Female Novel
Chatper 257
Chapter 257
Seraphina was buzzing with excitement as she scrolled through the comments. Right when she wasengrossed in them, a new message popped up. She casually clicked on it and it turned out to be astatement from Magnolia’s team.
“Magnolia went overseas for further education six years ago, and indeed, she received financial aidfrom Leandro. But this funding was provided in the form of a student loan. Over the past six years,Magnolia has been working hard, constantly improving, and finally achieving what she has today. Uponreturning to her home country, she immediately repaid Mr. Reynolds’ funds as per their agreement.Throughout these six years, Magnolia has always been grateful and respectful towards Leandro,without any personal emotional involvement or interference with his marriage. We are making thisstatement to declare that if anyone spreads rumors about her, we will take legal action to protectMagnolia’s reputation. We ask all netizens to please take note.”
After reading this statement, Seraphina turned to Leandro who was about to leave, “You’ve truly brokenMs. Magnolia’s heart. Look at the statement, it’s frosty.”
Leandro glanced at her, “Isn’t that what you wanted?”
“Don’t blame me!” Seraphina rolled her eyes at him, “How could I not feel for the girl? You’re the cold-hearted one.”
Leandro gave her a look and didn’t say anything. He just put on his coat and left.
After reading the statement, Seraphina was wide awake. She put down the tablet and called Sandra.
The phone rang for a while, but nobody answered.
After calling twice, Seraphina didn’t try again. She quickly got up to tidy herself up and went to findSandra
Just as she was about to leave, Sandra called.
“Sera.” Her voice was low
Seraphina immediately sensed something. “Did you guys finish talking?”
“We finished.” Sandra said.
“What did he say?”
After a while, Sandra finally said, “I’m coming over to you now?
Seraphina breathed a sigh of relief, “Alright, III be at Carney Artful Reverie waiting for you.”
Sandra’s brief words made Seraphina feel that things weren’t looking good. But how deeply hurtSandra was and whether she made up her mind, she would only know when she saw Sandra.
Without any hesitation, Seraphina left and headed straight for Carney Artful Reverie.
Just as she reached the entrance of Carney Artful Reverie, a large box appeared in front of her.
She glanced at it and saw Keeley behind the box
She sighed helplessly and said to him, ‘You’re up early”
“You’re here two or three hours earlier than usual today” said Keeley. “Didn’t sleep well last night?”
Seraphina gave a light laugh, saying, “None of your business.”
As she was about to enter Carney Artful Reverie, Keeley stubbornly handed her the box, “This is foryou.”
“A bomb?” Seraphina asked.
“You’re heartless.” Keeley said, “I came so early to comfort you, and this is how you treat me.”novelbin
Seraphina opened the box and found a video game console.
Next to the console were some peculiar game cartridges.
The games were clearly not kids friendly, their bloody and violent visuals were hard to stomach.
‘Why are you giving me this? Seraphina asked, “I don’t like playing games.”
Keeley answered, “These games are thrilling, full of blood and gore, they can vent out yourdissatisfaction. I believe they will suit you.”
Seraphina looked up at him, “So I won’t turn psychotic after playing them, right?”
Hearing this, Keeley burst into laughter, “Maybe this is your true self? Maybe you’ll find your real self inthese games, and stop being so accommodating.”
Just as Seraphina was about to reply, Keeley’s phone suddenly rang.
Keeley glanced at the phone, his face slightly changing, and he answered the call.
Seraphina watched him quietly from the side.
The call was short, Keeley only said a few words like “Okay”, “Got it”, nothing seemed out of theordinary.
But Seraphina still keenly sensed something off.
Sure enough, Keeley quickly hung up, turned to Seraphina and she beat him to the punch.
“Since you recommended these games, let’s play together” After saying this, Seraphina headed intoCarney Artful Reverie.
But Keeley suddenly reached out to stop her, “I can’t today, I have something to do, I need to leave.”
Seraphina turned to look at him, “Are you sure? If you leave this time, I may not want to play gameswith you next time.”
“Being with you is important.” Keeley leaned in and whispered, “But I believe we’ll have plenty morechances in the future.”
Before Seraphina could say anything. Keeley had already blown her a kiss, turned around and walkedto the sidewalk, getting on his motorcycle.
Seeing this, Seraphina knew what he was going to do, but she knew she couldn’t stop him no matterwhat.
Watching Keeley ride off, Seraphina headed into Carney Artful Reverie while dialing Herman Garcia’snumber.
‘Herman, Keeley is on the move!” Seraphina said bluntly, “I don’t know who he’s targeting or where he’splanning to take action, but I’m certain he’s on his way to carry out his mission right now. You better findout his whereabouts quickly and stop his actions… otherwise, there will be more victims.”
After listening to the phone call, Herman immediately took action.
Seraphina ended the call, went back to her office, thought for a while, and then dialed Keeley’s numberagain.
The phone rang a few times before it was cut off, and when Seraphina tried to call again, it was alreadyunreachable.
She wasn’t sure whether Keeley had turned off his phone or just straight-up ghosted her, but eitherway, she couldn’t do anything about him at the moment.
Seraphina heaved a sigh and sank into her chair, last in thought.
About an hour later, her phone that was sitting on the office desk suddenly lit up. Seraphina swiftlygrabbed it, and her heart skipped a beat when she saw Keeley’s name.
“Been looking for me?” Keeley’s voice sounded chill as ever, radiating an air of joy.
Seraphina’s heart sank like a stone.
Did this mean he had completed his mission?
She couldn’t help but let out a bitter chuckle, “Thought you didn’t want to pick up my calls? Well, ifthat’s the case, we don’t have much to
talk about.”
Seraphina promptly hung up, and the next second, she was dialing Herman’s number.
“He’s done,” Seraphina said, with a knot in her stomach, “Did you notice anything unusual?”
Herman stayed silent for a beat before responding, “His phone signal vanished for a while. I couldn’ttrack his last location.”
“What about within the possible radius?” Seraphina asked, “Any accidents or anything?”
No sooner had she finished her words than she heard voices from Herman’s end, “Just got a report ofthe third car crash within our surveillance area. The victim’s name is Sandra. She crashed her car intothe guardrail of the bridge over the river, and she and her car plunged into the water…”