Female Novel
Chapter 276
Chapter 276
Once again, Seraphina poured most of her energy into tracking and surveillance.
Since keeping tabs on Keeley didn’t take much of her energy, she decided to split her time equallybetween Maddox and Mervin.
One day she’d tail Maddox, the next she’d be hot on Mervin’s trail. If she spent the morning trailingMervin, she’d switch to Maddox in the afternoon, not wasting a single moment.
After three days of this, Maddox was still calm, but Mervin was pretty much pushed to his limits bySeraphina’s relentless pursuit.
Even though the team had agreed to lay low and avoid seeing each other, Mervin set up a three-manmeet-up three days later.
The reason for the get-together didn’t really matter. After all, Seraphina had already figured out theirreal identities. Any attempt to avoid each other now was just pointless.
Mervin first met up with Maddox at the university cafeteria.
Their behavior in such a public place was totally natural, just like any regular friend meeting, withoutdrawing any attention.
“Did you buzz Keeley?” Maddox asked casually.
“Yes,” Mervin replied, “I need to know where he stands.”
As soon as the words were spoken, Keeley, dressed all in black, made his appearance in the cafeteria.
Given his youthful appearance and casual stroll around the campus, most people would probablymistake him for a student, so he didn’t draw much attention.
In the not-so-crowded cafeteria, Keeley quickly spotted Maddox and Mervin.
“Didn’t the boss say we should avoid meeting recently?” Keeley queried casually as he sat down,“What’s happening?”
Maddox remained indifferent, while Mervin gave Keeley a cold stare. “The point of avoiding each otherwas to lay low so that no one will find out about us. But now that woman is on my tail, she’s beenfollowing me and Mr. Maddox around for the past few days! Is there really any point in pretending wedon’t know each other?”
At this, Keeley’s expression changed slightly. “She knows about you too?”
“Not just knows!” Mervin said, “She’s been following me for three days!”
“And you still called us here?” Keeley asked, “Aren’t you afraid of dragging the boss into this?”
Mervin sneered, “The boss’s identity isn’t that easy to figure out. Only the three of us are meetingtoday.”
“What do you want to do?” Keeley asked.
Mervin glanced at him, then at Maddox. “I suggest we deal with this woman.”novelbin
Upon hearing this, Maddox raised an eyebrow but didn’t respond.
Keeley, however, laughed, “Are you nuts, thinking of making a move at such a sensitive time?”
Mervin stared at him. “Are you worried that this isn’t the right time to act, or do you just care about thatwoman?”
Keeley didn’t look at him, instead turning to Maddox. “Professor, you’re the most careful among us. Doyou think it’s the right time to
act?”
Maddox took a sip of his coffee, responding nonchalantly, “I always have faith in my plans.”
Keeley looked at him incredulously, then said, “And you think Seraphina is someone you can just easilydeal with?”
“Is there a problem?” Mervin asked, “Remember when we dealt with a journalist once?”
Keeley gave him a scornful look. “Are the two situations the same? That journalist was a loner, easy tohandle. But don’t forget, Seraphina is Leandro Reynolds’ wife. She’s always surrounded bybodyguards. Even if you manage to bypass them, are you sure you can handle Leandro’s retaliation?”
Mervin slammed the table, “I’m almost driven crazy by that woman! If necessary, I’d rather die than lether get away with it!”
Keeley glanced at him again, said nothing, and pulled out two phones from his pocket, dialing a strangenumber with one.
Maddox and Mervin just watched him coldly.
Once he got through, Keeley said, “I’m here with Mr. Mervin and Mr. Maddox. We have a situation andwould like to hear your opinion.”
After conveying their discussion to the person on the other end, Keeley handed the phone to Maddox.
Maddox took the phone, listened for a moment, hung up, and coldly returned the phone to Keeley, thensaid to Mervin, “The boss doesn’t like our plan.”
Mervin’s face changed. He was about to argue, but remembering the boss’s decisive nature, he couldonly glare at Keeley.
Keeley chuckled, put his phone back in the pocket, and got up to leave.
It wasn’t until his figure disappeared from the doorway that Maddox lifted his head, giving him a casualglance.
Mervin slowly said, “He’s not considering our safety at all, he just can’t bear to see that woman die!”
Maddox sat quietly, and after a while, he made a comment, “He’s trapped by emotion.”
