Revenge After Death

Chapter 340

Chapter 340

I suddenly felt a huge pang of sympathy for Steven. I instinctively reached out to hold his hand, but I recoiled in the end.

I didn't know what sort of person I really was, after all.

I wondered if Steven and I could even have a future together.

"Stephie, you're not a bad person," Steven said as he held my hand firmly.

Even at times when I doubted myself like this, Steven chose to believe in me.

"Do you know why Eason changed his name?" Steven asked. He seemed eager to cheer me up and was trying to change the subject.

"It was because he kept having nightmares after Simmy's death. He kept feeling like Simmy's ghost was following him around or something, as if he were by his side all the time. He even got electrocuted at home once and said he saw a ghost."

Steven chuckled and continued, "His parents tried bringing in all sorts of exorcists to exorcise the ghost. But a psychiatrist ultimately said that he was just hallucinating due to being electrocuted.

"But he was still worried, so he had a fortune teller change his name to get rid of Simmy's ghost. Simmy died in a fire..." Steven paused and tightened his grip on my hand.

Adam's apple bobbed as he continued, "Anyway, the fortune teller told Eason that his old name was too easy for ghosts to latch onto, so in the end, Eason became his new name as it

have been a funny story. However,

Steven was trying hard to cheer me up. I found his clumsy

want to make you happy, but I always end up messing things up," Steven said in a hoarse voice as he slowly released my

for the rest

were back home, I

linked clues on

Steven was protecting by being so

people who seemed to matter most to him were Simmy and

both of

stared up at the

distrusting Stephany and ended up suspecting Stephanie now. It felt as if I had fallen headfirst into

wasn't as simple as

even greater mysteries, and there was more to come where

I finally left the basement, Ewan saw me and let out a sigh as he said, "Sir is

was taken aback to hear that Steven was

shouldn't be drinking with

wanted to check on Steven right away, but I suddenly recalled

wondered if the charity banquet was

Well, I suppose he drank too