Chapter176.

Sherry suddenly fell silent, her racing thoughts slowing. She suddenly hugged me, “Who… who is it?”

My heart pounded. We looked at each other, simultaneously thinking of the gas explosion. We checked the time: it was midnight

“Ding dong”

The doorbell rang again, its effect as terrifying as The Ring. We instinctively backed away from the door. Sherry, who’d just told me not to be afraid, was now filled with terror.

“Tell me honestly, did you order takeout without telling me?” Sherry pretended to be calm, but her voice trembled.

I knew she was just saying something to bolster her courage. I pulled her back onto the sofa.“Let’s pretend we didn’t hear it; just ignore it.”

Sherry nodded, “Mm.”

The nod froze mid–motion. Through the glass balcony door left ajar, midnight wind rippled the white curtains like ghostly breaths. The glass door was open! Sherry’s mind exploded.

I followed her gaze and also took a deep breath.“You forgot to lock it this morning! Always rushing out last–minute!”

“I promise I locked it!”

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“Calm down; we’re on the 31st floor! No human could scale this–what’s next, Spider–Man?”

Sherry was silent for two seconds.“I swear I locked it! Question my pretty face, not my excellent memory!”

I was silent for two seconds. So, she meant the person knocking was a “ghost,” and there was another “ghost” inside? We were surrounded?

“Call the police!”

“I’ll do it!”

took out her phone. Only the police

twice. I swept my phone around the room, my heart in my throat.

dong, ding dong, ding dong-”

“Knock knock knock-”

rang repeatedly, now accompanied by knocking. Sherry reported the incident to the police. The dispatcher told us to

up, the phone’s light reflected on our faces. Our terrified, pale expressions were like a horror movie scene. We sat back–to–back on the

“Is anyone there?”

about five or six minutes, besides knocking, there were voices. Had the police arrived so quickly?

the sound

silently. Snapping out of our shock, we scrambled to the nearest bathroom.

“You…”

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intruder only got out one word before being drowned out by our screams. We gasped for breath in the bathroom Outside seemed

me, pointing to a door nearby. The bathroom had a door leading

ran down our spines. Was there

a face slowly appeared, a magnified handsome face right before us. Our

run, it’s me,” Cody whispered outside,

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to beat him up!

time it is? You freaked

Jones sent me to protect

and added the

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