The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 96

Chapter 96 Brenna's Fiancé

Brenna sat beside Ethan at the end of the card table, waiting for Things to join them. The dealer, an elegant woman dressed in high fashion, held the deck of cards, poised and ready to begin.

Meanwhile, Harlan was still reeling from the beating he had taken. His limbs weren't broken, but the pain was

excruciating, leaving him barely able to move.

Just then, Thiago reached for a small box handed to him by someone behind him. He opened it, and inside was

a syringe and a clear ampoule filled with white liquid.

"What are you doing?" Harlan blurted out, fear gripping him. His pretending of being unconscious shattered in

an instant. Terror twisted his features as he scrambled backward. He knew exactly what that substance was

Once it entered his system, there would be no way out for the rest of his life.

He exclaimed in fear, "Don't come any closer! 1-I'm begging you. Sure, my mother did your mother dirty, but I

had nothing to do with it! I was just a kid back then. If anyone is to blame, it's her, not me!"

Harlan's wide, terror-stricken eyes remained locked on the disposable syringe. He had every reason to believe Thiago had lost his mind and that he no longer cared whether he had taken part in the harm done to his

mother all those years ago.

Harlan continued, "Thiago, please! You can't do this! Every debt has its source. You can't take this out on me!

It was my father who made my mother treat yours that way. If you want revenge, go after them, not me!"

Harlan with a cold stare

himself up from the floor and took

Brenna and Ethan.

she turned to Ethan and said, "Mr. Mitchell, let me introduce you

Thiago Moreno."

were already well acquainted. He extended his hand and met Thiago's with a firm handshake. The hostility in

caught the way Thiago looked at Brenna. It

the look of a

The words weren't just an introduction. They were a warning for Thiago to keep his distance from

that. If he had his way, Brenna and Thiago wouldn't just limit their interactions. They'd stop working together altogether. But, of course, Ethan kept his thoughts to

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Chapter 96 Brenna's Fiance

your proposal yesterday because of your status. Turning you down in front of so many people would've been humiliating for you. In fact, I

Brenna's indifference toward him but remained Anfazed. A man of his caliber never accepted defeat so easily. He believed someone as exceptional

matter of time.

Brenna could finish speaking, he cut her off, saying, "No. Since you accepted my proposal yesterday, you're now my fiancée. I've already changed all my profile pictures

can't

remarked, “Mr. Mitchell, you're being too forceful. Brenna hasn't given her full consent. How can you

her."

nothing to do with you, Brenna doesn't dislike me. I just got ahead of myself, and that might upset her a little. That's all.

but she was cut off by

"Call me by my nam public, I'll change the photos right now. I don't want

don't want

waiting for a response, he handed his phone to Neville, who

at his boss for a beat. Since when had his boss started

said, "Yes,