Sophia fell silent instantly.
In that split second when her mind snapped out of its frantic state, she suddenly wrapped her arms around Candice in a reverse embrace. “Who… who is it?”
Candice’s heart sped up.
The two of them locked eyes, and both instinctively thought of the gas explosion incident.
They glanced at the time.
Midnight. Exactly.
“Ding dong——”
The doorbell rang again.
Its terror effect was no less than that of a horror movie.
They both instinctively backed away, retreating further from the door.
The same Sophia who was boldly shouting “what’s there to be afraid of!” just moments ago now had sheer terror written all over her face.
“To be honest, did you not eat enough and secretly order takeout just now?” Sophia tried to keep her tone light, but her voice was trembli
