Tangled in His Obsession

Chatper 367

Chapter 367

Seraphina was holding her phone, murmuring a soft “hello,” but there was no response from the otherend.

This was undeniably weird. Seraphina shapped back to reality, sat quietly for a moment, then gentlytapped on her phone.

Still, no response.

Seraphina decisively hung up, then dialed back.

The call went through, but no matter how long the ringtone went on, no one picked up.

After hanging up, Seraphina found she couldn’t sleep anymore.

A late-night call from an unknown number with no sound at the other end – wasn’t that ripped straightout of a horror movie?

She’d been living in this house for so many days, was she about to star in her own horror story?

Seraphina found this somewhat amusing, but after the laughter, she suddenly recalled the figure shesaw at the supermarket today.

In the day, a figure that looked a lot like Sandra Smith appeared in her line of sight;

At night, a soundless call came through to her phone.

Was this a coincidence? If not, what did these two events mean?

Seraphina was momentarily baffled. She got up, pacing barefoot on the floor, trying to clear her headwith the coolness of the ground.

Before she knew it, she walked downstairs to the living room, stopped by the liquor cabinet and gotherself a glass of wine.

As the red liquid slowly filled the glass, Seraphina’s mind was still occupied with the silent phone call.Just as she was deep in thought, her phone rang again.

Seraphina almost jumped, promptly set down the wine bottle, picked up the phone and saw a domesticnumber displayed on the screen.

She glanced instinctively at her computer in the living room, then answered the call

The other end was still eerily silent until Seraphina softly said, “hello”.

“It’s almost two, you’re still up?” Leandro’s voice was deep and calm, as always.

Seraphina glanced at the clock in the living room, paused for a moment, then replied, “Hmm, I can’tsleep.”

She picked up her wine glass, walked over to the couch, and sat down. After taking a sip, she asked,“Guess what I saw today?”

The two of them hadn’t had a normal conversation in a long time.

Apart from the computer in the living room, which was always on video calls, occasionally Valerio wouldalso video chat with Leandro. Most of the time, Seraphina was just there, they would chat casually,asking about each other’s well-being, avoiding other topics.novelbin

Now, Leandro was sitting in his office, looking at Seraphina’s figure on the large screen, when he heardher question, his nerves that had been tense for many days

relaxed a bit.

He loosened his tie and asked, “What did you see?”

“I saw a woman… who looks a lot like Sandra.” Seraphina replied, “But when I went to find her, she haddisappeared.”

Hearing this, Leandro couldn’t help but frown.

‘Do you think there are really ghosts in the world?” Seraphina asked out of the blue.

‘No, I don’t believe in that.” Leandro’s reply came without hesitation.

Seraphina smiled faintly, and said slowly, “But I just got a silent call.”

Leandro’s expression darkened slightly. “Who was it?”

“I don’t know.” Seraphina answered, “Just that it’s a Starhaven number.”

Leandro was silent for a moment before asking, “So, do you believe in ghosts now?”

Seraphina smiled lightly, and said slowly, “If it really was Sandra’s ghost, shouldn’t she be back home?Did she travel all the way to Starhaven just to find me, even using a Starhaven number to call, but notcome find me in person?”

‘So, someone’s up to something.” Leandro finally said.

Seraphina lay on the couch, took another sip of her wine, then asked, “What’s the point, though?”

On the other end of the call, Leandro looked at her nonchalant manner, took a moment, then slowlysaid, “Someone wants you to stay there, they don’t want you to come back.”

Hearing this, Seraphina was taken aback.

She really hadn’t considered this. But thinking about it, it did make some sense –

Facing a woman looks like Sandra, a mysterious silent call, Seraphina wouldn’t just let it go.

If someone wanted to influence her through Sandra, they could do it back home, why come toStarhaven?

So, the whole shenanigans here were to make her stay in Velvetwood?

But why?

Who would benefit from her staying in Velvetwood?

Almost instantly, Seraphina thought of Gloria.

Part of the reason she wanted to return to Sunburst City was because of Gloria. If she went back now,she might expose Gloria’s act of pushing Vivian Smith down the stairs.

Someone wanted to cover this up, so they didn’t want her to return to Sunburst City?

But the only people who knew the truth were Leandro and Karan.

Leandro wouldn’t do this to her, plus he had no reason to;

Karan didn’t have the means or the chance to do so.

Seraphina quickly dismissed this speculation.

So, if it wasn’t about Gloria, who wanted her to stay in Velvetwood?

The only person who knew how to influence her through Sandra, was Bowen Smith.

And Bowen’s target has always been the Reynolds Group.

So, what would happen to the Reynolds Group if she stayed in Sunburst City?

This thought made Seraphina instinctively glance at her computer.

She knew her place, aware that she had little impact on the Reynolds Group. The only person whowould be affected by her was one single person.

Seraphina sat at a distance, quietly staring at the computer, as if she could see Leandro on the otherside of the video chat.

Because she knew, right then and there, Leandro was on the other side of the camera, silentlywatching her.

For the past 20 days, he might have been watching her all along, just like that.

But he hadn’t made a single call to her, not until today.

Maybe her waking up in the middle of the night had him worried, or maybe after holding back for somany days, he couldn’t stand missing her anymore.

“What about you?” Seraphina suddenly asked him, “Do you want me to come back?”