The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 309:

As Brenna pondered what dishes to prepare, Ellie interjected, “Just any home-cooked food will do. I’m tired of foreign cuisine. I just want to eat something and sleep.”

Patrick frowned. “Mommy, but I want to go out and play!”

Ellie gently tapped her son’s cheek. “Let Brenna take you out to play. I need to catch some sleep.”

She then said to Brenna, “Patrick was so bored on the plane he slept the entire way, but I was up working. I had a client pressing me, so I spent the flight working on a design draft. By the time we landed, I sent it off to the studio to start on the samples. I’m exhausted from that. You need to take care of Patrick for me now.”

Brenna sympathized with Patrick, patting his head. “Poor thing, you must have had a tough time living abroad with your mom. She doesn’t know how to cook, so you probably ate a lot of fast food.”

Patrick nodded earnestly. “She really can’t cook, but she did take me to nice restaurants when she had time. It’s not so bad.”

instructions with Julia to ensure Ellie was well taken care of, then she and Patrick headed out. Shirie was home to many amusement parks for children, and she

Patrick, she found Julia and the others had already gone back to the Harper family home,

“Looks like you have to go home with me now.

were about to leave, Brenna’s phone rang—it was Ethan

completely forgotten their

to take Patrick with her to the restaurant. Ethan had been waiting for her at the entrance

is that my dad? He looks so cool!” Patrick exclaimed as he spotted the tall, casually dressed Ethan, who looked effortlessly stylish—exactly how Patrick had imagined

to see

at g? lno ve

you my dad?” He hugged Ethan’s leg tightly, looking up at his face. The more he looked, the more he saw the

often saw a handsome man

gently patting Patrick’s head and tousling his hair to comfort

beside Brenna, his expression filled with deep sadness. He looked