Marinette sighed as she placed a box down onto the pink counter of her new boutique.

She reached up to wipe the sweat off her brow and ran a hand through her bangs to allow some air on to her skin.

She appreciated that her parents offered to take care of both Emma and Louis while she was away and setting up. Marinette was more than pleased with how it was slowly coming together.

She had so many helpful people in her life, she couldn't have asked for a better crowd.

"Marinette!" Felix rasped, stepping into the boutique with a large mirror. His cheeks grew pink from the warmth and exercise, and Marinette could tell he was struggling with the heavy object.

"Where do you want this?"

Her blue eyes widened as Luka followed close behind Felix. He reached down, grabbing the mirror to even out the weight so that Felix wouldn't drop it

"Actually! That could go into the back room!" Marinette instructed nervously. She bit her lip, watching as both men began to carry the large mirror towards the back. "Be careful!" She breathed, flinching as Felix knocked his head on a shelf by the door.

Marinette sighed, a warm smile on her lips as Nino walked by her, holding a couple of boxes into the designer's worker's room. She could feel the excitement bubble into her toes. She had a boutique to run and she had a whole two stories to herself.

Marinette had planned to make the entire first floor all about her clients and the second floor all about working. She was going to sew and create her clothing upstairs and she had a model who could display them for her.

She clasped her hands together, a small blush dusting her freckled cheeks.

"Enjoying the sweaty men view?" Adrien asked, his voice immediately drawing her from her dream thought. "I mean, there are a lot of us here today."

Marinette sighed, rolling her eyes at her husband's remark. She glanced over to him, reaching over to fix the wrinkles on his T-shirt.

"Yes, because that's why I asked for all this help." She replied, giggling softly before she stood on her tippy toes and pressed a gentle kiss to his lips.

Adrien chuckled against her lips, placing his hand on her lower back and kissing her in return.

Marinette furrowed her brow as she felt her phone buzz in her back pocket. She subtly pulled away from Adrien who whined in disappointment.

"Oh...come on. I thought I'd get more kisses when we got married." Adrien retorted playfully.

Marinette hummed, sliding her phone out of her back pocket and glancing at the screen. She pursed her lips, her thumb scrolling through the messages on her phone.

"Its my mom." Marinette explained. "Louis started throwing up." She glanced up at him with a small smile before she leaned into him. "But don't worry, I'll give you a ton of kisses when I come back. We can call it a day for now."

Adrien frowned, placing his hand on her waist once more as he worried about his son back at his in laws.

"Oh. So you're gonna leave me here with the ghost?"

Marinette pouted and she wrapped her arms around him.

"You can always come with me. We can send the guys home and we can finish up tomorrow."

Adrien shook his head, dropping his hands from her waist with a weary smile.

"Its fine, don't worry about it. I'll clean around a bit while you're out. That way we won't waste anymore time and we'll do less tomorrow when we come back."

Marinette pursed her lips, slowly moving away from him as she placed her phone back into her pocket.

"Are you sure?" She asked, perking her brow as she ignored the noise that Nino, Felix and Luka made while they put things away.

Adrien nodded, placing his hands into his pockets. "Yeah! I think it'll be fine. Just make sure Louis is okay. I hope he isn't catching a bug."

Marinette shook her head, placing one last kiss to his lips before she reached over towards the counter with her purse.

"I'm sure he was just running around too much." Marinette explained, moving over towards the door. "I won't be long. I promise."

Adrien watched her, nodded his head with taut lips as Marinette smiled at him.

"I love you." Adrien murmured, his skin growing warm with the way his wife smiled at him. "I'm madly in love with you."

Marinette bit her lip, glancing down bashfully at her ring before she looked up at him again.

"I love you too. I'm madly in love with you as well."

Adrien watched as his wife left. The blonde glanced around the room, his lips remaining taut as he was searching for something to do. Adrien began to wander around the counters, moving boxes and putting things in their place.

He wasn't sure how Marinette wanted the place to be decored, but he figured he could let her do it when they came back.

"Hey! We're going out to get something to drink." Luka called out, walking into the front from with Nino and Felix.

"Do you want to come with?" Nino chimed in, reaching up to wipe the sweat off his forehead with the back of his hand.

Adrien glanced back at them, lightly shaking his head as he dug through a box for cleaning supplies.

"I'm alright. I already promised Marinette that I'd clean up for her while she was out." Adrien explained, reaching into the boxes to retrieve the window cleaner. "I figured that's all left to do."

"Do you want us to grab you something if you cant come with?" Felix mused, raising a brow. "I can bring back a lemonade or something."

Adrien shrugged, tugging out some paper towels. "Yeah, I guess that's okay."

Luka glanced back at the others, before he turned around to exit. The other men followed suit, finally leaving Adrien to be alone in the building.

He sprayed the windows, whistling to himself as he wiped away the dust, making the place seem more lively and less abandoned.

Adrien folded the paper towel, moving to the other window but paused when he heard something.

He furrowed his brow, glancing behind him quickly to see who could have been there. His heart ached in his chest as he inwardly cursed himself for asking Plagg and Tikki to stay with the kids.

Adrien worried that someone else was in the building with him, and a shiver of fear began to roll down his spin.

He gulped, resuming his work on the windows. He slowly sprayed each panel, wiping away the cobwebs and the dust on the glass.

Adrien joked with Marinette about there being a ghost in the building. After all, the woman who owned the shop next door said so. When he was younger, he couldn't ever recall there being such stories when he came to visit with his mother.

But he seriously couldn't believe there was a ghost in the building. It had to be a myth. Adrien didn't believe in ghosts.

Adrien jumped, his heart hammering against his ribcage as he heard the noise once more.

There was someone there.

There just had to be.

Adrien glanced up, his eyes scowling across the ceiling as he heard walking around on the second floor. He clenched his jaw, rage and curiosity pumping through his veins.

If there was a ghost in the building, he sure as hell hoped they'd cross to the other side before she opened shop. If there was a burglar in the building, well...they would be wishing they were dead soon.

Adrien placed the cleaning supplies down, his lips pressing together as he wandered towards the steps in the backroom. His eyes remained fixated on the room upstairs and he exhaled.

He began to trembled, fear bubbling through him as he heard walking again.

Adrien very carefully made his way up the stairs, the male evening his breath as he grew closer and closer to the door on the second floor.

His eyes widened, his fists clenching as he witness shadows from beneath the door.

There was someone in there with him.

Adrien reached for the doorknob, his hand trembling as he laced his finger around the metal material.

He squeezed on to the knob, carefully turning it and tugging the door open.

Beside the window, Adrien could see the woman.

He could see the ghost that everyone was talking about.

She glanced at him, a warm smile on her lips as it nearly sent Adrien to his knees. She was so real, it was sure to move Adrien to believe in ghosts.

Except this wasn't a ghost. This was real, and Adrien knew exactly who this woman was.

He let go of the door, his eyes remaining on her as she stood up and held her arms out to him.

Adrien remained completely stupefied as the woman glanced at him. It was almost like she had been waiting for him for such a long long time.

He let go of the door, tears pooling in his eyes as he was finally able to speak.

"M-Mom...?"