Chapter 423 Extra Two Seraphina and Demetrius
When Seraphina woke up in the morning, she found herself pressed against Demetrius's warm body.
She wasn't surprised.
She was used to this.
She reached out and casually felt his body - hard and firm, with a pretty decent chest.
Looks like Demetrius had been keeping up with his workout routine.
Demetrius had already woken up when she was touching him. With a cold expression, he let her feel around enough before saying in a hoarse voice, "Do you need me to bring Brandon and the others back?"
Last night Seraphina had tossed and turned, unable to sleep, clearly worried about Brandon and Valentin.
"No need, I'm just a bit worried Brandon might get kidnapped by someone."
She really wasn't joking about this.
Brandon clearly had a cute look when he was little, but unexpectedly grew up to be more and more beautiful. Thinking about Brandon's popularity from high school through college gave Demetrius a headache too.
Brandon was naturally born with an aristocratic air.
Fortunately, Brandon had learned various forms of boxing to protect himself.
Seraphina sat up and first checked her phone messages. Valentin had sent her a text saying they were safe, so she got up to wash up with peace of mind.
When she came out from washing up.
She saw Demetrius on the balcony making a phone call, so she left the bedroom first and went downstairs for breakfast.
When she got downstairs and saw the dining table covered with red roses, she was a bit stunned.
Demetrius came downstairs at that moment and walked to the dining room, standing beside Seraphina.
Demetrius's face showed no extra expression, he just said flatly, "Honey, today is your birthday, happy birthday."
Seraphina had forgotten it was her birthday today.
This should have been such a romantic flower-giving scene, but it had to be paired with Demetrius's flat tone.
Seraphina couldn't help but complain in her heart: With Demetrius's personality, only she could put up with him.
Everyone thought their relationship as a couple looked plain, but actually, they both enjoyed this kind of life.
Every year on her birthday, he remembered.
When she had things going on, he would come back.
And his life was completely clean - he didn't need her to step in at all, he would handle women who tried to get close to him himself.
Seraphina and Demetrius had gradually figured out their current way of getting along from their initial unfamiliarity.
After breakfast, Seraphina took the initiative to call Jacob, "Mr. Grant, I won't be coming to the office today. Call me if there's anything urgent."
Jacob laughed, "Okay, happy birthday Seraphina. Mr. Ellis and I have already prepared your gift."
Seraphina smiled cheerfully, "Thank you."
Every year on her birthday, she and Demetrius would go out and wander around.
She hung up the phone, and soon received birthday songs from both Brandon and Valentin.
Demetrius changed out of his suit into casual clothes, and Seraphina also changed into casual wear. The couple got in the car and headed out.
"Let's go to the zoo today," Seraphina said.
"You're not a kid anymore," Demetrius stated the truth.
Seraphina had just said this "you're not a kid anymore" to Brandon yesterday, and now unexpectedly it came back to her.
"Who says only kids can go to the zoo?" Seraphina snorted coldly, "Today I'm the star, listen to me."
Demetrius stopped arguing. Today was her birthday, she was the boss.
The car drove to the zoo, and they got out to queue up for entrance tickets.
When they first started queuing, Seraphina didn't notice that the people in front were people she knew.
When she heard voices and instinctively looked up ahead, she recognized Kennedy and Damon, along with Stefan's wife Ember Stone and their son Xavier Hensley.
Stefan had also gotten married and had a child seven years ago.
Kennedy was holding her six-year-old grandson Xavier's hand, smiling broadly as she said to Ember, "This time I'll take Xavier to Majestic City to stay for a while."
Ember had a polite smile on her face, but her words subtly revealed some reluctance, "Mom, if you miss him, just stay in Border Ridge City for a while longer."
Ember clearly didn't want Kennedy and Damon to take Xavier to Majestic City.
Hearing this, Kennedy's expression immediately showed some displeasure.
She had originally just planned to take Xavier back to Majestic City for a while, but didn't expect Ember to have objections.
Seraphina stood behind them, silently watching this scene, then turned to look at Demetrius who was holding a sun umbrella for her.
Demetrius's mom focused on her own career and completely didn't interfere in their affairs.
Demetrius looked down at her, "Do you want to go stand in the shade and wait while I queue for tickets?"
Seraphina shook her head, "No need."
Kennedy also saw Seraphina and Demetrius. Kennedy frowned and turned to Ember, "Call Stefan, tell him not to come anymore. We'll go somewhere else."
Because Kennedy suddenly changed her mind, Ember felt a bit unhappy inside, but still obediently called Stefan.
Seraphina and Demetrius bought tickets and entered the park.
The zoo had many different kinds of animals.
When Seraphina and Demetrius walked to the gorilla area, Seraphina stared at the gorilla and took out her phone, deliberately taking a photo of Demetrius with the gorilla.
"Demetrius, I found that this gorilla looks just like you when it's angry."
Demetrius glanced at Seraphina coldly, "How do you know this animal is angry right now? Are you the same species as it?"
A young couple nearby couldn't help but laugh out loud at this, then embarrassedly ran off quickly.
Seraphina fell silent.
