The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 249 Your Mother And I Will Manage The...

Ellie's expression darkened at her family's uninvited arrival. These were her closest blood relatives, yet when she had been pregnant with Jayceon's child, they had turned their backs on her.

At that time, Jayceon's parents refused to let her live with them. She had been forced to return to her own

home, but her family had only treated her with rejection.

Her parents and brother had branded her unwed pregnancy as shameful, driving her away with harsh orders,

telling her never to return.

During those first grueling years in Norview, there had been no calls from them,

no financial support. They had let her struggle in a foreign land, fighting for survival on her own.

She had convinced herself that her family meant nothing to her. That was why she hadn't informed them when

she had come back this time.

Yet now, they had come to her.

Years of pent-up bitterness erupted. "What are you doing here?" Ellie demanded, her eyes blazing. "You're not

welcome here."

with disdain, “Ungrateful wretch! After all we invested in you, how

toward the

stories but had never grasped the full extent of her family's cruelty. The elders' greedy sneers confirmed to her that they were

herself

strangers appraised his home like inspectors, their eyes

entitlement.

grandparents," Brenna said to Patrick carefully, her

polished appearance, Tori's tone shifted. "You

curtly, maintaining

over Patrick. Then, she hissed at Ellie, "You kept

the apartment, visibly impressed. "This apartment will do

he owned the place. "This place is adequate for newlyweds. With this space, Angela should have no

of every corner. "I will let Angela

her bedroom and bathroom, invading her privacy. Ellie's anger flared as

torrent of reprimands. "Stop yelling. We have every blessed right to everything here! You vanished post-graduation, not sending home a dime. Did we nurture you all these years for nothing? After the mountain of money we poured into your education, you have to repay us. Hank is about to get married. Since he and his girlfriend

mistaken," Ellie said, her voice a low growl. "This isn't my property; it's my friend's. You have no right to claim this

make tens of millions a year. How could this place not be yours? You're just being an ungrateful person for not

contorted, a

picture of entitlement. Leif declared, "You've turned your back on us for years. Now that you're swimming in money, you should buy us