Tangled in His Obsession

Chapter 283

Seraphina doubted her own ears for a moment.

“Come again,” she said to Herman.

Herman, too, seemed reluctant to accept the fact. After a while, he repeated, “Maddox is dead.”

Seraphina blurted out an expletive, unable to control herself.

“He’s dead?” She was nearly out of control, “You told me this morning that he would wake up soon, now you’re telling me he’s dead. How did he die? How could he just drop dead like that?”

Herman lit a cigarette on the other end of the phone, and after a while, he said. “His injuries were severe what’s so surprising about him dying?”

Seraphina hung up the phone in anger.

She hadn’t lost her cool in a long time, but the news of Maddox’s death had indeed struck a nerve. She was completely dazed for a

moment.

On the other end of the phone, Herman stood at the end of the hospital hallway, a cigarette in his hand, silently staring into the distance.

Knowing she was not in a stable state of mind and not wanting to affect the people at home, Seraphina quickly returned to her room and paced back and forth in her bedroom.

Maddox’s injuries were indeed severe, and sudden death was possible under such circumstances. But when she was about to find out the identity of the fourth member of their criminal team, he suddenly

died. Wasn’t that strange?

Thinking about this, Seraphina suddenly stopped pacing, and after a while, she changed her clothes and went straight to the hospital.

When she arrived at the hospital, Herman hadn’t left.

Even though Maddox had been declared dead and his body had been taken away, Herman was still standing at the door of his room, quietly looking at the empty bed.

Seraphina walked up and nudged him.

It seemed to bring Herman back to his senses. He turned to look at her, and after a while, he found his voice and said, “What are you doing here?”

“I couldn’t explain everything over the phone,” Seraphina said, “I just want to know, why did Maddox suddenly die? Did he have any complications? Or did a part of his body suddenly mutate?”

Herman was silent for a while before answering. “We’ll have to wait for the autopsy results to know the exact cause.”

“What if he didn’t die suddenly because of his severe injuries? Seraphina asked.

Herman suddenly glanced at her, “What are you getting at?”

Seraphina was firm, “He was murdered again.”

Herman immediately looked away, “How is that possible? How many people do you think knew he was still alive?”

“Yeah,” Seraphina looked at him, “You would know best how many people knew. So, who among them came here? Who entered this

room?”

“We’ve had people guarding the door of the room at all times.” Herman’s voice was hoarse and his eyebrows were furrowed, “Do you think someone could have done it under our watch?”

Looking at Herman’s tired and angry face, Seraphina suddenly seemed to realize something. “You already have a suspect in mind, don’t you?”

Herman’s eyes suddenly became tense. He looked away and replied somewhat rudely, “No!”

His denial only made Seraphina more convinced of her suspicion. She reached out and grabbed him, “You do!”

Herman forcefully broke free from Seraphina and turned to walk towards the elevator.

Seraphina quickly caught up with him, “You have a suspect in mind, why don’t you investigate? Who is making you hesitate so much? How can you let the murderer get away?”

Herman suddenly stopped, turned to look at her, and there was a hint of terror on his handsome face, “I will investigate! I will definitely investigate! But right now there’s no evidence, I won’t just suspect someone who might be innocent!”

“Stop making excuses!” Seraphina said, “Isn’t investigating a case about making bold assumptions and verifying them carefully? You don’t dare to suspect someone? If you don’t even dare to suspect someone, what are you investigating?”

Herman once again walked towards the elevator.

Seraphina followed him closely, “Who exactly is making you so unwilling to accept the truth? Can you eliminate his suspicion by not accepting it? Stop fooling yourself! You are a policeman, this is what you should do!”

She kept saying these things, but Herman seemed to not hear, he walked out of the elevator, quickly walked to his car, got in, and didn’t give Seraphina a chance to get in, and then quickly left the hospital.

Seraphina was left behind, she stomped her foot in anger, and then called Leandro.

“Leandro,” she rarely spoke to him so serious, “Take me to find Herman! Now!”

On the other end of the phone, Leandro, who was preparing for a meeting, paused for a moment and only replied, “Okay.”

He hung up the phone, and when he informed Keen to cancel the meeting, Keen was taken aback, but did not dare to ask more, he could only say, “Alright.”

It wasn’t until Leandro left the company that Yasmina pushed the door into his office. Looking at Keen who was still tidying up, she asked curiously, “What happened? The executives from several departments have been preparing for this meeting for two weeks, why did he cancel the meeting?”

“How would I know?” Keen replied impatiently, “Mrs. Reynolds called, and that was it.”

Hearing this, Yasmina couldn’t help but raise her eyebrows and sigh, “He’s really spoiling his wife.”

Everyone has their own psychological defenses, which can be divided into several layers. Regardless of how many layers Herman’s psychological defense had, Seraphina was clearly excluded. To get him to talk, Leandro was obviously a better candidate.

Leandro brought Seraphina to the door of Herman’s apartment, pressed the doorbell, and the door opened shortly after. Material © of NôvelDrama.Org.

Herman, with a cigarette in his hand, appeared behind the door, looking much calmer than before. He glanced at Leandro and Seraphina at the door, then simply called out, “Leandro.”

Seraphina hovered behind Leandro, not making a move.

Leandro, on the other hand, didn’t hesitate. He grabbed her hand and led her through the door.

The room was thick with smoke and even though Seraphina wasn’t particularly sensitive to it, she couldn’t help but cough.

It was clear that Herman was seriously pissed off.

On the living room table, a laptop was open, its screen showing a surveillance video. Seraphina took a glance and realized it was footage from a hospital elevator.

This time, Herman wasn’t resisting like before. He just stood there, staring at the computer screen!

“What the heck did you find that’s got you so bummed?” Leandro asked.

It took a while for Herman to respond. His voice was hoarse and even shaky as he finally said, “My mentor.”