The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 23

Chapter 23 Ethan Comes In Person To Pick Brenna Up

At the Mitchell Group headquarters.

Neville reported to Ethan, "Dr. Pierce said that Cuthbert's renowned student has taken on an unexpected patient and won't be available for at least a week."

Ethan's eyes lifted from the folder he was reviewing, his expression darkening. "Call him again. Offer a hundred million if that's what it takes. We need that person to treat my grandfather immediately. Dr. Scott made it clear-my grandfather's best chance at recovery lies within this month. If we delay, even by a single day, his odds worsen," he said.

Neville gave a serious nod. "Understood," he said before dialing Christopher's number once more.

At the hospital, Christopher led Brenna into his office on the third floor. As his phone rang, he merely pointed at it, making no move to pick it up. Instead, he smirked at Brenna. "Those self-important fossils in the Mitchell family think they run the world. Let's keep them sweating. Unless Ethan comes in person to invite us, we are not going. And unless they're willing to cough up a hundred million, we won't take the case."

Hearing that, Brenna nodded, casually scrolling through her phone.

After a while, Christopher finally answered Neville's call. Neville wasted no time in offering a hundred million outright, leaving Christopher somewhat

unaccomplished. Was the Mitchell family really so rich that tossing around a hundred million meant nothing to them?

After some back-and-forth negotiations, they finally landed on a deal-the fee was set for two hundred million. Ending the call, Christopher held up two fingers and grinned. "Two hundred million. Ethan is on his way here to pick you up. And it's payment upfront, treatment after. Give me your account number."

Brenna rattled off the digits, and within moments, her phone chimed with a bank notification. She received two hundred million.

What had begun as a ten-million-dollar case had ballooned into a sum twenty times larger-all because the Mitchell family members had failed to recognize true ability.

into Christopher's office. Ethan knocked once before opening the

all professional charm now that Brenna had received the money, motioned inside and said, "Come in, Mr.

then gestured toward Brenna, who sat with her phone in hand, entirely unbothered. "This Dr. Harpe. Ethan's eyes settled on the masked figure before him.

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