100 Ghost Tales (1/2)

Using the company provided car, Lexi Lester takes me and Sandra to the estate for inspection.

And on the way there, Lexi asks us some personal questions as well as some casual ones.

Making conversations is a way of warming up to us, as we are her client.

Lexi does get commission on every house she has sold, and she has sold quite a few, netting her a very healthy bank account with Chrono Reserves. She actually a millionaire despite her young age. And she spends lavishly too, buying expensive clothing and partying every night or so.

While those things shouldn't cause any red flag since there are plenty of geniuses out there in America with the same lifestyles, what does is why do some clients simply donate her a large sum of cash out of the blue.

The numerous questionable transactions in her bank account, especially the ones when she was still in high school, has brought her to my attention. No one in their right mind would donate $100,000 to a teenager and let her spends it all within a week.

With a little digging, Lexi is one of those super babies. Sadly, her ability doesn't make her any smarter, so she drops out of high school when she was just fifteen. Her parents are unable to refuse her.

No one can.

Sandra is happy to answer Lexi's questions while being under the influence of her power. Despite that, Sandra constantly wraps her hands and arms around mine, and I am happy to be her manly support.

Sandra is currently my wife, Mrs. Maxwell.

I hope my real wife, Margaret Maxwell doesn't mind. Oh wait, she doesn't exist.

Does that mean I can get marry again, legally? Heh.

That is not on my list of things to do. I am more or less happy where I currently am, tangling with quite a lot of beauties from multiple worlds and realities.

Sandra probably wants to settle down one day if we continue our intimate relationship, so that will be a very long conversation, full of crying and what is not.

Oh boy…

I did promise to not break her heart, so I will have to think of good explanation fast. Well, I am working on one. Several, actually. One for each person in my harem. Not all of them needs one, however, such as Allison and Eliana.

Speaking of harem, it is about to grow by one more member.

Gotta catch 'em all!

”What about you, Mr. Maxwell? Where were you born?”

Lexi asks once she learns all she can from Sandra.

Lexi is curious to why her ability doesn't work on me. It is because the nanomachines in my blood filter out the chemical before it has the chance to invade my brain and make me subservient.

”Oh? I am just nobody, Miss Lester. You don't need to know about me.”

I response and continue patting Sandra gently. A smile is on my face.

Lexi narrows her eyes on the back mirror before returning her attention to the front. She didn't speak up again until the car pulls into a decorative driveway.

The heavy iron gate automatically opens on the car's approach, showing it has been built to modern standards.

1990s standard I mean.

Sandra and I stare out the window, finding the place quite enormous, which does beg the question as to why the price tag is so low. Well, it is not so low that normal couple could afford it.

This 40,000 square feet house would have cost north of 4 million dollars, so why is its asking price only 1.85 million?

”Honey, what do you think?”

I ask once I help Sandra out of the car. She has a look around the front of the house, finding the garden and pool to be fairly excessive. She previously lived in a one-bedroom apartment alone.

While I accompany Sandra, I feel as if someone or something watching me – us.

Selene tells me that there is no one watching us, at least no one human. There are quite a lot of critters loitering around the bushes and trees.

Shield Surveillance Network has never been compromised before, but I still have this strange feeling that I simply couldn't just dismiss.

”If you have kids in the future, Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell. I am sure they will love the pool and the garden. There is also a tennis court at the back, but you can remodel it to whatever suits you. Once you have a look outside, please come inside.”

Lexi speaks up after she opens the door.

The suggestion has brought a smile to Sandra. She knows all about Antigone, but she has never played with my daughter before.

And judging from her smile, she does want to have kids. Well, from the original timelines, Sandra does have kids. Adopted kids, but still her kids.

If Sandra and I were married – what the hell am I thinking about?

There is a coldness washing over me when I enter the house with Sandra.

It feels quite unnatural in a sense, as there is no visible airflow in the corridor. None of the windows I could see are opened. I actually shiver a little, which shouldn't happen.

My body is always kept at optimal temperature even in the void of space.

”It is chilling in here.”

Sandra rubs her arms to warm up despite the room is at constant 23 degree Celsius. The chillness that she has felt soon passed. She did look at me when I give her an embrace, just to warm her up.

”I thought it was only me. The other clients said the same thing too.”

Lexi points out and heads into the closest rooms. She seems to be in a hurry, probably wanting to get of here as soon as possible.

And by other clients, Lexi means clients of her colleagues.

If it was her clients, she probably has sold this place to them a long time ago.