The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 288:

His tone grew more intense as he said, “Do you understand how serious that is? Your focus seems solely fixated on Rosie. Aren’t you overlooking Brenna’s feelings? Honestly, I’m beginning to question whether you truly are your mother’s son. You are nothing like her!”

Shepard’s gaze hardened as he looked at his son, his expression etched with disappointment. “You may choose to defend Rosie, but I cannot let anyone mistreat my daughter,” he said.

Brenna replied firmly, “She’s just facing the consequences of her own actions. There’s no reason for me to show her any mercy. If I forgave her now, do you think she would ever do the same for me?”

Ernst, however, remained unaffected by the elder’s words. He acknowledged Rosie’s flaws but saw that they were driven by her fear of losing everything, not by any ill intent.

Losing shares in the Harper family would completely sever her ties to the family.

result, she would lose access to the privileges that

a sorrowful look, Ernst reassured Rosie, “Regardless of their indifference, I am here for you. I may no longer be

Brenna, her eyes blazing with resolve. Abruptly, she walked toward

mistake—I never should have hired thugs to go after you. But your presence in the family left me with no other option, driving me to desperation. Before you returned to the family, I was the only one who was

it was tinged more with her own

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to enjoy the love of the others. I won’t compete for their attention anymore. I don’t

the truth to make it seem like she had been forced into

indefinitely? Would that be fair? If I had stayed away, you would have continued to receive my parents’ affection without any interference from me. Is that the outcome you

if she were targeted by everyone in the room. Despite Brenna’s words, she took them in silence, allowing herself to be seen as