Revenge After Death

Chapter 78

1 lowered my head and listened quietly as Ignatius spoke.

“It’s great that he listens to you,” he said with a nod. “Now that you’re pregnant with a descendant of the Lincoln family, you’ve done our family a huge favor. If the baby’s a boy, then our family would finally have a worthy heir.”

I kept my head lowered and remained silent. What kind of traditional thinking was this? Couldn’t daughters become successors too?

Ignatius left after that. He ordered Ewan to lead Steven and me to our rooms to get some rest.

Steven held my hand the whole time. I assumed that he was just trying to get my attention and tried to pull my hand away but to no avail.

“The house is haunted,” he said abruptly as he looked at me.

A chill ran down my spine, and 1 hid behind him in fright. Holding onto his arm tightly, I muttered, ” Who are you trying to scare?

As a person

who had died once, it wasn’t that strange for me to be afraid of ghosts.

Steven smiled but said nothing. He let me hold his arm all the way to the rooms.

When we finally stopped in front of one of the bedrooms, he said, “It doesn’t matter whether our child is a boy or a girl. The baby’s health is our priority.”

at him, puzzled. He seemed to act more and more like a normal

was so scared that I hugged his arm tightly and didn’t dare to look around.

the lights. The electric circuits here weren’t functioning well,

room looked really old too. The room was in a state of disrepair, and it seemed

this place ever been rented out to shoot a horror movie?” I asked Ewan, looking around. ” Where’s my room?”

want to sleep in the same room as Mr. Lincoln? Your room is next door, but someone committed suicide there a

walked straight into Steven’s room. Then, I pointed to the room next door and said,

scared.” Steven looked upset.

of us had to share the room, which had

in the mountains,” I

He just lay down beside me and hugged me.

way,” he said.

wanted to resist, but it really was warmer with him hugging me. He was so warm.

Lincoln family members were all physicians. Then, they started opening clinics and pharmacies. Later, they started their own business and accumulated a lot of

the old Lucly residence. All the Lincoln family members are buried here after

was extremely creepy. So, this old residence was

worry. I’ll protect you,” Steven said as he held me closer.

to keep me warm

if I was too tired, but I fell asleep without worrying