“The boss even listens to him. He’s so timid, we’ll be completely destroyed by that woman sooner orlater!” Mervin said, “If it really comes to that, I’d rather kill him and that woman now!”
After hearing this, Maddox had no reaction, he just calmly lowered his gaze and continued sipping hiscoffee.
After leaving the cafeteria, Keeley went to the campus parking lot and got into his car. His expressionunconsciously turned gloomy.
The reason they called him here was simple. Maddox and Mervin were backed into a corner bySeraphina, but she wasn’t backing down.
That afternoon, Seraphina was at Carney Artful Reverie.
After three days of relentless pursuit, she decided to take a breather, and at the same time, make thetwo she was tracking even more
anxious.
She spent the entire afternoon tidying up paintings in the studio, and it wasn’t until dark that sheprepared to leave.
A bunch of bodyguards were clearing the way for her at the entrance, but the moment Seraphinastepped out, something flew by, nearly brushing her hair.
Abbot was quick to react, he immediately used his body to shield Seraphina. The object hit the wall,made a tinkling sound, then fell to the ground.
Seraphina turned around to see a dart.
Not far from there, Keeley was standing at the corner of the street. Under the wary and angry gaze ofthe bodyguards, he was staring firmly at Seraphina.
Seraphina gently pushed Abbot aside, picked up the dart from the ground, and walked slowly towardsKeeley, handing him the dart, “Did you drop this?”
Keeley took the dart and casually waved it in front of her, “If I had intended to kill you, that throw wouldhave done it.”
On hearing this, Seraphina carefully checked her body, sighed a sigh of relief and said, “Should I feellucky then, that I’m still breathing?”
Keeley quietly looked at her and asked, “Are you really not afraid to die?”
Seraphina tilted her head to look at him, “What do you think?”
Keeley took a deep breath and then said, “Do you really think you can find anything? Even if youdiscover all of evidence! You’re just wasting your time!”
us, you won’t find any
Hearing this, Seraphina snorted, “What do I need evidence for? To take you to court? You think thatwould ease the hatred in my heart?”
“So you want us to pay for Sandra Smith’s life?”
Seraphina turned her face away, was silent for a while, then said, “If that were the case, I could havehired someone to kill you quietly from the start, to avenge her!”
She looked back at Keeley, “I don’t have the time, nor the inclination to worry about what exactly you allhave done! What I want to know is who’s behind all this! Until I find that person, I won’t give up!”
Keeley shook his head, “You’re so stubborn!”
“I’ve temporarily put aside the matter of you killing my friend Sandra.” Seraphina glanced at him, “Soplease don’t pretend to care about my safety anymore.”
With that, Seraphina didn’t linger any longer. She turned around, got into the car that had been waitingfor her for a while and quickly left. Keeley stood on the street for a long time before he pulled himselftogether, got into his car, and left.
About twenty minutes later, Keeley returned to his place.
It was a somewhat worn out neighborhood, a slightly shabby two-story apartment, his new place.
He parked the car on the first floor, went upstairs, and flopped onto the bed in frustration.
Outside the window were the dim street lights and the tangled wires. The light shone in through thewindow. Keeley stared at the light, Seraphina’s face constantly replaying in his mind.
This woman, who both amused and troubled him, was the best friend of the woman he had killed.
Keeley lay silently for a while, then sat up.
He had always acted according to Maddox’s plan, never curious about who their employer was andwho their targets were. But now, he began to have other thoughts.
Who exactly was this puppeteer Seraphina was so keen to find?
Sandra seemed like an ordinary woman, why would anyone threaten her life in this way?
He didn’t use to ponder these questions, but when he started thinking, his curiosity began to expanduncontrollably.
After sitting quietly for a while, Keeley suddenly got up, walked to the corner, and turned on his long-unused, dusty computer.
In the wee hours of the morning, just as Keeley who had just turned off his computer was about to go tobed, he suddenly heard urgent knocking from downstairs.
He was instantly alert, before he could react, the door downstairs had been kicked open from theoutside.
Keeley went to the stairwell and saw Mervin rushing up from downstairs, face red with anger.
Mervin rushed up the stairs, grabbed Keeley by the collar, almost lifting him off the ground, before hespat out angrily, “You hacked into my computer, what the hell are you trying to do? What were youlooking for in my computer?”