Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 399

"Ms. Thorne got spooked?"

Tarquin's voice was ice-cold.

"All this talk of hauntings, as if! Even if there were such things, they wouldn't dare cause trouble on my turf! It's gotta be someone playing tricks! Did anyone check the lip-reading expert on that video?"

"Yeah, but the footage was too blurry. They couldn't make out what Ms. Thorne was saying."

Tarquin stared at the video, lost in thought for a moment.

"Look around, see if there's any hidden gadgets or something!"

He tossed his phone to Lowell and lit up a cigarette.

Over the years, he'd seen his fair share of bizarre incidents. Apart from unexplainable phenomena that might occur in old ruins, in populated living areas, specters simply didn't make the cut!

It was always people pulling stunts!

And frankly, people are far scarier than any ghost!

If it had been a ghost chatting with Elysia that night, he wouldn't be worried. But the thought of someone masquerading as a ghost to communicate with her? That was troubling.

What sane person goes around pretending to be a ghost?

someone off their rocker would do

possibly discuss with Elysia in the dead of night to scare her

drags of his cigarette, Tarquin said

up the

looked startled and

person who played ghost with Ms. Thorne is the same one who left a

possibility. Let's find this person

individual was mysterious and dangerous, hiding some dark

him, Elijah,

a shadowy figure emerged from

where Elysia was, his eyes filled with

my lil'

The

went to answer the door, only to find a delivery

spoke softly, "Your

more curious, "I didn't order

the address? Aren't

glanced at the order, indeed it had Elysia's name,

thanks

did you order a cake? Is it

the kitchen julienning potatoes, replied, "Not

this? It's got