Tangled in His Obsession

Chapter 279

Leandro didn’t say anything and was enjoying the moment.

Seraphina, tucked in his embrace, was flipping through a report she knew like the back of her hand, acting like she was hooked on it. She even searched for more articles once she finished one, even though every report was about the same and there wasn’t any useful info, she was still totally into it.

“Is it that interesting?” Leandro asked.

Seraphina looked back at him, “Of course.”

As she said that, the corners of her mouth curled up in a joyful expression.

It had been a while since she had genuinely smiled since the incident with Sandra.

“Are

you that happy?” Leandro asked slowly.

“Not really.” Seraphina said, “I will only be happy when they all get what they deserved.”

Leandro didn’t say anything after hearing that.

Seraphina finished reading another piece of article and suddenly looked back at him, “Why, do you think I’m cold-blooded and cruel?” Leandro silently locked eyes with her for a moment, then slowly said, “I don’t think so.”

Hearing that, Seraphina looked away, after a moment of silence, she laid more comfortably into his embrace, continuing to read the news on her tablet.

Leandro fully opened his arms to let her lean against him, her head resting on his chest, allowing him to smell the scent of her hair every time he lowered his head.

Just as Herman walked in, he caught them in this intimate position in the living room, with Leandro kissing Seraphina’s hair. Herman immediately felt awkward and didn’t know what to do, luckily, Leandro heard the noise and looked up to see him.

“Leandro.” Herman said awkwardly as he walked up, “Sorry, I’m late.”

“No worries.” Seraphina put down her tablet and looked behind him, “There’s someone who’s even more late than you, we can have a midnight snack together.”

Herman turned around and saw Terrell following him in.

“I don’t know how late our meeting will go.” Terrell said calmly to Seraphina, not overly polite, “I had to wait until my wife took her medication and went to sleep before I could come.”

“Okay.” Seraphina stood up, “There are not many men who cherish their wives these days, for the sake of your wife, I forgive you.”

Hearing her words, Leandro’s eyes deepened.

When everyone finally arrived, dinner began.

Seraphina hadn’t been hungry these past few days, but was particularly hungry today, she started to eat as soon as she sat down, then looked at Herman, “So, any leads on Mervin’s case?”

“There are many suspicions.” Herman said, “But without finding the car that hit him, nothing can be confirmed.”

“Is there a chance of finding it?”

Herman shrugged, “We can only confirm that it was a black car because of the paint on Mervin’s body. That road is a secluded suburban road, no cameras, and plenty of blind spots and intersections, it’s virtually impossible to investigate.”

After hearing this, Seraphina was silent for a while, then slowly said, “How ruthless. They used to at least create accidents to make the case seem flawless, but now they’re opting for this crude and direct method… seems like they’re really eager to silence someone.”

Herman then asked, “Any news on your end?”

Seraphina glanced at Terrell.

Terrell took a sip of his drink, then said, “I haven’t appeared directly in front of Maddox, just been tailing him. He’s usually very cautious and doesn’t make any moves, but today he was acting differently, he accidentally bumped into one of his students after class, he almost couldn’t control his emotions.”

Seems like he’s starting to get nervous.” Herman said, “In that case, he’s our breakthrough. What about that guy named Keeley?”

“As for him…” Seraphina sighed, “He doesn’t seem scared, on the contrary, he’s more angry at me. He told me clearly that he’s not afraid of death, and even if he dies, he won’t reveal any information to me.”

Hearing this, Terrell scoffed and said, “Why did you show him your true colors so early? That kid was so smitten with you, if you keep pretending that you don’t know much and continue seeing him, he might’ve confessed everything.”

Hearing this, Seraphina didn’t react, but Leandro who had been sitting quietly at the dinner table suddenly looked at him.

That look was chilling.

Terrell paused, quickly coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment, and turned back to his drink.

Herman felt the awkwardness and pulled out a cigarette to offer Leandro, “Want a smoke?”

Leandro didn’t take it, simply stating, “I quit.”

He quit smoking?

Herman and Seraphina both looked at him.

Herman paused, quietly withdrew his hand.

Seraphina looked at him in surprise, “When did you quit?”

After asking, she thought about it and realized… she hadn’t seen Leandro smoking recently.

Even though she didn’t see him often, compared to before where he always had a cigarette in his hand, he was completely different

now.

“Quitting is a good thing.” Herman said, “My mom always tells me to quit, but it’s really hard.”

As he spoke, he lit a cigarette for himself, then continued discussing the current situation with Seraphina.

After dinner, by the time Herman and Terrell left, it was already late night.

Seraphina went back to her room to take a bath, when she came out, Leandro who had also taken a bath was sitting on her bed.

Seraphina stood at the bathroom door waiting for her skincare to absorb, while staring at Leandro.

Leandro, who had been focused on the stock market news, looked up at her when he felt her gaze.

Seraphina suddenly stepped forward, jumped on the bed, and pounced on him.

Then, she started sniffing him all over.

She sniffed his nose, his mouth, even picked up his fingers and held them to her nose for a sniff.

Not a trace of smoke.

-Leandro-let her be, and after Seraphina finished her inspection, she squinted at him for a while before sighing, “Quitting smoking is

really tough, right?”

Leandro simply hummed in response.

Seraphina suddenly leaned in closer to Leandro, “Then why not just keep smoking?”

Leandro looked at her, his gaze deep.

Seraphina sat up straight, “Why are you torturing yourself? Herman seems to have left a pack of cigarettes, I can go get it for you, smoke one and you’ll feel better!”

As she was getting ready to get off the bed, Leandro immediately grabbed her wrist, pulling her back and pinning her underneath him. “It is indeed tough.” Leandro said, “But I have other ways to get through it.”

