Tangled in His Obsession

Chapter 339

Chapter 339

Andrea had just hung up the phone when she bumped into Simon who was just coming downstairs asshe was entering the Martin family’s mansion.

Seeing Simon at home at this hour was a rare sight due to his busy schedule, so Andrea was slightlysurprised. “Dad, you’re home so early today?”

“Yep.” Simon replied, then asked, “Where have you been?”

“I had dinner at a friend’s place.” Andrea answered with a smile.

Simon plonked down on the couch and beckoned Andrea to sit next to him.

Following his command obediently, Andrea quickly took a seat.

“You’ve never been one for many friends.” Simon commented, “But I’ve noticed you’ve been going outquite a bit recently.”

Andrea paused for a moment, shrugged, and said with a grin, “Yeah, I met Leandro’s wife at Tania’sengagement party and we hit it off, so we’ve been hanging out a lot lately.”

Simon didn’t seem surprised by this, which meant he already knew.

After a brief pause, he then looked at Andrea, “You already know, don’t you?”

Andrea looked at Simon quietly for a moment, then slowly said, “Dad, are you talking about… the factthat Seraphina is mom’s biological daughter?”

Simon’s eyes dimmed noticeably at her words. After a few seconds, he responded quietly, “Yep.”

Seeing his reaction, Andrea knew that her suspicion had been correct.

Simon had always thought Seraphina was Adelina and another man’s child, and his interest inSeraphina was purely based on that.

Andrea took a deep breath, and casually responded, “Ah, I had my suspicions after that meeting. Shedid too, so… now we both know.”

Simon silently lit a cigarette, listened to Andrea’s words, then looked at her for a moment before saying,“Well, that’s good. You’ve always been a loner, now you have a sister, that must make you happy,right?”

Andrea slowly nodded.

Simon gave a faint smile and didn’t say anything more.

After a moment of silence, Andrea spoke again, “Dad, mom betrayed you, so do you blame her?”

Simon lightly tapped the ash off his cigarette, and said calmly, “Your mother passed away when I foundout, there’s no point in bringing it up now.”

“Dad, when did you find out about Seraphina’s existence?” Andrea asked.

“Long time ago.” Simon said faintly, “More than a decade ago, I ran into her when I went to Summitvilleto visit your mom’s grave.”

“Did you suspect it then?”

Simon gave a faint smile, “She was the spitting image of your mother, I couldn’t help but wonder.”

“So you found out she was actually mom’s child with another man?” Andrea asked tentatively.

“Yep.” Simon took a puff on his cigarette, his expression shrouded by the white smoke, making it hardto read.

Andrea fell silent, deep in thought about the implications of the whole situation.

Just as Simon had said, he had noticed Seraphina’s existence more than a decade ago.

Due to her striking resemblance to Adelina, he had his suspicions and ordered an investigation into herbackground.

The results were unexpected, Seraphina turned out to be the child of Adelina and another man.

Clearly, somebody had manipulated the situation to skew the results.

Only two people cared about revealing Seraphina’s true parentage-

Carney Bennett, a brilliant painter who raised Seraphina as his own daughter as per his mother’swishes. Other than painting, his heart was devoted to his wife and the daughter he considered his. Hedidn’t seem like the kind to pull something like this.

The other person-

There was a sound of footsteps on the staircase again. Andrea turned her head and saw Helenacoming down the stairs.

Unlike her usual glamorous appearance, Helena at home was pale, emaciated, with a cold look in hereyes, worn out by a loveless and hopeless marriage over the

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Seeing Simon and Andrea sitting together, Helena let out a cold laugh, turned around, and walked intothe kitchen.

After a while, she came out of the kitchen and quietly went upstairs.

Throughout this, Simon didn’t look at her once, and she didn’t spare them a glance either.

Andrea watched her retreating figure until she disappeared upstairs.

The answer was right in front of her.

The next day, back in Sunburst City, Seraphina paid a visit to the Smith family.

She hadn’t been there since Sandra left, and the only one left in the big mansion was the former Smithfamily’s maid.

The maid was evidently surprised to see Seraphina, “Ms. Bennett, what brings you here?”

I came to pick up some of Sandra’s things. Seraphina said, “I want to keep them as mementos.”

The mention of Sandra’s name brought tears to the maid’s eyes. She simply said, “Alright, Sandra’sroom has been left just as it was, I haven’t touched anything You can take whatever you want.”

The maid had watched Sandra grow up, she didn’t put up any resistance to Seraphina, who wasfamiliar with Sandra.novelbin

When Seraphina entered, she immediately felt the cold and desolate atmosphere in the room.

She held back her emotions, turned to the maid and asked, “Sandra’s brother doesn’t come homeoften, does he?”

“Ah.” The maid sighed, “He used to come back every now and then when Sandra was still here, butever since she left, he hardly ever comes back… The once happy

home is now broken…”

Hearing this, Seraphina was at a loss for words.

The maid seemed to realize she was talking too much. She quickly wiped her eyes and said, “You goon to Sandra’s room, I’ll get you some water.”

Seraphina nodded, then headed upstairs and opened Sandra’s room.

Just as the maid had said, the room was just as it was, as if someone was still living there every day,unchanged.

Seraphina stood silently at the door for a moment, then, taking a deep breath, she entered the room.

The maid brought a glass of water upstairs for Seraphina, who was at that moment sitting by Sandra’sbed, flipping through a photo album.

The maid, seeing this, couldn’t help but whisper, “That’s a collection of Sandra’s photos from when shewas about seventeen or eighteen. She loved the photos in

there the most…”

“Yes.” Seraphina gently touched one picture of Sandra smiling, “At this time, her smile was thebrightest.”

Then, Seraphina took a photo from the album, “Ma’am, I’d like to take this photo with me.”

The maid nodded.

Seraphina stood up, put the album back in its place, and picked up a bag from the dressing table. Shethen asked the maid, “I’ve gathered some small items, would you like to see them?”

“No no, it’s fine,” the maid quickly replied, “You and Sandra have been close since you were little. Whatcould she have that she wouldn’t want you to have? Whatever you want, just take it.”

Seraphina nodded, put down the bag, and went forward to hug the maid.

“Don’t worry, ma’am,” she said softly, “Sandra will be at peace.