Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband - Chapter 181

Chapter 181: Short battle of the suitors

The playful accusations and denial continued until David dropped Phoebe at the cafe. He did not follow as he had other business to attend to. He went to the Alfa security firm to dig as much information as possible on Abel Castor. He didn’t want Phoebe walking into an unknown mess.

First he went to speak to Roman who was in their surveillance room.

“How are the guests in the house next door?”

He was referring to the Gabriels and Ruth that had moved into a house close by at Roman’s demand.

“They are following the instructions we gave them, can they dare to disobey when we have their son?”

David was pleased by the answer, he had told Roman to ensure that the Gabriels gave Ruth a taste of what Phoebe endured all the years when she lived with them.

“What about the person i asked you to look into?”

Roxanne was also in the surveillance room with her fingers flying rapidly over a keyboard. She had a extra large round sweet in her mouth and every few seconds, suckling noises would come from her mouth.

“Done.”

She turned the laptop in David’s direction so he bent down to take a look. The information Roxanne had found as she dug into the Castor family was dumbfounding.

“Great job, send everything that you have got to my email now.”

He rushed out to go and show Phoebe what he had found. To bring her closer to him, he needed to make himself useful to her and this was the kind of work he could handle.

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Right before evening rush hour at the cafe, Phoebe decided to track Linda’s location using the central map but she didn’t find a location. Since it covered all of Citrus city and two others, it meant she was not in those places.

She decided to expand the search and got an ordinary map of Fog country. It was all in vain, Linda was not in the country at all.

Phoebe decided to go big and try her luck with a world map. With the help of the Saxon spirit, she did the location spell again but the result was the same.

If Linda was alive, she was not earth. Phoebe’s mind jumped to a conclusion that she was not ready to share with the old man, Linda was probably not among the living anymore.

Unless she had taken a trip to the moon, she was most likely a ghost by now. Phoebe shivered at the thought but for now, it was better to wait for Shark’s findings.

She tied an apron around her waist and stepped out of her office to help with serving. Her grandmother and Sylvester were expertly managing the kitchen. Rosette was managing accounts while the new female employee, was working on deliveries.

David walked in when they extremely busy so he immediately got to work. However, his white hair was too outstanding and his presence only increased the number of customers. Those already inside didn’t want to leave, especially the ladies that were drooling over him.

David was such a good sales man that not only did he sell the snacks but he also managed to sell the jewels and tonics as well.

Phoebe had never seen women so eager to empty their wallets. At the end of the day, sales had increased significantly because of him which made Phoebe happy. Anything and anyone that increased the amount of money in her bank account made her happy.

When they sent the last customer out, they sat down and took deep breaths. All of them were exhausted but they had smiles on their faces.

“Those jewels that Lorraine brought this afternoon as a sample have also been sold thanks to our sales man here.”

Rosset clapped loudly and David smiled, stood up and bowed in a dramatic fashion before sitting down.

“Anything for my queen.” He winked at Phoebe who rolled her eyes and looked away such that he could not see the small smile on her face.

[What a flirt…i will not fall for it, hmph. He is even doing it in the presence of my grandmother.]

Phoebe glanced at grandma Mayfair and she in turn looked away from her quickly. She had no business when the young people were flirting.

Suddenly someone knocked on the door and all the exhausted humans glared at it. A closed sign was already on meaning that no more customers could access the cafe however the outsider continued knocking persistently.

“If we all stay silent, maybe they will go away.” Grandma Mayfair whispered.

Phoebe guffawed, it were useless to whisper when the lights were still on.

“I will send them away.” Rosette volunteered.

She could not fulfill these words when the person on the other side of the door was the landlord so she stepped aside. Collin Baltimore strolled into the cafe with with a medium sized bouquet of flowers.

“What the hell is he doing here at this hour.” David murmured. He walked to where Phoebe was standing and put his arm on her shoulders as if to mark his territory.

In Collin’s opinion it was such childish behavior, Phoebe felt the same way as she swerved his arm away.

“Landlord! What a pleasant surprise!” Phoebe asked with mild enthusiasm.

[Did he come with flowers to increase the rent?]

Collin almost dropped the flowers in his hands. What opinion did she have about him to think up such a bizarre scenario?

David sneered. “What’s so pleasant about him coming here? Is it the flowers I can have trees delivered here.” He pulled out his phone to make a phone call but Phoebe snatched it from him and gave him a warning gaze. If he was going to act like a child, then she was going to parent him.

The Saxon spirit was displeased by Collin’s sudden appearance as well. “Oh here we go again, tell the man that you aren’t interested in him instead of stringing him along!”

Phoebe glared at it. “I am not!”

She quickly wore a smile and looked back at Collin who was staring at the empty space where she had been looking. Phoebe talking to ghosts wasn’t new to him.

Connie who was blushing like the flowers were meant for her simpered.

“Sister, forget this old ancestor. I advise that you don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Date as many men as possible until you decide on one eventually.”

“I agree, this Saxon guy is yet to be trusted.” Sylvester spoke blatantly. He was still holding a grudge against David for refusing Phoebe to take him in.

The Saxon spirit threw him a dangerous look which forced him to retrieve the statement.

“David has really been trying to redeem himself, on the other hand Collin is still even afraid to ask you on a date and seems like a mama’s boy.”

“Sylvester, you just passed your probation period and you are now a full employee.” The Saxon spirit smiled at him. “As for you Connie, no candy for a week.”

“Hmph!, you are bullying me because you are older. I am not a child, you don’t decide for me.”

“You live under my roof in my pendant, that makes you my child and you have to obey my rules.” The spirit replied.

Phoebe had no idea who to control at the moment, the ghosts or the humans.

“Phoebe we have the Verdemont case to work on, tell the unwanted visitor to leave.” David glared at the flowers she had accepted.

His words however only piqued Collin’s interest, he had passed by to finally ask Phoebe on a date but if she was working on a case then he had to help her somehow.

“Pheebs can I stay? I may be able to help.” Collin offered.

“No, it is confidential.” David loudly rejected the offer.

“Oh sit your bottoms down David! I am going to help too if I can.” Grandma Mayfair said loudly. “Rosette get us all fresh juices while my granddaughter introduces me to Goldilocks here.” She smiled at Collin.