again. Seraphina had breakfast and left Reynolds Vista Retreat around noon. As soon as the driver steered the car off the private road, they were swarmed by a bunch of reporters. Seraphina didn’t roll down her window, she just sat in the car and let them take their shots. She and Bruce had returned to the Reynolds Vista Retreat together and had spent the night there. That was plenty of story fodder for them. Just yesterday, Bruce had spilled the beans about her growing up with the Reynolds family, which should give people something to chew on for a while. Seraphina didn’t sleep well at the Reynolds’ place, so as soon as she got back to her own pad, she crashed. She was woken up by the doorbell at 4 in the afternoon. She thought it was Sandra, but when she opened the door, she was greeted by Keen.

As soon as she saw him, Seraphina knew something was up. Keen was holding a large box, which he handed over to Seraphina. “Ms. Bennett, there’s a charity dinner tonight. Mr. Reynolds has prepared a dress and shoes for you. We hope you could give them a try.” Seraphina lazily opened the box to find a red evening dress and a pair of high heels. “The show must go on, these hypocritical businessmen clearly knew the drill. Seraphina silently took the box, then slammed the door shut, tossed the box onto the couch, and crawled back into bed to catch more z’s. At exactly six o’clock in the afternoon, Leandro showed up at Seraphina’s doorstep.