Chapter 198 - Kill order

The next day, Seraphina went to her main headquarters with everyone gathered. On the mansion's underground meeting room, Ace abruptly stood up in agitation.

"Boss, what do you mean turn into a new leaf?!"

"Uh, Uno, you can't be counted as I'm certain you won't last in the brighter side of the world." Seraphina spats in a matter-of-factly tone.

"Wanna make a bet?" Ace challenged.

"Oh… alright. As long as you last a year with any job then, I'll take back my words." Seraphina agreed without batting an eye. She particularly dissed Ace as she clearly knew that he'll take the challenged seriously.

"Tch." Riggs clicks his tongue in annoyance yet, he didn't speak his mind.

"My dear boss, when are you going back?" Venus pouted by the sudden news. Though Seraphina usually comes and go, this is the first time she actually announces it. Moreover, she was leaving a note to enjoy their freedom and such which sound so odd and suspicious.

"Boss, about Pam and Wil…" Jack solemnly inquired. However, he didn't dare continue his sentence when he saw Seraphina's menacing gaze.

"Jack, I'm still on a manhunt and won't let that matter slide."

"Sorry, boss."

"Just do what I say and don't miss me too much." Seraphina finally clasps her fingers together which means the 'important announcement' was done.

Yet, no one left their seats which made her brows twitch.

"Eh, what?" Seraphina innocently questions as she scans their annoyed faces.

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After some time, her squad finally stopped pestering her and asking for a bonus. Massaging her head, Riggs was the last one who stayed adamant with his request,

"Alright, alright, I'll lend you some but… you have to give them back to me or else."

"Eh, boss! Of course, I will! You know I have a knack on business eh?" Riggs boasts as he persuades Seraphina to lend him money.

"Whatever, dude." Seraphina shrugs nonchalantly before passing her card towards Riggs.

If she didn't know any better, she won't believe that Riggs was only asking for a huge sum of money just so Seraphina will surely come back and collect his debt.

So for his peace of mind, she lends him almost every money she got. Probably as compensation for deceiving them because, inside her mind, Seraphina decided to not come back.

"Boss, have you forgotten about your words?" Leon emotionlessly inquired, taking slow strides towards Seraphina.

Leon wordlessly reached out for her hand as he placed it on his cheeks and fervently gaze at her. If one can witness this scene, they'll probably doubt their gender orientation because Seraphina was still in her Luciano's disguise!

Seraphina stares back at him for a while, she spoke. "I don't."

"Alright." Leon immediately answers, leaving a peck on the back of her hand then left without uttering a single word.

Seraphina only glanced at Leon's retreating back with a complex gaze. Surely, her relationship with Leon is as complicated as her relationship with Dragon. The only difference is that she had given her heart and soul to Dragon.

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After dealing with her 'spoiled children', Seraphina finally left the mansion. She booked a flight that very instant and would just leave everything behind.

Since she already acknowledged Dragon's real identity, and aside from some slight misunderstanding from both parties, there isn't really much problem if the man she loves is the Triad's leader.

Seraphina glanced at her private quarters for the longest time. "Well, I think I'll never be back here." Seraphina murmurs as she raised her brows.

She had just removed her fats and fortunately, she had spare ointments from Dr. John.

"At least I won't have to see his face." Seraphina dissed being reminded of how Dr. John tricked her.

As soon as her reddened skin subsided, she texted Dragon.

"Baby~! Do you miss me like I miss you?"

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Dragon simultaneously taps his fingers on his desk. Staring at the ripped pieces of doc_u_ments that were puzzled together, Dragon's teeth clenched.

Just as Dragon was pondering on what he should do, a light notification sound reached his ear. Pulling his phone from his suit, her sweet message was the first thing that was displayed on his screen.

"Baby~! Do you miss me like I miss you?"

Dragon's tensed shoulder instantly relaxed. After replying to her messages, he shifts his gaze towards Max who's silently standing in front of his desk.

"Silence everyone on the lab who know about her existence."