Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband - Chapter 39

Chapter 39: A shrew behaves like a shrew.

At around 7:45pm, Phoebe left the cafe still bummed that she hadn’t been able to give Collin Mayfair a piece of her mind. She wished she had gotten the opportunity to show him the dash cam footage and she also wondered if he would have said all those cruel things to her on finding out that his sister is a liar.

She wasn’t the only furious being around, the Saxon spirit and Connie mentioned that they couldn’t stand the man’s arrogance. All day long, the spirit had been bad mouthing the Mayfairs and it had yet to stop.

“The Mayfairs have clearly failed as parents, I mean look at Ruth and now that poor mannered excuse of a man.” The spirit sneered as they stepped out of the elevator.

“I don’t think they are that bad or failures. If you think about it from a different angle, Collin was defending his sister who went home with bruises in tears and a story about being beaten up. If only Nicky was half the brother t me as Collin is to….”

She stopped talking because it came to her that Nicholas Gabriel was not her biological brother. It also reminded her that she needed to do an actual scientific dna test which she would slap in the faces of the Gabriels before cutting them out of her life.

Phoebe wondered if she would have to throw them out of the house, after all she did pay for it with her money.

“Why are you defending the Mayfairs suddenly?’ The spirit asked her. “You don’t think they are your true parents, do you?”

Phoebe who didn’t want to discuss the issue at all remained silent with her eyes pinned to the floor. As she moved through the corridor that led to her apartment, she raised her eyes and saw David standing by her door.

Phoebe paused, she wanted to turn back and walk away. Every bone in her body was urging her to run. For a woman that was supposed to seduce him, she was truly reluctant to associate with him. More than that, right now she was tired and hungry what if he said something that caused her to snap at him.

“Go to him, remember Ruth is doing whatever she can to have him. This evening she asked him out to dinner, infact as we speak, she is waiting for him outside his apartment. If you push him away, you’ll be giving him to her on a platter of gold.” The Saxon spirit blocked her path forgetting that she could walk right through it.

Connie who agreed, blew Phoebe’s hair which was in an updo. It came flowing down as it cascaded down to her back. “You look much better, now go.”

A smile formed on David’s lips when he saw her looking pretty but also a exhausted. It reminded him of her, before rebirth. Even when she was tired, she would have a smile on her face for him and a plate of hot food waiting when he came home. He was an idiot not to have appreciated her kindness back then. But he would repay it all, he promised himself.

When Phoebe approached him, she noticed that he was carrying flowers. The same old English roses like the type that had been delivered to the cafe.

“Is it you that sent me flowers the other day?” She stared at him quizzically.

He nodded. “Unfortunately, they were rejected but please accept these ones and also I apologize for my presumptuousness but i brought you dinner.” David raised his left hand which held a big paper bag.

[Dinner! why, is it poisoned? Why are you doing things you never did before? Seriously, what is wrong with this man?]

David chuckled and she frowned.

[Why is he laughing? Oh God, is there something on my face?]

“This is a sealed delivery, you don’t have to invite me in or anything. Today am just your delivery man.”

“Oh boy.” The Saxon spirit was clearly disappointed. It wanted Phoebe to invite David inside the house, maybe even share a kiss if things go well.

Before Phoebe could answer him, the landlord’s door opened and Collins head popped out.

“Phoebe, I thought I heard your voice…” His words trailed off when he saw David standing there with flowers. He knew those English roses, they were rare and only imported from abroad. If the man had gone through the trouble of flying them in for Phoebe, it was because he liked her.

Phoebe smiled innocently and greeted him. Her eyes moved to David who growled silently because the man had popped out of nowhere to ruin his moment.

Collin smirked when he noticed that David was unhappy to see him. “David? What are you doing here?”

“I could ask you the same thing.” David wrinkled his nose and narrowed his suspicious eyes at him.

“I live here, Phoebe and i are next door neighbors.” He raised his chin as if to brag.

This was was precisely why David wanted to buy the building. It would have been easier to get rid of this roach.

“Oh, I am her neighbour too, apartment 303D. You know the next building, i happen to be in the apartment opposite hers.” David smiled slyly.

Nodding his head continuously, Collin chorted. “Oh I know, it seems like it’s far away am just near here. So did you pay the original occupant to move out so that you could be near Phoebe?”

“WHAT!” Came a voice from the end of the corridor. David and Phoebe knew who it was, so they all watched Ruth rush to approach them.

Shaking her head, Phoebe excused herself so as to get away from all the madness but was suddenly stopped by Ruth who roughly pulled on her hand.

[How did she reach me so fast, did she fly?]

Only David saw this thought and he chuckled softly.

“Explain yourself, what is he talking about?” Ruth demanded only for Phoebe to throw her a warning look.

“Let go of me before I slap you once again, your question is directed to the wrong person. Ask David that’s if he will give you the time of day.

“What did you say to me you….” Ruth raised her hand to slap Phoebe but the move was intercepted by both men leaving Ruth shocked.

The door to the landlord’s apartment opened once again and this time a woman in her fifties’ with golden hair came out.

“Collin dear, I heard voices.” Her eyes moved around and paused when she saw Phoebe.

She recognized her instantly because of her red hair which her daughter Cassie had mentioned more than a few times.

“You must be our neighbor Phoebe, it’s lovely to finally meet you. We are having a housewarming dinner, please join us. Your friends as well.” Lydia Baltimore pointed at Ruth and David.

There was no time to turn down the invite because Lydia had already moved back inside the house.