Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen by Lopez family's

Chapter 11

Once Eileen left the room, she felt a bit relieved. There were no cameras in the corridor, so she leaned against the wall, catching her breath. That’s when Egbert strolled out of the room, casually asking as he passed by. “You are afraid of ghosts?”

Eileen looked up, immediately retorting, “Me, scared of ghosts? Ghosts should be scared of me.”

Egbert paused, hands in his pockets, turning back to look at her

Edeen held her head high, meeting his gaze. What do you want?”

Egbert studied her face, slowly approaching her. Eileen stood still, not moving. Egbert stopped a step away, raising his right hand, his long fingers slightly bent, he lightly touched her face with the back of his index finger Eileen recoiled half a step instinctively

Egbert didn’t move just showed her the drop of moisture on his finger. “And you’re sweating in winter?”

Eileen was taken aback, then defensively shot back, “Why can’t I sweat in winter it’s warm here, okay?”

Egbert chuckled, wiping the bead of sweat off his finger, saying, “Whatever

With that, he headed towards the restroom at the end of the comdor. Eileen touched her face, where his cool touch still lingered. She wiped her face, glaning in the direction of the restroom

In the end, Eileen didn’t return until the movie was almost over. After the movie, everyone dispersed, but Eileen found herself wide awake that night. Scenes from the horror movie kept flashing in her mind. At last, she opened her eyes finding the darkness of the room even more terrifying, so she got up and went out.

The lights were still on in the hall, so she stayed there in her pajamas. After a while, the hall suddenly dimmed.

Eileen gasped sharply. She thought about how the power sometimes tripped due to unstable voltage, but it was late at night now and she couldn’t possibly ask the owner to flip the breaker for her. She figured it’d be better to just stay in her room

out to walk back to her mom, but as she turned the corner, her hand touched something warm. In an instant, Eileen froze, cold sweat pounng down her forehead

flashed in her mind, when

voice echoed in the darkness.

came back to her senses, hesitating “Egbert?”

low, his hand gripping her wrist tightly, not

confirmed it was Egbert, a human, not a ghost,

go of her

immediately grabbed his arm

silent for a moment, then

teeth, resolutely responding “Of course not!”

hand, prying her hand from his arm and held

said “Let’s pretend I’m the scared one,

tightly, Eileen could clearly feel her hand

slightly drowsy grunt, as if urging

“Since you asked, I suppose I can

by Egbert, all the way to

the sensor lights came on The lights were dim, but

hands holding together, immediately withdrew

breaker box, dusting off his hands, then walked

you know where the breaker room was?”

casually replied, “European-style houses, they

wash his hands, when he came back, he saw Eileen was still there, raising an eyebrow, “Are you not going

insomnia” Eileen said defiantly.