From now on, she didn't want to talk to Demetrius anymore.
Seeing she was angry, Demetrius said, "I think you look just like the gorilla when you're angry now."
Seraphina said with a cold face, "Shut up, you're not the same species as it."
A flash of amusement passed through Demetrius's eyes.
They went to see other animals, and Seraphina would take photos of the animals and send them to Brandon.
When Brandon saw the various animal photos Seraphina sent, he and Valentin were standing by the highway trying to flag down cars.
Their car had very unfortunately broken down.
They had flagged down several cars, but not one was willing to stop and help.
Brandon didn't plan to tell Seraphina about the car breaking down, afraid she'd worry.
He sent her a text, [Brandon, you're going to the zoo for your birthday? Demetrius is willing to go with you too?]
Seraphina, [It was Demetrius who suggested coming here]
After pushing the blame onto Demetrius, Seraphina continued messaging, [Demetrius is so childish, such a kid at heart, he insisted on dragging me to see animals]
[It's my birthday today, I'm transferring you money!]
Brandon couldn't help but smile when he saw the money Seraphina transferred.
Seraphina had frozen his card, but now felt bad for him again.
Valentin wiped his sweat, "Brandon, what are you smiling about?"
Brandon showed him the phone screen, "Your mom transferred me money"
Valentin rolled his eyes speechlessly. Seraphina could only be heartless toward Brandon for one day!
Then Valentin saw his mom Seraphina's message saying dad Demetrius dragged her to the zoo.
Anyone who believed what Seraphina said would be an idiot.
"Brandon, flagging down cars like this won't work. People are very wary of strangers now. If we call a taxi ourselves, I'm worried we might run into a bad driver."
Brandon and Valentin looked at each other and knew from each other's eyes what to do.
Valentin was only fourteen, so it was most appropriate for him to make the call.
He directly called the police, and when the officer answered, "Officer, hello..."
Brandon and Valentin both agreed they should ask the police for help.
When the police came to pick them up, they finally understood why Brandon and Valentin had asked the police for help.
Brandon and Valentin looked like rich kids.
Obviously, they would attract bad people to kidnap them.
Especially Brandon - when he took off his mask, that face was both beautiful and handsome.
When the police learned they were going to Zephyria, they worriedly advised, "You two be careful out there, it's best to dress more ordinary."
Brandon knew this too. He smiled and thanked them, "Okay, thank you."
The police took them to a small town. The town was fairly lively, and Brandon and Valentin got out of the police car.
They first went to street stalls to buy cheap, tacky clothes and pants, then asked the owner about hotels, planning to stay temporarily for one night.
The police had kindly helped them contact someone to tow their broken-down car to the town for repairs.
Seraphina didn't know what was happening on Brandon's end.
Otherwise she definitely wouldn't have been in the mood to attend the party the Collins family was hosting tonight.
Attending the party now, no one would be stupid enough to offend Seraphina.
At the party, Seraphina and Demetrius appeared as a couple, and everyone engaged in business flattery.
Juniper stood beside Herschel, her gaze falling on Seraphina before quickly moving away.
Juniper used to worry that Freya would leave her fortune to Elizabeth, and had always tried hard to please Freya.
The result was that it caused a rift in Juniper and Herschel's marriage.
They hadn't divorced, but had been sleeping in separate rooms for a long time.
Juniper felt like she was performing a one-woman show - Elizabeth didn't care at all.
How could someone so decisively give up such a large fortune?
Juniper still couldn't figure it out.
After the party ended, Seraphina bent down to get in the car, "So tired."
Demetrius bent down to take off Seraphina's high heels for her, "Don't wear high heels to parties anymore."
"These heels are already very low."
Seraphina wiggled her toes. She finally had time to check her phone.
When she saw the text Elizabeth had sent, she immediately sat up straight.
Elizabeth, [Seraphina baby, happy birthday. I already know about Brandon coming to find me. Baby, you've done great all these years]
Seraphina held her phone, smiling like an idiot.
Only Demetrius got to see her looking this silly.
Demetrius had seen Seraphina at her most miserable, so there was nothing to dislike about her silly side.
Demetrius secretly transferred money to Brandon, [To celebrate Seraphina's birthday]
Demetrius knew Seraphina had frozen Brandon and the others' credit cards.
At this moment, in the small hotel, Brandon looked amusedly at how Demetrius and Seraphina had transferred him money using the same excuse.
[Demetrius, thank you]
Valentin finished washing the clothes they bought today and temporarily hung them in the bathroom to dry.
He came out of the bathroom, "Brandon, go to sleep early, don't play on your phone. You still have to drive tomorrow."
"Okay." Brandon put down his phone and lay on the bed.
Valentin also climbed into bed. His sleeping position was very proper, lying flat on his back.
Brandon and Valentin were too tired today and fell asleep not long after lying down.
In the middle of the night, Valentin woke up groggily. He rubbed his eyes and quietly got out of bed to cover Brandon with a blanket.
Brandon had a smile on his lips but didn't open his eyes.
Staying in a strange hotel, Brandon couldn't let himself sleep too deeply.