The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 454:

Brenna straightened, her resolve like steel. “Didn’t your hired goons come after me? What was I supposed to do — do nothing after you tried to harm me?”

After a pause, she continued, “What do you think of my countermove? Do you like it? If not, I can do more.”

Her voice was low but laced with danger. “Try me again, and I won’t hesitate to kill you.”

The glare she shot at Rachael was a silent threat.

Rachael, who had meant to make things difficult for Brenna, suddenly found herself unable to meet her fierce gaze. Yet beneath her fear, resentment simmered.

Brenna quickly walked to her room and shut the door behind her.

and finally found her voice. “Brenna

snorted in anger, her hands trembling like leaves in a storm. “She nearly got me killed last time. But she feels no guilt about it. I can even sense that she wants me

creased her brow as she turned to Rachael. “Do you think I shouldn’t have come back? What

the dark secrets of the wealthy. Taking out a

its share of enemies. There must have been people the Harper

was in the dark about their

the Harpers won’t act openly against you. For now, you

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

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morning, Brenna slept well past eleven before asking the chef to pack some food for

to Ellie’s place. Patrick answered the

your mom?”

pointing toward the bedroom. “She’s still in dreamland, telling me to prepare food for myself. Back in Norview, she always let me cook and complained that my cooking was giving her malnutrition! But I only