The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 457:

Tori’s eyes narrowed to slits. “Stop trying to fool us. Just tell me if you are rich or not. Aren’t you a famous designer now?”

“Fine. I’ve earned some money over the years,” Ellie admitted.

Tori’s face underwent a miraculous transformation, a smile as fake as a three-dollar bill spreading across her lips as she pulled Ellie onto the couch. “That’s my girl. Now, you’ll support us financially. We don’t ask for much. You just need to buy two houses, one for me and your father, one for Hank. And you need to give us some money.”

Leif spoke with authority. “Listen here, Ellie. Raising you was no picnic, and your college education bled us dry. Here’s the deal—keep twenty thousand for yourself and give the rest of your savings to us. Your mother and I will manage the money for you.”

Ellie, her voice as cold as ice, replied, “That’s not going to happen.”

“Don’t be so ungrateful!” Tori shrieked, pinching Ellie’s arm with force. “We have raised you! You’d rather give your money to that bastard and not us? You need to tell me, who is the father of that bastard?”

boiled over. Her family’s sudden intrusion had caught her off guard. She

her parents and brother out of here immediately. She didn’t want them

eyes, like vultures, picked

a mental inventory of every fixture, every piece

poked Ellie’s ribs, her voice dripping with venom. “Why are you staring at Hank

bedrooms, exclaimed, “Three guest rooms, each a palace compared to our master bedroom! Angela has already agreed to live

then turned to Ellie, adopting a mock-solemn tone. “You’ll give me this

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not mine. I can’t give it to you,” Ellie retorted, her voice sharp as a shard of glass. “I’m renting

faces darkened in an

village sings your praises as a money-minting designer! And you claim to still live in a rented place? I don’t

and you refuse us? You’ve left the family for years, and now that you are finally back, you need to repay us!

his voice to a conspiratorial whisper, said to Tori, “Perhaps the bastard’s father owns this