Chapter 545

After everyone exchanged polite hellos, the mood was pretty laid-back. Eliza and Juan were off to the side, chatting away. "Do you have any idea who the mystery bigwig bankrolling this shindig is?" Eliza asked. "I've heard it's someone loaded," Juan replied, with that air of mystery.

Eliza rolled her eyes. That was about as helpful as a screen door on a submarine. "I mean, who is he really?"

"How would I know? It's my first time here too."

Eliza couldn't shake the feeling she'd seen those eyes somewhere before. But where?

"Juan, don't you think his eyes look a lot like... Casper's?"

Juan paused, taking a moment to peek over. "Now that you mention it, there's definitely a resemblance."

"So, do you think it could be Casper?"

Juan was dumbfounded. Was she losing it? Casper was supposed to be dead.

"Don't be like that," he said, a chill creeping down his spine.

laughed, "Just

"You really shouldn't joke about stuff like that. I take

drifted back to the silver mask the man was wearing. "Juan, why's he wearing a mask anyway?

dough, he's probably pushing

interest shifting to the little pastries in front of her. "Should we head

a peek at the mansion. I heard the original owner was some

he was itching to

without the owner's okay? That was a big no-no. The owner didn't exactly seem like a chill dude, and risking it all for a bit of nosiness

curiosity killed the cat,"

a quick look-see, we're not taking

at the event a while longer before Juan, always the

inspecting every nook and cranny with care. "Come

herself down in a chair. "You go ahead, I'll

is centuries old, and they say some of the original

opened her mouth to suggest

had an

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