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Chapter 326
Late at night, Herman stepped out of his room, planning 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 glass 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 glanced 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 glass, 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.
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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 the last 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
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if…”
“It’s fine.” Leandro slowly said, “She’ll come 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 would come 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 playboy, 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 can come 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.
She seemed to have been crying, her eyes slightly swollen, full of red bloodshot, but her overall state was completely different from yesterday.
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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 to come with me?”
Years zoomed by in a flash, and the Summitville of today was a far cry from the one Seraphina remembered.
She went hunting for her old place from memory, and after a few hiccups, 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 replaced. 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 play 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 place to live.
“I can’t believe your mother was willing to live in a place 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.”
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