Spoiled by Eight Uncles

Jake did not attend any of his extracurricular classes today. Instead, he took on the role of being Lilly’s chaperone and followed her to Mr. Taylor’s home as well. “What’s wrong, Lil?” he asked as he followed Lilly’s line of sight toward the balcony of the opposite house. Lilly’s little face was colored upset with a frown.

“Lilly?” Anthony stopped in his tracks.Valentine Taylor felt his stomach lurch in despair as he noticed Lilly’s obvious unhappiness. Oh no, what’s the little brat unhappy with now? He looked around and saw an overgrown bonsai plant to Lilly’s right. Perhaps she thinks the plant is hideous?

“Quick, move the plant into the courtyard right now!” Valentine instructed two of his servants before rushing up to Lilly. “What’s the matter, Ms. Lilly?” he asked.

Lilly remained facing the bungalow opposite with one hand on her waist. “Hey! Granny upstairs! I’ve put up with you for a long time now!” she yelled. The old lady just stared at Lilly with a sinister smile.

Anthony and the rest followed Lilly’s gaze toward the balcony. Valentine felt goosebumps pricking his skin upon the grim realization that there was no one there.

“Ms. Lilly, the old lady in that house passed away last year…” Valentine gulped. The little brat could not possibly be seeing the old lady from next door, could she? His knees weakened at the thought.

Lilly turned toward Valentine. “Mr. Val, is that your house too?” she asked, referring to the house opposite. She took a good look at Valentine’s face before turning back to look at the old granny on the balcony again. The two of them looked eerily alike! How interesting…

Valentine’s eyes widened. “No… no! That house belongs to the Rosewoods. Now that you’ve mentioned it, it’s quite a tragic story for the Rosewood family who used to live there too…” Valentine paused. He could not help but feel as if someone from the opposite house was observing him too.

“What happened to them?” Anthony pressed.

ten years ago, the Rosewoods had a daughter who was murdered by her close friend. The murder was extremely cruel, and I heard the police only

lowered into a whisper as he looked left and right. “But before the girl was caught, the police found her dead body in an old printing factory. Rumor has it that it was Old Mr. Rosewood who arranged for her murder. Perhaps it was a clean job or someone in the police did not have the heart to arrest the old man, but the old man got away due to a lack of evidence and the case was closed. The old couple continued living in

Rosewood was the only person living in that old house now. Valentine felt a chill down his spine

the location of his

“I’m sure he did, but he never got an

appeared from the shadows of the towering walls of the villa. “If my guess is correct, this should be the house inhabited by the vanity ghost,” he commented. It was all too

the door?” she pleaded. Anthony immediately

considered selling off his own villa, but his fortune teller had told him that his villa was in a good location

your mother is

“Wh… what?” Valentine stammered.

there looks exactly like you!”

it was only then that Valentine realized the ghost the little girl had been seeing was the ghost

As Lilly glanced at Valentine, he was already rushing to the front of the Rosewood home himself. “Mr. Rosewood, it’s me,

passing. He barely even

through

not know what excuse to give Mr. Rosewood for turning up at his

Lilly spoke into the intercom. She did not have to mention who she was talking

was a lingering silence in the air for a few moments before the group heard the door unlatching. The door had opened