The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 248

Chapter 248 She Wants Me Dead

"Mom, I'll keep an eye on Rosie." Brenna locked eyes with Giselle, her gaze unwavering. "With my finance background, tracking her assets is easy for me. Don't worry; financial warfare happens to be my forte."

Without a word, Ernst strode out of the room, giving Brenna and Giselle a curt nod before making his way up

the stairs.

Brenna retreated to her bedroom, her steps measured.

As she neared her door, Rosie's door creaked open. Seated in her wheelchair, Rosie glared at Brenna, with

Rachael standing behind her.

"Just answer me," Rosie said, her voice laced with accusation. "Did you tamper with my car?"

Brenna tilted her head slightly, her icy gaze falling on Rosie. "Did you enjoy the results?" she asked.

That frigid tone sucked the air from Rosie's lungs, freezing her smirk in mid- curve. The unspoken truth hung

thick between them-Brenna had done it.

Brenna's cold stare, brimming with the promise of something far worse, sent a shudder rippling through

Rosie's body.

"You..." For a moment, Rosie didn't know what to say. Fear strangled the rest of her indignation. She had not

expected this from Brenna.

Brenna had all but confessed, and yet there wasn't a trace of guilt or hesitation in her expression, just the glint

of cold satisfaction.

audacity caught

"Didn't your hired

me to do nothing after you

pause, she continued, "What do you think of my countermove?

low but laced with danger. "Try me again,

she shot at Rachael was a

things difficult for Brenna, suddenly found herself

gaze.

her

to her room and shut the

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wheeled Rosie into her room and finally found her tongue. “Brenna admitted it! That

killed last time. But she feels

she turned to Rachael. "Do you think I shouldn't have come

try

the dark secrets of the wealthy. Taking out a young woman like Rosie would be child's play for the

of enemies. There must have been people the Harper family

the dark about their

hers for to

you. you need to keep a

them further," Rachael suggested.

her resentment. She had schemed to humiliate Brenna and win Ethan back before. But now, Brenna's lethal glare haunted her, making

next morning, Brenna slept well past eleven before

Patrick answered the door in his

your mom?"

in dreamland, telling me to prepare food for myself. Back in Norview, she always let me cook and complained

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