Chapter 326
Late at night, Herman stepped out of his room, nning to head downstairs to the convenience store
for some stuff.
Little did he expect, as soon as he stepped out of his room, Seraphina’s room across the hall was wide
open.
Herman’s room was next to Seraphina’s for the convenience of looking out for each other. He couldn’t
help but wander over and peek into the open room.
He saw Leandro sitting alone by the window, a bottle and a ss on the small table in front of him. The
bottle was already more than half-empty.
“Leandro?” Herman was taken aback.
Today’s events had left Seraphina in a state that had everyone worried, and Herman was no exception.
But with Leandro around, he could somewhat let his guard down. After all, Leandro was the closest
person to Seraphina, if anything, they could console each other, and it was none of his business.
He was waiting in his room until this hour, only to find Leandro in a room across from Seraphina’s when
he stepped out?
Herman nced at Seraphina’s room, the door was still firmly shut. He stepped into Leandro’s room,
“Why aren’t you in Seraphina’s room?”
Leandro, gripping his ss, a stern look on his face, casually replied after hearing his question, “Didn’t
you say she wanted to be alone?”
“But you…” Herman was about to say he thought Leandro would be the exception, but seeing the look
on Leandro’s face, he swallowed his words.
It seemed, if Leandro could be that exception, he wouldn’t be in this state right now.
Herman paused, then asked, “I’m heading to the convenience store, need me to grab you anything?”
“Cigarettes.” Leandro said.
Herman was taken aback, “Didn’t you quit smoking?”
“Get some just in case.” Leandro replied.
Herman hesitated for a while but eventually didn’t say anything and headed out the door.
When he came back to the room, the door across was still shut, and the bottle of liquor in front of
Leandro was empty.
Herman pulled out the cigarettes from the bag and handed them to Leandro.
Leandro took them, swiftly ripped the pack open, and took one out.
He was very proficient at this, but when it came to thest step, lighting the cigarette, he stopped-
Leandro didn’t have a lighter, he couldn’t light the cigarette.
Herman quietly watched, feeling the lighter in his pocket suddenly seemed to heat up.
But to his surprise, Leandro didn’t ask for a lighter, instead, he crushed the cigarette in his hand and
continued to drink.
“Leandro.” Herman spoke again, “Why don’t you ask the hotel for an extra room card, go check on her?
After all, something big happened, she’s alone in there, what
if…”
“It’s fine.” Leandro slowly said, “She’lle around.”
As he said, she had lost so much in the past, people around her leaving one by one, she made it
through all that.
Moreover, Magdalen’s departure this time wasn’t out of the blue, didn’t cause any pain, even could be
considered a relief.
With Seraphina’s intellect and personality, she could understand this.
Hearing him say this, Herman was slightly taken aback, “Then you…”
If he was so sure Seraphina woulde around, then what was this situation about?
Leandro’s gaze fell on the doorway, he clearly didn’t take what Herman might say seriously, only after a
while, he slowly said, “What do you think of…Bowen Smith?” “Him?” Herman didn’t expect the
conversation to take such a turn, he thought for a moment before saying, “I met him twice, he’s a
yboy, charming, eloquent, his sister Sandra too…”
Herman paused here, then continued, “Isn’t he already the fiance of the Martin family? Why bring him
up all of a sudden?”
“Recently, the Reynolds Group had a few run-ins with him.” Leandro slowly said, “His way of doing
things, is quite interesting.”
Herman didn’t know much about business matters, so he could only casually chat with Leandro. In the
end, he remembered something.
“Today, I saw Andrea and Seraphina together.” Herman said, “Since when have they been friends?”
Leandro didn’t respond for a while.
Herman continued, “Anyway, Andrea is part of the Martin family. It’s best if you keep Seraphina away
from her. What good cane from mingling with the Martins? Is she trying to use her old tricks and
take a risk investigating the Martins?”
Herman started to analyze the possible reasons, but Leandro didn’t say anything, just quietly sipped his
drink.
At 7 am, Leandro just finished freshening up in the bathroom, was drying his face when he heard a
faint sound of footsteps from behind.
Leandro took the towel off his face, through the mirror, be saw Seraphina standing at the bathroom
door.
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She seemed to have been crying, her eyes slightly swollen, full of red bloodshot, but her overall state
waspletely different from yesterday.
Yesterday, she was calm, but it was a closed and introverted calm.
Today, she was peaceful, a kind of peace that radiated a sense of release, because her slight smile
didn’t look forced.
Seraphina looked at him, softly asked, “Did you just wake up, or haven’t slept?”
Leandro didn’t answer her question, just put down the towel in his hand, turned to look at her dressed
to go out, “It’s so early, where are you going?”
“I want to go back and see my old home.” Seraphina replied, “Are you free? Want toe with me?”
Years zoomed by in a sh, and the Summitville of today was a far cry from the one Seraphina
remembered.
She went hunting for her old ce from memory, and after a few hups, she found the familiar alley in
a street that had changed its name, and there it was, the
house she knew so well.
The city had changed at a breakneck speed, with many old buildings torn down and reced. Luckily,
this street was preserved thanks to its unique urban culture.
Stepping inside, Seraphina spotted a huge old tree in the yard and dashed towards it.
“Right here,” Seraphina turned to Leandro and said, “My Dad built a swing on this tree for me…”
At this point, she suddenly paused, once more carefully recalled, and then said, “Wait, actually, the
swing was for my Mom. She used to sit on it reading all the time. I only got to y on it when I came
home from school…”
After saying that, she ran into two rooms on the east side of the house and told Leandro, “Look, this is
where we used to live…”
Leandro slowly walked over.
The rooms were in pretty bad shape, showing signs of neglect over the years. Even back then, it
wouldn’t have been considered a nice ce to live.
“I can’t believe your mother was willing to live in a ce like this,” Leandro said.
“She was actually really happy,” Seraphina responded, “She grew up in a big family, a total rich girl, but
for my Dad, she could endure anything.”