Chapter 120 Legitimate Friends with Benefits
After Cecilia hung up the phone, she didn't spend much time thinking about it. Having lived another life, she knew well how extensive the Blackburn family's network was; investigating someone like Roy would be a piece of cake.
She pondered that Alaric's unshakable position in the previous life must have had something to do with the Blackburn family's support.
However, what she couldn't figure out was why the Blackburn family didn't let Cassius take the position and instead supported Alaric.
She hadn't heard that the Whitaker family and the Blackburn family had a good relationship.
Cecilia couldn't figure it out and decided to stop thinking about it.
One day, she would know.
Besides, she and Alaric were now on the same side, and having the Blackburn family as a backing was the best scenario.
She focused all her attention on her work. Once she got into it, she lost track of time. When Cecilia realized it, it was already 8 PM.
She stretched, seeing Augustus still waiting respectfully in the office.
He had no complaints and didn't say a word, so quiet that it was as if he didn't exist.
At that moment, she felt a bit apologetic. "Sorry, I'm new to the job, so it takes me a bit longer."
Augustus replied, "No problem. Mr. Whitaker has already informed me. I know Mrs. Whitaker will be very busy."
Cecilia said, "Just call me Ms. Lockhart."
"Mr. Whitaker doesn't allow it."
Cecilia was speechless.
She took a deep breath to stay calm.
After all, a title is just a title, no need to fuss over it.
She said, "It's time to get off work."
Augustus replied, "Yes."
Cecilia left the company with Augustus.
Augustus drove, and the car was very quiet.
Cecilia was actually a bit tired. She looked at the neon lights outside Serenovia city, somewhat lost in thought.
Whenever she quieted down, she would wonder if everything she was experiencing now was real?
Could it be that what she saw was just a dream?
The sudden ringing of the phone pulled Cecilia back to reality.
She glanced at the caller ID and answered, "Seraphina."
"Do you know who I saw in The Astralium Empire?" Seraphina said mysteriously.
Cecilia said, "Dashiell."
"Don't mention that name in front of me!" Seraphina said displeased.
Cecilia chuckled. "Then who did you see?"
"Alaric."
"Isn't it normal to see him?" Cecilia was indifferent.
Seraphina said, "I also saw a woman with him."
"Isn't it also normal for him to have a woman with him?" Cecilia remained calm.
She shouldn't have any emotions about it. After all, he said he would stay faithful to her. As expected, men's words were all lies.
He couldn't even stick to what he said yesterday for a single day.
"He's your husband, and there's another woman with him, and you think that's normal?" Seraphina's voice was noticeably higher.
She was waiting for Cecilia to catch him in the act!
Cecilia said, "Alaric and I are not what you think."
Seraphina asked, "What do you mean?"
"Anyway, whatever he does has nothing to do with me." Cecilia didn't want to explain.
"So..." Seraphina dragged out her words, concluding, "You and Alaric are just legally friends with benefits!"
"Did I guess right?" Without getting a response from Cecilia, Seraphina made a firm conclusion.
Cecilia was speechless. "Stop guessing about me and Alaric, I know what I'm doing."
"Your 'knowing what you're doing' means you're being cheated on."
"Seraphina, if you have the energy to worry about my affairs, you might as well think more about yourself." Cecilia really didn't want to continue this topic and changed the subject.
"Think about what?! I'm doing just fine, Sebastian loves me so much." Seraphina said smugly.
"I don't even know what to say to you, forget it." Cecilia suddenly felt a bit angry.
She felt that no matter what she said now, Seraphina wouldn't believe her.
She felt a sense of helplessness.
"Forget it then." Seraphina was also a bit angry. "One day, when a woman shows up at your door pregnant and threatens you, you'll know how serious it is!"
Cecilia asked, "Do you think we are in a novel?"
Seraphina replied, "Novels are based on life."
Sometimes Cecilia really couldn't argue with Seraphina.
"Ending the call." Seraphina hung up directly.
At the moment she hung up, she was still a bit angry.
Her eyes stared straight at Alaric not far away, watching him and another woman, clearly with overly intimate gestures.
Seraphina cursed Alaric in her heart. She turned and went back to her private room.
In the private room, everyone was indulging themselves.
Seraphina also indulged for a while, but when she calmed down, she suddenly felt a sense of loneliness after the revelry, as if her heart was very empty.
She leaned on the sofa, thinking about what Cecilia had said.
Cecilia had told Seraphina to care about her own relationship.
Outwardly, Seraphina always said that she and Sebastian had a great relationship, but in fact, besides being very accommodating to her, Sebastian wasn't that close to her.
When she approached him, he would avoid her.
When she wanted to be intimate with him, he would evade.
When she talked about marriage, he would say to wait a bit longer.
Seraphina laughed at herself.
Did Sebastian really think he wasn't good enough for her, or did he simply not like her?
If he didn't like her, why did he take the initiative to confess to her?
Seraphina drank alone, using alcohol to vent her sudden depressive mood.
For a long time, Seraphina felt she had drunk too much.
It was rare for her to get herself drunk. Actually, she wasn't too drunk.
She was in that state between drunk and not drunk, the state that every drinker loves the most.
So at that moment, she excitedly walked out of the private room. Her steps were a bit unsteady.
"Ah!" Seraphina suddenly stumbled and fell into a man's arms.
At that moment, she felt a strange sense of familiarity.
She didn't know if it was this sense of familiarity that made her bolder.
She boldly placed her hand on the man's chest, feeling that the man's chest was very firm.
It was the kind of touch that would make any woman scream.
She gave it a squeeze. "Your pecs are amazing."
The man didn't move.
His body was obviously a bit stiff.
"Do you have abs?" Seraphina asked.
She didn't even look up at the man's face, her hand just moved down, feeling his abdominal muscles. Even through the clothes, she could feel the man's sexy body.
Dashiell's Adam's apple moved slightly. He tensed his body, looking at Seraphina in front of him, she was clearly very bold.
He wondered if, when Seraphina sobered up, she would regret flirting with him. He pushed Seraphina away.
In fact, Dashiell couldn't handle the teasing.
"Stingy!" Seraphina complained.
"I'll take you home," Dashiell said.
"Home? I want to dance." Seraphina refused, "Come on, dance with me."
Saying that, she pulled Dashiell's hand and left.
She walked in a daze, completely unaware of who she was pulling.
Behind them, Cassius watched them leave.
He was certain that Dashiell and Seraphina would get entangled again sooner or later.
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