Just as he finished speaking, Seraphina’s ability to argue back was stolen by his kiss.

The next day, it was almost noon by the time Seraphina got out of bed.

Today was Saturday, both Conway and Valerio were at home. The moment they saw her come downstairs, Valerio immediately broke into a happy grin.

Seraphina walked over, gently pinching his cheek, “I know you missed me, I’ll spend the day at home with you today.”

Hearing this, Conway curiously asked, “you are not busy today?”

“Mhm.” Seraphina replied, “Most of the prep work is done, it’s mostly waiting for the results now.”

Despite that, Seraphina still re-examined the previous information at home, continuing to search for clues about the other members of the criminal gang.

Valerio sat beside her doing his homework and reading, extremely happy.

Conway couldn’t help but come over to chat with her, “I heard from Karan, Leandro seems to be quitting smoking?”

“Really?” Seraphina feigned ignorance.

“Karan said, each time she goes to clean his study, the ashtray is always empty.” Conway said, “You live together, how can you not

know?”

“I didn’t notice.” Seraphina replied, “Everyone has their own stuff going on, I don’t have time to pay attention to that.”

Conway pretended to be angry, “I don’t care, once you guys are done being busy, you better give me an explanation!”

Seraphina finally looked at him, “What explanation?”

“Look at poor Valerio all alone! If you guys had another kid, he’d have a playmate. Then you guys can be as busy as you want, I won’t bother you anymore! And since Leandro’s even trying to quit smoking, you should get your body in shape and be ready, stop running around all over the place, got it?”

Conway’s rant was quite impressive, Seraphina blinked, obediently smiling, “Okay, I’ll listen to you.”

Conway didn’t expect her to be so compliant and was momentarily stunned, just as he was about to say something, Seraphina’s phone

rang.

Seraphina glanced at the screen, saw Terrell’s name, and immediately answered.

“There’s a problem with Maddox.” Terrell said. Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

Upon hearing this, Seraphina almost burst out laughing.

“He bought a plane ticket to go abroad in the middle of the night, went straight to the airport, he didn’t dare to drive so he called a taxi.” Terrell continued, “But who would’ve thought that there’d be a car accident on the highway, seven to eight cars piled up, his car got rear-ended by a truck and became severely deformed…”

After hearing this, Seraphina thought that the planner was too ruthless, then asked, “Did he die on the spot?”

“His wife died, but

he’s still alive, he was taken to the hospital.”

Upon hearing this, Seraphina immediately said, “I see, I’m going to ask Herman about the situation.”

After hanging up, she immediately called Herman.

It was chaotic on Herman’s end, judging from the background noise, he should be at the hospital.

“What’s the situation?” Seraphina directly asked, “Can Maddox survive?”

“We’re not

sure yet.” Herman said, “The doctors said, even if he survives, his legs can’t be saved. Judging from their tone, he has a good chance of surviving.”

After heari

this, Seraphina felt a bit excited, then said, “That’s great. His accomplice is dead, he was scared into fleeing with his wife

in the middle of the night, now his wife’s dead, his legs are gone, I doubt he’ll continue to protect the planner.”

“This accident was a pile-up of eight cars, Maddox was in a taxi he called at the last minute.” Herman said, “If this really was arranged by the planner, then he’s really powerful.”

Seraphina was quiet for a while, then said, “Then I guess… you can announce that… Maddox is dead.”

At the same time, in an outdoor café, Keeley was also watching the news about the serious car accident on the big screen in the square. The big screen only briefly reported the news, showing a few pictures of the scene.”

Keeley sat there quietly, after watching the news, he took out his phone and searched for the news.

The webpage quickly showed more pictures of scene and some news reports.

After confirming that Maddox was in the pictures, Keeley read the news report.

The article said that a university professor’s wife died on the spot, while the professor himself was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment.

Keeley read the news with a blank expression, as he was about to exit, two more news popped up-

“According to reports, the university professor who was rushed to the hospital has died due to severe injuries. So far, this serious car accident has caused the death of a married couple and injured seven people.”

After reading the new reports, Keeley was silent for a moment, laughed coldly, put his phone on the table, then took out another phone

and made a call.

“Boss.” As soon as the call was connected, Keeley said in a low voice, “I’m sorry.”

The voice on the other end was still calm, without any emotional fluctuations, “Why?”

“Because I chose to provoke that woman, leading to the current situation… Both Mervin and Mr. Maddox’s identities were exposed because of me.” Keeley said, “I’ve caused trouble for everyone.”

The person on the other end of the line was silent for a moment, then said, “If the two of them got in trouble, it’s probably because they

messed up. You don’t need to beat yourself up.”

“But I’m the one who messed up!”

“Keeley.” The other end called out his name, “Some things are just meant to be, don’t overthink it.”

Keeley was silent for a while before he spoke again, “Boss, I called you to admit that I messed up. No matter how you decide to punish me, I won’t complain. Just give me the word, and I’ll shut up forever.”

“I’ve already told you, don’t overthink it.” His boss said, “How could I not trust you? I’ll handle Mervin and the professor’s situation. You don’t have to worry, just live your life.”

The call was ended abruptly.

But Keeley still held his phone, it took him a long time to finally put it down. He watched the hustle and bustle of the crowd near and far, his gaze remained calm.

Just then, someone bumped into him, and the next moment, something warm spilled over his shoulder.

Keeley’s heart started pounding uncontrollably, he stood up abruptly and turned around to see a waiter had accidentally spilled a cup of coffee on him.

“Sir, I’m really sorry…”

The waiter kept apologizing, but Keeley wasn’t even listening.

His head was filled with a buzzing noise, and all of a sudden, all the other sounds around him seemed to disappear.

He thought he could bear it, but it turned out that waiting for death was so unbearable…