Tangled in His Obsession

Chapter 418

After a pause, Seraphina finally withdrew her hand gently. She said in a low voice, “It’s getting late, you should sleep too. It took a while for Valerio to doze off, let’s not wake him.”

Having said that, she slowly closed her eyes.

Leandro still sat by the bed, quietly watching Seraphina and Valerio for a long time before finally leaving their room.

Back in his own room, Leandro didn’t prepare for bed. Instead, he loosened his shirt collar, sat down by the window, and lit himself a cigar.

Today was not only a day when Valerio got frightened by Gloria but also a day when Glorla’s emotions were greatly affected by seeing Seraphina and Valerio.

Gloria had been emotionally unstable for a long time, especially after two attempted overdoses and self-harm incidents. Her emotional state was extremely fragile,

Her friends naturally knew about Gloria’s situation. They often accompanied her to distract her from her thoughts, especially after Leandro had asked them to.

Gloria had been depressed in her marriage to Bruce Reynolds. Apart from Leandro’s company, her friends’ companionship did help lift her spirits.

But no one expected that she would run into Seraphina and Valerio today. For Gloria, the existence of Seraphina reminded her of Magdalen, the woman she’d despised half her life.

Bruce had many women, but none of them held a place in his heart like Magdalen. He had loved Magdalen all his life, but he never had her, even when she died for Carney.

Because of this, Magdalen held an eternal place in Bruce’s heart.

Even though Seraphina was not Magdalen’s biological daughter, her existence reminded Gloria time and time again about the kind of woman Magdalen was. All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

Such a reminder was enough to disturb Gloria’s emotions, let alone the addition of Valerio.

Gloria didn’t like Valerio, despite him being Leandro’s biological son and her own grandson.

The reason was simple. Valerio, of unknown origin, only reminded her of Bruce’s illegitimate sons.

Each of them of unknown origin, yet each carrying the Reynolds family name, living freely.

Even though Leandro was the rightful heir to the Reynolds family, the existence of Lemuel Reynolds and Lorenzo Reynolds was like two thorns in her heart. These two thorns, deeply embedded in her flesh, caused her as much pain as Magdalen did.

Most of the time, she tried to convince herself to forget, but seeing Seraphina and Valerio brought everything back, like a thousand arrows piercing her heart, and she couldn’t calm down.

When Seraphina took Valerio to the restroom, Gloria’s friend sensed the situation was intense and took her away. Otherwise, who knows what commotion would have occurred.

Even so, Gloria lost control after leaving.

When Leandro returned to Reynolds Vista Retreat after receiving the news, Gloria’s room was already a mess again. If there hadn’t been someone watching, the situation would have been

even worse.

That was why Leandro stayed at Reynolds Vista Retreat until this late hour before finally returning home.

Valerio had Seraphina for company, but Gloria only had him. For Leandro, this was a helpless situation. But he also knew clearly that things couldn’t continue this way.

As the cigar in his hand slowly burned out, Leandro extinguished the cigar butt and dialed Lorenzo’s number.

At the crack of dawn, Lorenzo’s voice was exceptionally clear when he answered, “What’s up?”

“There’s a psychologist named York, your school senior, right?” Leandro said, “I hope you can help me get in touch with him.”

York, a renowned psychologist, had been working for the government in recent years and almost no longer treated private patients.

Despite this, Lorenzo didn’t say much, only responding with a single word, “Okay.”

Leandro hung up the phone and lit another cigar.

Over the years, Gloria had met with quite a few psychologists, but due to her resistance, there had been no progress.

Leandro had a complete list of authoritative psychologists in his hand and hoped that York would be the last one.

The next morning, Valerio woke up at his usual time. He opened his eyes sleepily and met Seraphina’s concerned gaze. Seraphina touched his little face and whispered, “Are you tired? Any discomfort? Want to sleep some more?”

Valerio was just waking up and seemed confused for a moment. After shaking his head, he leaned into Seraphina’s arms.

Just as Seraphina was about to hug him, the door opened, and Leandro walked in.

Seraphina didn’t turn around, but Valerio looked up and saw Leandro.

Leandro walked over and lifted him from the bed, “How are you feeling today?”

Valerio immediately rubbed his face, appearing energetic.

Leandro smiled faintly before asking softly, “Did you see grandma yesterday?”

Valerio paused for a moment before carefully nodding his head.

“Grandma didn’t say anything to you, right?” Leandro said, “She didn’t intentionally scare you, did she?”

Valerio thought for a moment, then shook his head.

“So, she was just surprised because she hasn’t seen you for a long time,” Leandro explained, “You don’t have to be scared, okay?”

Valerio puffed out his cheeks, seemingly agreeing with Leandro’s reasoning, and nodded his head before regaining his usual energetic demeanor.

Only then did Leandro set him down, “Go wash up.”

Valerio obediently went into the bathroom.

As Seraphina watched Valerio seemingly forget the incident from the day before, she finally felt some relief and climbed out of bed.

Leandro turned his gaze towards her, pausing for a moment before saying, “I’ll handle things with my mom, you don’t have to worry.”

Seraphina quietly put on her shoes, not responding.

“Keen is arranging our trip to Scandinavia, if you have any requests, you can tell him directly,” Leandro added.

Upon hearing this, Seraphina slowly lifted her gaze towards him, “Isn’t your mom not feeling well? Don’t you need to stay with her?”

“I promised Valerio first,” Leandro replied, “I won’t let him down.”

Valerio is a very understanding child,” Seraphina remarked, “He won’t throw a tantrum over a broken promise. If we can’t go, he might be a little disappointed, but he’ll get over it quickly.”

“I said “Leandro repeated, emphasizing each word, “I won’t let Valerio down.”

Seraphina met his deep gaze, and after a long while, she finally smirked and said, “This is your decision. Don’t blame me later. I’m not some wicked wife who forces her husband to abandon his mother.”

Upon hearing this, Leandro bent down, giving her a soft kiss on the corner of her lips