A few days later, Seraphina welcomed her first guest at her home in Velvetwood.
The only person who'd travel all this way to see her in Velvetwood, of course, was Andrea.
Seraphina and Valerio went to the airport to pick up Andrea. Valerio was quite fond of Andrea, so he was in high spirits.
This time, with Leandro absent and the house being so big, Andrea naturally moved in with Seraphina and Valerio.
After Seraphina showed Andrea around the house and let her choose a room, she said, "Feel free to do whatever you want here. I guess you won't be shy about it. But be careful when you go down to the living room, just in case someone sees you, you might get hurt."
Andrea frowned at this, "Is there someone peeping across the street?"
Seraphina couldn't help but laugh and nodded, "Yeah, there's one."
After they finished unpacking Andrea's luggage, the two adults and the kid went out for shopping and lunch.
Andrea herself didn't care about the details, so she wasn't particular about buying daily necessities. But she saw Seraphina being meticulous about what to buy and what not to, just like a housewife.
"When did you become so good at this?" Andrea asked, bemused.
Seraphina scoffed at this, "Is there anything I can't do well? I just didn't have time before. Once I settle down, I can be whatever I want."
Andrea watched as she put some of Valerio's health food into the shopping cart, paused before saying, "Looks like you've really settled down?"
"What else?" Seraphina replied, "No work, no assignments, no annoying people and things, it's hard for me not to settle down."
"Annoying people and things... including Leandro?"
Seraphina was reading product labels, upon hearing this, she didn't look up, just chuckled and said, "Of course, he's included."
Andrea wasn't sure if she was serious or just joking, after a moment of thought she said, "A few days ago, Dad had dinner with Leandro."
Hearing this, Seraphina looked at her in surprise, "They made up?"
Andrea nodded, continued, "Probably because Bowen's intention to use the Martin Group was too obvious, dad and the others realized it. Plus Leandro's mad revenge, so dad didn't want things to get worse."
Seraphina was silent for a while, then said, "Bowen indeed has a hold on Leandro's weakness, but Leandro's weakness is also his defense line, anyone who touches this line will surely get hit."
Andrea didn't understand this and didn't comment, only asked, "Now that Bowen's issue is temporarily resolved, when are you planning to return to Sunburst City?"
"I haven't thought about it." Seraphina said, "I didn't plan this. And you just got here, how could I leave right away? That's not right, is it?"
"I don't have anything important." Andrea said, "I'm free, and I can go wherever I want. The key is whether you want to go back or not."
Seraphina turned to look at her, then slowly said, "Maybe I should never have gone back in the first place."
Hearing this, Andrea glanced at Valerio, who was playing with toys by the shelf, and whispered, "If you hadn't gone back, how would you have met him?"
Seraphina looked at Valerio, smiled softly, and said, "He's my responsibility. I didn't have any responsibilities before, but now..."
Her grandfather was her responsibility, so was Valerio, even...
"Having no responsibilities is not a good thing." Andrea softly said, "Having no responsibilities means you're alone. Such a life may not necessarily be easier."
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