Flutters

Sebastian slowly pulled over in his driveway. He stepped out of the car and rushed over to Seraphina's side of the car to help her out. 

"Seraphina!" Catherine called with a look of disbelief on her face. 

 A slight frown appeared on Seraphina's face as she turned to gaze at Catherine. 

"It's you!" Catherine exclaimed as she rushed over to Seraphina with a big smile on her face and her arms spread open widely for a hug.

"Who are you please?" Sebastian asked, he blocked Catherine's access to Seraphina

A line appeared between Catherine's brows, 

"Who are you?" She replied with a question, her brows raised at the stranger who dared stand in her way from hugging Seraphina.

"A friend" came Sebastian's curt reply. 

Catherine's mouth slightly gaped open in response. 

"So if you don't mind, excuse us" Sebastian added quickly and turned his attention to Seraphina.

Catherine gasped with disbelief as she watched Sebastian lead Seraphina into his home. 

'who does he think he is'

She turned and walked away. 

"Have a seat" Sebastian uttered as he gently led Seraphina to a seat. He dragged a small stool and sat down facing her. 

Seraphina had a gloomy expression on her face and she couldn't stop quivering. 

Nothing was going the right way, she felt like their plans were messed up at this point. 

"Are you okay?" Sebastian asked softly, his worried gaze fixed on her. 

"Everything is just wrong," Seraphina replied quietly

Sebastian shook his head, a soft smile appeared on his face. "It's perfect" 

Seraphina gazed at him, confusion creeping into her face. 

"Edward is out of the way now. It only gets easier for us" he stated. 

Seraphina exhaled and inhaled loudly. 

"I don't want to be in that house anymore" she uttered with a wobbly tone. 

Sebastian turned his gaze down. It looked like he was Lost in deep thought. 

He understood that telling her to go back to the house after everything would be too much for her to handle. 

He contemplated telling her to come back to her parent's house but that would just be another kind of burden on her.

"You can stay here" he uttered, causing Seraphina's brow to snap together. She leaned forward, the gloomy expression on her face cleared at once. 

"Is that possible?" She queried, her tone low. 

"It is. Now that Edward is gone and your parents are not in the picture anymore"

"What about the contract I signed" she went on, her eyes gleaming at Sebastian,

Sebastian sat upright on the stool. 

He sighed deeply.

"We have to get it," he uttered. The expression on Seraphina's face turned into a slightly confused one. "What do you mean?" She queried. 

Sebastian got up to his feet with his hands akimbo.

"Edward is gone. The house will be chaotic. You can secretly search for it in his office"

Seraphina's pupils flared, and she instantly covered her face with her hands. 

"uh," she groaned out loudly. 

"But will that help? what if they have other copies of it?" Seraphina queried with a bleak expression on her face.

"We will find a way out, Seraphina. don't get yourself too worked up over it" Sebastian uttered coolly.

Seraphina inhaled and sighed. 

"I'm so sorry. I'm just so tired of everything" 

"Just find a way to get the contract, then you can come stay with me," Sebastian stated coolly.

"Can I get a hug?" Seraphina suddenly requested with the most puppy eyes 

Sebastian couldn't help but giggle heartily.

He gave a soft smile as he spread open his arms. 

Seraphina's lips curled up in a smile as she sank into Sebastian' embrace. 

The feeling was always the same. Just exactly what she needed on cold days like this. 

she tightened her arms around him causing him to cough out a little. 

"Okay. This is sweet and all but I... I can't breathe" he muttered, hearing this Seraphina quickly unwrapped her arms around him with a little sly smile,

"Sorry" 

Sebastian chuckled softly. 

An Awkward silence took over the room for a few seconds with Sebastian and Seraphina just trying to avoid each other's eyes. 

'phew' 

Sebastian rubbed the nap of his neck.

The question he was about to ask was making him nervous. 

"um..do you..I know it's still morning but do you want to spend the night here?" he cooed, his gaze fixed on her.

Seraphina couldn't stop her lashes from blinking and her belly fluttered with so many butterflies that it made her want to visit the restroom.

'oh God' 

She chuckled slightly. 

"you don't want to?" Sebastian queried with his brow raised at her silence 

Seraphina shook her head slightly

"I do. I just..I need to use the bathroom right now if..if you don't mind" Seraphina explained, her legs twinning together trying to hold in the pee.

Sebastian gasped slightly in surprise,

"go go go" He gurgled with laughter as he used both his hands to shush her away. 

Seraphina mouthed an 'I'm sorry' to him before hurrying to attend to the pee that was threatening to spill.

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Gabriela was in a hotspot, with Ethan threatening her with all the tactics he had to spill everything she knew about Seraphina's relationship with Sebastian. 

"I know nothing" she affirmed again, her tone sharp and unwavering. 

"I'm not going to repeat myself, Gabriela!" Ethan hissed loudly, his hard gaze fixed on her.

Gabriela remained silent but before she knew it she was up in the air, her back pressed hard against the wall while she fought to get Ethna's tight grip off her neck with her legs involuntarily kicking the air. 

Ethan's eyes burned with rage as he tightened his grip around Gabriela's neck. 

"ple..plea.." She struggled with the words as her breath was cut off. Her vision started to get blurry and darkness crept in slowly dimming everything around her. 

She stretched her hands to touch Ethan's face as she felt her consciousness slipping away. 

"Die" Ethan muttered thickly, his hands still tightly wrapped around Gabriela's neck.

'is this the end for me'

Gabriela wondered as she fluttered her eyelids trying to keep the light from fading, but it was of no use. 

The Darkness crept in as Gabriela's eyes closed.