She took a deep breath, shook her head, and forced herself to forget him.

�It�s all in the past!� she told herself.

After this, there would be no connection between them, not unless they became business rivals.

The car drove past the cities before arriving at a quiet place on the outskirts.

Beach City�s residents used to say that the rich flourished in the South, the poor survived in the North, the nobles resided in the West, and chaos existed in the East.

True to the saying, those who lived in the West were mostly nobility.

There were either high�ranking officials, leaders in the academic world, or an aristocrat whose ancestors had some relation to the royal family for three generations. On the other hand, the extremely wealthy didn�t live there very often.

Renee�s grandfather was a warrior on the battlefield, while her grandmother�s identity had been a mystery, but it was said. that she was closely linked to the royals.

So, when the Everheart family was at its finest and amassed almost as much wealth as the top three families of The Great Eight of Beach City, they chose to reside in the West.

However, everything crumbled before they could even settle in.

Thus, the once magnificent Everheart residence became a dusty, cobweb�infested shell, marred by a forest of weeds that conquered most of its grounds.

The unkempt sight disappointed Renee, but she knew that it would be over soon. She knew the Everheart residence would reclaim its glory once again.

Everything was going well until the cleaning service called to cancel their appointment.

The hiccup quickly made her anxious.

Although the house seemed sturdy on the outside, the same couldn�t be said about its interior.

The original housekeeper had refused to come because she didn�t want to clean the entire place on her own.

Thus, Renee called several house cleaning services right away, but when they heard that the job was at the Everheart residence, they immediately refused, making up silly excuses as they went along.

�The Everheart residence is haunted. Who�d dare to go there?!�

I heard that the ghosts of the husband and wife are trapped in the house. After dark, you can hear them cry and howl all night!��

After hearing the same story several times, Renee couldn�t help but frown. She wondered if her parents� ghosts were really even trapped there. JrNovels.com