Tangled in His Obsession

Chapter 334

Chapter 334

In a flash, Seraphina was tempted to crumple the painting in her hand.

But just as the thought crossed her mind, she found she just couldn’t do it.

After all, it was Valerio’s work, all she did was just to help him make some changes. What’s the big deal showing him a simple painting?

With that thought, Seraphina toughed it out and handed him the painting.

However, as she handed it over, she felt uneasy and couldn’t help but smudge the face she had drawn herself.

The watercolor on the paper hadn’t completely dried yet, and her smudge smeared the picture.

Leandro took the paper and saw a blurred figure.

Despite the blurriness, the overall style was still there, not purely Valerio’s style.

But the face was blurred, unrecognizable.

While he was looking at the painting, Seraphina slipped away from him, only to see Leandro’s dark gaze.

She couldn’t conceal her surprise, but put on a calm face, “You scared me!”

“Did I?” Leandro still held the painting, glanced at it, and casually said, “When did you become so timid?”

Seraphina snorted, took the painting from his hand, and stuffed it into Valerio’s portfolio.

“This is Valerio’s homework, don’t mess it up,” she said, “or he’ll be pissed tomorrow.”

Just as she said this, something occurred to her, she turned to him, “Ah, you won’t see him tomorrow, right? It’s already 2 a.m., when are you leaving?”

“Twelve noon.” As Leandro answered, he went to the side of the bed to check on Valerio.

Seraphina raised her eyebrows in surprise, “Wow, that’s like ten hours, aren’t you super busy? Do you have that much free time?”

Leandro sat by the bed, hearing this, he turned to look at her and slowly said, “I rarely have free time, and you happen to be suffering from insomnia, isn’t this perfect?”

Upon hearing this, Seraphina quickly moved towards the bed, ready to hug Valerio, but Leandro caught her.

“I’m not suffering from insomnia.” Seraphina quickly denied, “I’m really sleepy, I can fall asleep in a minute.”

But Leandro seemed to ignore her.

The way she was positioned in his arms was too intimate, he listened to her feeble excuses, and leaned down to kiss her.

Seraphina found the position uncomfortable and struggled a bit.

Then, she was carried by Leandro into the bathroom.

The old-fashioned bathroom had been remodeled, its layout unchanged, aside from the new fixtures, everything else remained.

Somewhat dim, somewhat damp, turning on the shower, the room filled with steam.

In the blurry steam, Seraphina was held tightly by Leandro, giving her a thorough bath.

It had been a long time since they were together, Leandro was deeply missing her, and was unwilling to let her go easily.

Seraphina had originally a lot of questions she wanted to ask him, but they were all washed away under the shower, disappearing to who knows where.

The next morning, the first to wake up was Valerio. Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

As a soon-to-be primary school student, he had good habits, full of energy, ready to greet the new day every morning at 6:30.

But today’s new day left him a little confused.

Last night when he went to bed, there were only him and Seraphina in the bed, how come there was an extra person sharing the blanket with Seraphina when he woke up?

The serious and meticulous Valerio then sat on his own blanket, staring at the two sleeping figures, trying to recall if he had forgotten something yesterday.

Although Leandro was asleep, being in a strange place and his alertness, he was a light sleeper, any changes in the room would wake him up.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened his eyes, he met Valerio’s scrutinizing gaze.

Father and son stared at each other quietly for a while, Valerio suddenly leaned forward, pointing at some marks on Seraphina’s shoulder.

Leandro looked down, silently pulling the blanket

up

a bit higher.

Seraphina’s skin was really delicate, a little bit of force from him could easily leave red marks.

“It’s okay.” Leandro whispered to Valerio, “Just a little scrape, doesn’t hurt.”

Valerio quickly pointed at his shoulder, where there was a deep bite mark.

Knowing Seraphina’s character, how could she not fight back? This bite mark was her response to him.

“I’m not hurting either.” Leandro said.

Valerio looked doubtful for a while, for some reason he suddenly felt like he was being neglected, so he pouted, got off the bed and walked towards the bathroom feeling wronged,

The sound of water came from the bathroom, and Seraphina slowly opened her eyes.

Leandro looked down at her, and Seraphina sighed softly, “Your son seems a bit upset.”

“You’ve woken up at just the right time.” Leandro said.

At least she had just avoided Valerio’s scrutiny.

Seraphina snorted, but just stared at him, and after a while spoke in a slightly husky voice, “Leandro, you’re not as busy as the rumors say, right?”

She had been too physically exhausted before, and now, after resting, she finally had the chance to ask.

If he was really that busy, rushing over in the middle of the night and still being able to… he was… quite efficient.

Seraphina didn’t spell out her question in detail, but Leandro had clearly understood her meaning.

But such an accusation, he accepted with pleasure.

Leandro reached out to pull her into his arms, Seraphina immediately pushed him away, fearing Valerio would come out and see something he shouldn’t. Leandro had no real intentions, and soon let go of her. Only then did Seraphina seize the opportunity to continue asking, “What have you been busy with lately?”

Upon hearing this, Leandro slowly said, “Didn’t you already find out from Keen?”

Seraphina suddenly gritted her teeth.

Keen, the incredibly honest man, probably would never betray Leandro even a little bit in this lifetime!

But since the discussion had started, she decided to just cut to the chase.

“Did Bowen really target the Reynolds Group?”

“Isn’t it obvious enough?”

“I have a question though,” Seraphina said, “If he’s causing trouble under the name of the Martin Group, how did you guys figure out so quickly that he’s the actual puppet master behind the scenes?”

Hearing this question, Leandro put one hand behind his head, giving her a silent look.

Got to say, her ability to catch the key info was indeed very impressive.

“Because I’ve had my eyes on him all along,” Leandro answered.