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 was

telling me what should have been a funny story. However, I couldn't bring myself to

was trying hard to cheer me up. I

end up messing things up," Steven said in a hoarse voice

the rest of the

we were back home, I locked myself in

clues on the wall and lost myself

Steven was protecting by being so

the two people who seemed to matter most to him

of them

fell into a daze as I stared up

felt as if I had fallen headfirst into a conspiracy that was spinning

unraveling this mystery wasn't as simple as recovering my

lay even greater mysteries, and there was more to

the basement, Ewan saw me and let

aback to hear that Steven

with the

on Steven right away, but I suddenly recalled the event with the Crowdstar Group's president. "Mr.

if the charity

Well, I suppose he drank too much before he had