Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband - Chapter 127

Chapter 127: Who touched her?

When they walked into the Cafe the first person Phoebe saw was David. He waved and stood up in a bid to hug Phoebe but suddenly he paused when Rebecca Mayfair appeared from behind her and stopped him with the sharp tip of her walking cane.

She cleared her throat and put it away as her intention was not to harm him. She simply didn’t want random men pawing at her granddaughter.

“Grandma Mayfair? What….what are you doing here.” He embraced her instead of Phoebe, she was one of her favorite Mayfairs.

His eyes quizzically moved to the grocery bags that she was holding and he raised his eyebrows. Why was old lady Mayfair carrying bags of raw vegetables into Phoebe’s cafe?

“I work here what about you David, what brings you here so early in the morning? You must be here for the coffee, i will prepare a to go cup for you.” She feigned ignorance yet she knew that he was very much interested in Phoebe.

David’s brows raised higher up in surprise over what he had just heard. There was no need for grandma Mayfair to work for anything in her life but even if she wanted to work why here at Phoebe’s Cafe? Why not Mayfair corporations? Something fishy was going on. He didn’t get to ask any more questions because the old woman excused herself.

“I will be in the kitchen.” She notified Phoebe before turning her back to them.

David watched her back and once her frame disappeared he looked at Phoebe. She had not got much sleep, he could tell and she was slightly tense. She didn’t say a word but her thoughts betrayed her.

[I could use a hug right now, i don’t remember the last time I recharged. I have not received any new energy in days now.]

He didn’t know what kind of recharging she meant or what energy she needed but he worried about her. Something had really happened the day before and it was still troubling her.

“Are you okay? I was worried when you didn’t answer any of my calls yesterday?”

David shifted forward and hugged her without warning.

Unintentionally Phoebe wrapped her hands around him like a octopus with prey, not letting go. She absorbed as much energy as she could until she felt light headed, receiving this rush of endorphins that made her feel like she was floating on clouds.

David got into the hug pretty quickly and he held her tight. Oh how his mother was wrong! Phoebe seemed to be even more into him now than before he left. It was true what they say that distance makes the heart grow fonder.

“I have missed you too Pheebs.”

David’s words and smooth voice pulled her out of her reverie. She pushed him away gently and cleared her throat. She could see why he misunderstood her intentions. She had been hanging onto him like he had her life line which he technically did.

[Who said anything about missing you, hmph! so presumptuous.]

She rubbed her nose and lowered the scarf around her neck to show him the fading marks left by Turner when he had been strangling her. “I am fine, there was an incident with a lunatic but it’s all good now.”

He was horrified to see them, just as her family had been. He raised his trembling right hand and carefully touched her neck.

“Who dared? Who is brave enough to touch my woman?” he growled out fiercely and punched a table.

Phoebe rolled her eyes.

[Who is your woman? Again he is being presumptuous.]

“He is already in prison and he will probably stay there for next sixty years of his life.” she informed him.

She pulled out a chair and sat down. David sat just as she did and he sighed. He was relieved that she was safe but one could never tell what could happen tomorrow. What would he do if the situation was not remedied on time?

“I am going to hire you a bodyguard, this job is way more dangerous that I imagined.”

His suggestion was dismissed the moment it was brought up.

“I don’t think that there is a human that can protect me more than my ghosts can but i appreciate the offer.”

Phoebe was touched that he cared for her safety. She was not as cold as she acted after all.

Letting out a frustrated sigh, David leaned back. Ghosts couldn’t always do what a human could. Phoebe didn’t understand it yet but she had more foes than she knew, there was Ruth and his mother who employed people to spy on her.

He knew what Ruth was capable of and the only reason why he had not made a move to get rid of her was because he wanted to find the person that pulled the strings behind her, the one that ruined him and Phoebe. As for his mother, he didn’t know what she was capable of but to prove a point, she could do anything. The more he spoke up for Phoebe, the more she hated her and desired to get rid of her.

Still, he could not override her wishes as he pleased and force his will on her.

“Okay fine but please let me know in case you change your mind.”

Awkward silence took over, David wanted to ask her about the visit from his mother but he held back to avoid hearing an answer he didn’t want. Phoebe sensed that something was bugging him and she suspected that Miranda must have already told him something.

“That day I had called to tell you that your mother was here, she offered me money to stay away from you….”

“I know Pheebs.” A smile formed on his lips as relief set in. If she was open about it and had hugged him it meant she had no plan to chase him away.

[Of course you do, I wonder what your wicked mother said about me. Gold digger, greedy bitch, con artist, pauper, i wonder what the wicked witch Miranda called me.]

David chuckled on reading her thoughts.

“I took the money with my full chest.” Phoebe arched an eyebrow wondering what had amused him.

“I know that too, Pheebs.” he smiled easily. It was not the reaction she was expecting. She thought he would flip over a table, call her names and demand that she doesn’t cross his path again. One hundred million dollars was no small amount of money after all.

[Aren’t you mad? Another person would be.]

David reached for her hand across the table.

“I don’t blame you for taking it as long as you don’t push me away. If she brings more, take it as well although I doubt she will make you an offer any time soon after what happened.”

He brushed his thumb over her knuckles causing electric waves to flow through her veins.

She pulled her hand back to her side, the last thing she needed was to rekindle any old feelings by falling into temptation.

His words compelled her to ask if something happened. “What happened?”

David narrated the story that his mother was banned from using the family funds.

“Grandma has put her on a budget and cut her allowance, she won’t be spending recklessly anymore at least.”

David rubbed his eyebrow and sighed, he had a lot of things on his mind and she could tell. Rosette came with his to go coffee cup and put it in front of him. She gave Phoebe one as well.

“Did things not go well on your trip?” Phoebe thanked Rosset for the coffee and turned her attention to him.

“Well i am thinking of leaving the Saxon group.”

“What?” She yelled.