Chapter 1

I was a ghost-hunting streamer, famously a total scaredy-cat. My genuine, over-the-top reactions to being terrified were what hooked my audience.

To challenge the most haunted abandoned hospital in the city, I shelled out big bucks to hire a retired special forces soldier as my bodyguard.

But the guy who showed up was lean and pale, with a dark, brooding gaze that made him look more like a ghost than any ghost I’d ever seen.

During the livestream, he suddenly grabbed my wrist, flashed an eerie grin at the camera, and said, “Look, everyone, she's trembling with fear. How cute.”

The comments section exploded instantly: [Is this bodyguard the Ghost King?!] [Streamer, run!]

My agent sent an encrypted DM, her voice practically trembling: “It’s over! He’s an undercover agent from a rival platform! He’s 'The Reaper,' that streamer with ten million followers! He's here to ruin you!”

Staring at his face, identical to the college senior I’d secretly crushed on for three years, my heart turned to ice.