The CEO’S Unplanned Heir novel (Aurelia and Leopold)

Chapter 1139

Beverley mused, "Some folks reckon ghosts are just blurry shadows, sort of human-shaped but

faceless, like a special kind of energy field."

"Like brainwaves?" Nina chimed in, her voice laced with a mix of curiosity and trepidation. She had

snuck a peek at some horror novels that suggested ghosts were peculiar brainwaves.

"Yeah, there's a bunch of people who believe that souls are brainwaves. When the body kicks the

bucket, these brainwaves leave the body, float around in nature, and become what we call spirits. If

someone's brainwaves happen to collide with these floating brainwaves, that person might just get a

glimpse of a ghost." This belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.

"Wow, that's freaky cool," Nina said, pulling a silly face. "So ghosts aren't all that scary. They're just

brainwaves and can’t physically harm us."

Mira shivered, "Brainwaves or not, they give me the heebie-jeebies. I sure as heck don't want to bump

into some brainwaves."

As Mira spoke, a thought struck her, and she gasped, covering her mouth, "Oh no, Nova saw a ghost

earlier. She must've been hit by one of those wandering brainwaves. What if she gets sick?"

Aurelia rummaged through her purse and pulled out a lipstick, proceeding to draw a tiny red dot

between Nova's eyebrows.

"There, that should do it. When I was a kid walking around at night, my mom would draw a little red dot

between me and Avery’s brows. It was an old family trick to ward off bad spirits."

Mira hurried over, tugging at her sleeve, "Auntie Aurelia, do one for me too, please."

"Sure," Aurelia obliged, drawing a dot for Mira as well. Nina stood by, hesitant, but then stepped

forward. "Maybe I should get one too."

Nina remembered that recently two people had died after eating the chocolates she had given them. If

they turned into vengeful ghosts and came after her, that would be a disaster. Aurelia gave Nina a red

dot too.

William made a ghost face. "Boys aren't scared of ghosts."

"Right," Skyler nodded vigorously. "I'm brave as can be. I'll protect you all."

Aurelia chuckled, "Let's head out to Snowy Summit Retreat. It'll be a blast."

They could go skiing there and build snowmen.

On their way to Snowy Summit Retreat, Nina pulled Aurelia aside.

"Auntie Aurelia, do you think those two people who were poisoned by the chocolates could become

ghosts?"

Aurelia could see the shadow of this event had cast on young Nina.

She wrapped an arm around Nina's shoulder. "Trouble finds its kind. You didn't do them in. It was that

imposter. Even if they did turn into restless spirits, they'd go after the real culprit, not you. You're a

victim too."

"Has the bad person been caught?" Nina asked.

"Not yet, but they will be. Don't worry, sweetheart, they won't get far," Aurelia reassured her.

Nina felt a bit more at ease. "So the ghost Nova saw wasn't coming for me, but for Skyler."

Aurelia smiled, "There's no ghost. Probably just a little critter scurrying by. Skyler’s playing Santa, right?

Nova probably wanted to tell him about the little animal, that's all."

"Ah, I get it now!" Nina's face lit up with realization and she skipped ahead, grinning ear to ear.

Once outside, Aurelia bought each of them a cup of hot cider.

Arnold lifted his daughter, planting a kiss on her chilled cheek.

Sipping her cider, Mira said, "Uncle Arnold, we had a scary discovery today. Nova saw a ghost."

Arnold tensed slightly, "A ghost?"

"Yup," Mira nodded solemnly. "They say only babies can see ghosts, the rest of us can't."