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

dialed, the lights went out, and the doorbell rang urgently twice. I swept my phone around the room, my heart in my throat.

dong, ding dong, ding dong-”

“Knock knock knock-”

The dispatcher told us to stay

phone’s light reflected on our faces. Our terrified, pale expressions were like a horror movie scene. We

“Is anyone there?”

or six minutes, besides knocking, there were voices. Had

we heard the sound of someone unlocking the door…

silently. Snapping out of our

“You…”

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drowned out by our screams. We gasped

a door nearby. The bathroom had a door leading to the balcony; it was slowly opening, there was

spines. Was there any chance that we talked about

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

don’t run, it’s me,” Cody whispered outside, trying not

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wanted to beat him

you know what time it is?

Jones sent me to protect

at Sherry and added the word

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