Chapter 177

Samantha spun around with a pale face. However, when she saw who stood behind her, she sighed in relief, pressing a hand to her chest. "You nearly gave me a heart attack!" She shot Leonardo a glare. "Can't you walk like a human?" "I did." Leonardo blinked, looking thoroughly innocent. "You just didn't hear me." "Oh, really?" "Maybe you were too busy trash-talking to notice me?" Samantha's heart skipped a beat. Leonardo had zero interest in sparing her pride. Unfortunately, for her, pride was exactly what she had too much of. "I wasn't trash-talking." "You didn't? But it sounded so to me." "Lies!" Leonardo smiled. "Haunted house, huh?" Bullseye. He'd caught the exact part she didn't want him to hear. Samantha jumped, clapping a hand over his mouth in a panic. "Don't say it out loud!" She was already barely tolerated in the Garrett family—if anyone else heard what she'd said, she'd be torn to shreds. "Unbelievable! I'm out there, dragging myself through the hallway like I