Tangled in his Obsession novel Chapter 266

Seraphina thought she was seeing things.

Flashing through her mind were past images that mirrored the straight line she was looking at right now.

The first time, she was ten, standing at her father's deathbed.

She didn't understand what the line meant then, only that her mom fainted the moment she laid eyes on it.

In front of her, her dad lost consciousness and so did her mom.

From then on, she was without a dad and essentially, without a mom.

The second time was when Betty drew her last breath.

Betty was seriously ill by then and Seraphina, who was in denial, slowly couldn't deny reality anymore.

When the flatline showed, she held Betty's cold hand calmly, planting a gentle kiss on it.

Only when Sandra behind her broke into tears did her own tears finally fall.

Now, it was Sandra laying on the hospital bed, the straight line appearing before her eyes once again.

She thought she had nothing else to lose, but it seemed she still did...

Seraphina bit her lip, struggling to calm her breath and heartbeat. When she looked at the monitor again, it was still a straight line.

She couldn't believe it, turning to look at Leandro, hoping for a different answer from him.

Leandro was expressionless, a hint of pity in his deep eyes.

He reached out and held her.

Seraphina turned her head again, this time to Bowen.

Bowen stood like a statue, his face pale, his expression bleak, as if his soul had left him.

Suddenly, Seraphina reached out and grabbed his collar.

"What are you doing here? Why are you standing here?" she said, "Get in there! You're the one she loves most, the one she can't bear to leave! You need to get in there, wake her up! You go wake her up!"

But no matter how much force she used, how loudly she screamed, Bowen remained motionless, his eyes unfocused.

Until the door to the sickroom opened, and the medical staff performing the emergency treatment walked out one by one.

"Mr. Smith." Someone said softly, "We did our best, but Ms. Sandra has passed away..."

Hearing this, Bowen seemed to snap back from his numb state.

He gave the doctor a stiff look, then said in a low voice, "That's impossible..."

He had nothing else to say, he just kept repeating, "Impossible, impossible..."

As he said this, he pushed away the people in front of him and rushed into the room.

When Seraphina heard the doctor's words, she felt as if she had lost all sense of consciousness. She couldn't see anything, couldn't hear anything, her world became a chaotic mess, she couldn't even feel herself.

After a long time, she vaguely felt as if someone was pulling her, dragging her.

When she regained her senses, she opened her eyes and saw Leandro in front of her.

Leandro was holding her tight, kissing her hair. His voice was low, as if it was coming from another world, "At least she's not in pain anymore..."

She turned her head dazedly, and saw Bowen holding Sandra in the sickroom.

Bowen must have been holding on very tightly, because Seraphina could clearly see the veins in his arms, neck, and forehead throbbing. But Sandra in his arms had no reaction at all.

She's not in pain anymore, right?