The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 254

Chapter 254 Seeing Jade Again

The Financial Building housed a variety of companies, with a workforce numbered in the thousands. The ground floor was home to an assortment of dining options, while the nearby street, lined with over a dozen office towers, boasted even more eateries. Restaurateurs clamored for space here, drawn by the people working

here's generous salaries and robust spending power.

Brenna and her team were regulars at one particular buffet, and today was no different.

Ethan and Brenna filled their trays, choosing dishes side by side. Positioning herself next to Ethan, Greta picked her food while discreetly observing Ethan's selections.

She couldn't help but notice that his choices lacked any clear pattern. There was no obvious preference in his

varied assortment.

Besides, beneath his seemingly indifferent exterior, there was a thoughtful streak. He even gently asked about

Brenna's preferences.

This unexpected tenderness caused a flutter in Greta's chest.

"Ethan, I have been looking everywhere for you." Jade appeared out of nowhere and smoothly slid into the seat

beside Ethan.

Ethan's frosty gaze flickered with surprise. Jade's tray looked like a carefully arranged painting, each dish placed precisely for visual appeal.

She sank into the chair with effortless grace, her quiet takeover executed without a hint of haste.

simply took the empty seat across from Ethan. She settled

enough to cut glass. "Apologies, Miss Harper. I trust you don't mind my

seat?"

replied, her voice as cold as the winter

nails dug into her palms. Who was this presumptuous intruder? This woman didn't look like a good person at all. She wasn't worthy of sharing the same air as Ethan, let alone a

Brenna." Greta's composure cracked. "You should

looked at Greta, his silence heavy with unspoken agreement. Greta had

talking. You shouldn't interfere." Her

tray down and reaching out to yank Jade from

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and said, "It's

a victory bell. She deliberately moved her

almost touched

froze into indifference. "Last I

be behind bars," he said

frustration. But she recognized that anyone who knew Ethan like

someone

had leverage-a spy inside the military. They worked out an exchange, and I got out of jail," she said, as casually as if she were

the Ward family's influence to

would tread carefully from now on. Your father's leverage might

a blade. "You still

air sizzled with tension as the trio exchanged

quietly into herself. Military spies, prison escapes-this wasn't some

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