Tangled in His Obsession

Chapter 156

Chapter 156

Upon hearing this, Conway said, “I can ignore other stuff, but your matters, I gotta care Over the years,I’ve let many things slide, but only you and Leandro’s matters, they won’t let me be.”

Hearing this, Seraphina, although she knew Conway was intentionally leading the conversation,couldn’t help but hold him tightly, “Grandpa…

Forget it, forget it” Conway said, “If you don’t wanna hear it, then I won’t say it”

As Conway spoke, he closed his eyes.

Seraphina could tell something was off with his color. Remembering he needed rest, she quicklysuggested, “Grandpa, if you’re tired, please take a nap. Valerio and I will be right here.”

“He rarely gets a break,” Conway responded, “He probably wants to spend time with you. Don’t stay onmy account. Take him out for a walk and come back later in the afternoon.”

Seraphina glanced at Valerio. Although he was always obedient, his eyes lit up with excitement uponhearing Conway’s suggestion.

Feeling a bit cornered, Seraphina waited. Once Conway was asleep, she quietly left the ward withValerio.

They got to the hospital entrance, the driver just happened to drive the car over, Seraphina opened thecar door to let Valerio in, but as soon as she got in, she smelled smoke.

Something seemed off with the driver. As she peered closer, her expression shifted sharply. The man inthe driver’s seat wasn’t their previous driver! Before Seraphina could process this shock, another manappeared from the passenger side, putting her in a car with two unfamiliar faces.

She instinctively reached for the car door, but it was locked tight. Neither doors nor windows wouldbudge. Taking a deep breath, she pulled Valerio close and studied the men up front. Both had theirfaces concealed with hats and masks, making identification impossible.

“What do you guys want?” Seraphina asked.

“Just wanted to invite Ms. Bennett and Valerio over to our place.” The passenger turned his head tolook at Seraphina, his voice was low, “No need to panic, Ms. Bennett.”

Seraphina coldly looked at them while glancing at the car window–wondering how likely it would be forher to kick the window open and throw Valerionovelbin

out?

As she was thinking this, the car suddenly came to a screeching halt, Seraphina looked up, there weresuddenly two more cars in front, blocking their path!

Seraphina saw that one of the cars contained a person that looked like Abbot whom she had metbefore!

Just now, she was facing two against one in the car, but now, more than one person was on her side.

Thinking of this, while the two men in front were distracted, Seraphina quickly lunged forward, swiftly hitthe central lock, and shouted, “Valerio, open the door and get out! Quick!”

Valerio had already reacted when they were talking with the two men, when Seraphina called him, hedecisively opened the car door and turned to pull Seraphina out.

However, half of Seraphina’s body was still in the front seat and couldn’t get back in time, Valerio wasobviously hesitating, Seraphina gave him a strong kick and kicked him out of the car!

Just as Valerio hit the ground, the people from Abbot’s car quickly got out and rushed over here.

Seeing this, the passenger immediately grabbed Seraphina, jumped to the back seat, held her down,and closed the car door at the same time.

The car quickly reversed, after a few adjustments, successfully shook off the two cars behind, andquickly drove in the opposite direction.

Seraphina didn’t know if Abbot’s two cars could catch up and save her, but now that Valerio was not inthe car, she felt completely relieved.

“Let go of me!” She glared at the man next to her.

Seeing her look, the man involuntarily let go of his hand, but he quickly reacted, his hands still aroundSeraphina, ready to prevent her from resisting again.

at any time.

“Don’t worry, I won’t resist if I’m not sure I can.” Seraphina tidied her hair and clothes, and calmlyasked, “Who are you guys after? What do you want?”

The man looked at her, was stunned for a moment, then suddenly started laughing.

When Keen received Abbot’s call, he was so scared that he almost dropped his phone, he immediatelyrushed to Leandro’s office.

Leandro, engrossed in a phone call by the window, turned sharply at a sound to find Keen, whose facedrained of color. Without waiting for Keen to speak, Leandro asked, “What’s wrong?”

“It’s Ms. Bennett, Keen stammered, pale. “Abbot called. They took her. We tried… but we couldn’t stopthem.”

