Tangled in His Obsession

Chapter 277

Before Keeley could even respond, Mervin’s fist suddenly landed on his face.

The next moment Mervin pinned Keeley to the ground, punching him relentlessly.

After a few solid punches, Keeley was seeing stars and even blacked out for a bit. When he finally came to his senses, Mervin was still

beating him up.

“I knew you were a snake!” Mervin yelled, “Betraying us for a woman? How dare you investigate me? Go to hell!”

Keeley finally came to his senses and tried to block the punches, but he was already battered and bruised. Mervin’s hands were bloody,

but he was relentless.

Mervin was bigger, stronger. Keeley was no match for him even on a good day, let alone now, he was all dizzy and disoriented. He weakly protested, “I didn’t betray anyone!”

“You didn’t?” Mervin grabbed him off the floor, “Then who was snooping on my computer earlier, huh? Wasn’t it you trying to dig up order details from me?”

“I…” Keeley winced in pain, took a while to gather himself and then said, “I was just… curious… I didn’t see anything!”

“Of course you didn’t!” Mervin landed another punch on his face, gasping for breath he said, “You think you can access to my computer easily? You didn’t succeed this time, but what about next time? You

might just sell us all out!”

Keeley, his head at an odd angle, persisted, “I didn’t… I would never betray anyone…”

Just as Mervin was about to land another punch, there was a knock from downstairs, “Anyone home?”

Mervin paused and walked to the stairwell, only to be taken aback. Standing at the door were two cops!

The cops saw him too and said seriously, “We’re from the local police station, we received a report of an assault here…”

As the cops made their way upstairs, Mervin shot Keeley a furious look.

Meanwhile, the cops reached the second floor, saw Keeley on the floor and immediately arrested Mervin.

“Do you need to go to the hospital?” one of the cops quickly checked Keeley’s injuries.

Keeley glanced at a red-eyed Mervin, slowly nodded, and then passed out.

When Keeley woke up, he was in a hospital.

Not long after he woke up, the police came to take his statement.

Keeley’s statement was simple, “It was a misunderstanding. He thought I had an affair with his girlfriend, busted into my house in the middle of the night and started beating me up…”

After Keeley made it clear he wouldn’t press charges against Mervin, the police left.

As Keeley was spacing out in bed, the door to his room suddenly opened. He squinted his swollen eyes and saw Seraphina.

Seraphina didn’t come in, just leaned against the door, quietly watching him. Then she slowly said, “it hurts to see you like this.”

Keeley looked away, but then couldn’t help but look back at her, “Did you call the cops?”

Seraphina paused for a moment, then slowly said, “I don’t know what I was thinking, calling the cops for you… I should’ve been glad to see him beat you up.”

Keeley chuckled at that then fell silent for a moment before saying, “Regardless of why you called the cops, I’m grateful. But… I won’t betray anyone for you.”

Seraphina chuckled too, “You don’t have to worry about me asking you for anything, you should worry about your own safety first. This was just the beginning. Do you think Mervin will stop after he gets out of jail? Will there be a second time, a third time?” Keeley’s face turned serious.

Seraphina didn’t linger and left his room.

But then, on Keeley’s third day in the hospital, Mervin died.

He was hit by a speeding vehicle on a remote road on the outskirts of the city and died on the spot.

When the news arrived, Seraphina was shocked.

“I was trying to use his temper to cause conflict within their group.” Seraphina scoffed, “Didn’t expect him to be the first one to go.”

Upon hearing this, Terrell said, “He was in charge of receiving orders in their group, which means he knew who their client was, In their

group, Maddox and Keeley should know nothing about this, but the person in charge of the whole operation definitely knows. Now that Mervin, the only one who knew the truth, is dead, it means that

person is protecting the client’s information and himself. We’ve met our match.”

Leaning back in her chair, after a moment of thought, Seraphina suddenly laughed, “He thinks he can protect himself, can he really?”

Terrell slowly said, “Unless he can keep the other two completely silent.”

“So, on the surface, he’s hiding the client’s information, but in reality, he’s putting himself in danger.” Seraphina said, “What do you think Maddox and Keeley are feeling right now?”

Terrell paused and then said, “But based on this person’s style, Maddox and Keeley might not have the chance to do anything before they meet the same fate as Mervin.”

Hearing that, Seraphina slowly said, “So, we need to hurry. You go find Maddox, I’ll go

Terrell nodded and they both took off.

find Keeley.”

When Seraphina arrived at the hospital, Keeley was standing by the bed, packing his things.

“Checking out already?” Seraphina walked up, looked at his hands, then his face, “You still have bruises, are you sure you can move around freely?”

Keeley seemed pretty on edge. When he heard Seraphina’s joking tonë, he abruptly tossed down his luggage bag, turned around to face her. “do you even care if I can move around freely?”

“I care about you,” Seraphina chuckled.

Keeley locked eyes with her for a moment before he too started to laugh. “You sure you’re concerned about me? Or are you just using me to achieve some of your own goals?”

Seraphina raised an eyebrow, not denying it. Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.

Keeley stared at her again for a moment before saying, “You’re really something, aren’t you? In such a short time, you’ve managed to divide and conquer us. Can’t believe it took me this long to realize.”

“Are you blaming me?” Seraphina looked at him, her smile gentler but her words sharp as a tack. “What do you guys think you are? The Justice League?”