The weight of the news hung heavy Leandro immediately ended his call, his face hardening withconcern

Thirty minutes later, he arrived at the hospital to find Valerio The boy had been tossed out of the car bySeraphina Cuts and bruises marked his limbs, now cleaned and bandaged by the medical staffRemarkably, Valerio had been brave, showing no sign of pain or distress. But the moment he sawLeandro, his small face crumpled with worry and fear Without a word, he rushed into Leandro’sprotective embrace.

Leandro held him with one arm and turned to look at the doctor.

“He’s fine.” The doctor answered, “No head injury, no concussion, just some scrapes on his hands andfeet, he may be a bit shocked.”

Leandro looked down and checked Valerio’s hands and feet, when he looked up, he saw Valerio staringat him, Valerio even opened his mouth, but made

no sound.

Leandro understood what he meant.

Although he was young, he knew clearly what had happened, he was telling him about Seraphina,hoping he could find Seraphina as soon as possible.

Holding him, Leandro’s eyes became gloomy

When Seraphina went missing, he didn’t immediately call the cops. Instead, he sent people out to sniffaround there were all sorts of folks in Sunburst City, and he knew a good number of them. Anythinginvolving blackmail or kidnapping was always tied to some shady characters, and most of the time hecould track down some leads.

But that day, deep into the night, Leandro hadn’t received a single piece of news.

Valerio woke up to the gravity of the situation, and he rushed out of his room.

In the living room, Keen was sat on the sofa, eyes glued to his phone waiting for any updates, whileLeandro was on the other side, cigarette in hand, on a

call with someone overseas.

Hearing footsteps, Keen abruptly looked up, seeing Valerio rushing down barefoot, he quickly went andpulled him into a hug. “Why are you up?”

Valerio just looked desperately at Leandro, his eyes pleading for help.

Leandro gave him a brief look before returning to his business call.

Suddenly, Keen’s phone on the table buzzed. As Keen answered, his expression shifted drastically.Noticing the change, Leandro met Keen’s gaze and promptly told the person on his line, Tll call youback.”

Once he’d ended his call, Leandro took Keen’s phone to hear for himself.

“Mr. Reynolds?” A man’s voice came from the phone.

“That’s me,” Leandro replied.

The next moment, the call ended.

Leandro looked at the phone, displaying a hidden number.

“They hung up?” Keen asked, surprised.

Leandro tossed the phone aside and looked at him, “What did he say?”

“He just said he wanted to speak with you, Keen replied.

Leandro didn’t respond, just pulled Valerio into his arms, glancing at him, “Go to sleep.”

Unable to express his panic, Valerio could only bite his lip and rest his head on Leandro’s shoulder, hiseyebrows furrowed.

At some point, Valerio fell asleep again. Leandro handed him over to Keen, who gently carried himback upstairs. When he returned, Leandro was still on the sofa, silently staring at the two phones infront of him, not saying a word.

Keen walked over and began to analyze the situation, “This may not be targeted at you. After all, Ms.Bennett has always had a rather unconventional approach… If she’s pissed off someone, this could behard to investigate. Should we call the police?”

Not targeted at him?

Leandro looked at the phone he’d just been on, scoffing internally.

If it wasn’t targeted at him, they wouldn’t have targeted his driver, stolen his car, and taken Seraphinaand Valerio right in front of him everything was clearly premeditated.

Seeing that Leandro wasn’t responding, Keen knew his stance and suggested, “We still don’t knowwhat they want. You should get some sleep, I’ll stay here and let you know as soon as there’s anynews.”

Leandro lit a cigarette and simply said, “No need.”

They waited until daybreak.

Keen was on the verge of a breakdown too many things had happened recently, one thing afteranother, and none of them good.

It was a terrible feeling, a slight mood swing could send him spiraling.

He was about to Head to the washroom, wiping his face, when the phone’s ring startled him.

Keen reacted swiftly, answering the phone and then passing it to Leandro after a quick look.

Leandro’s eyes darkened as he noticed the “Hidden Number” on the display Without emotion, he tookthe call.

Their request was straightforward money. But there was a catch- they insisted that Leandro deliver it inperson.

Keen reacted with urgency, “Mr. Reynolds, it’s too risky! We don’t know who they are or their realintentions. Why not let me handle it?”

Leandro rose decisively. “They asked for me. You handle the bank arrangements. We’ll rendezvouslater”