The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 693:

His worn clothing betrayed his recent struggles.

“Brenna, I’ve missed you,” Alec said, dramatically wiping away imaginary tears before brazenly sitting down next to her.

“What are you doing here?” Ruby demanded, her voice thick with irritation.

“Did you follow us? How else would you know we’re here?”

Alec’s tone was just as hostile. “Follow you? I’ve got better things to do than that!”

After their bickering subsided, Brenna asked calmly, “What exactly do you want from me, Ruby?”

Ruby had been about to speak, sensing the moment was ripe, but Alec’s sudden arrival had derailed her plans. She couldn’t risk him learning about the billions she and her family were about to gain. “I didn’t want anything from you. I just missed you and wanted to catch up,” Ruby said.

restroom.” She

later, Ruby’s frustration grew as she watched Alec greedily eat the food before him. “Why hasn’t Brenna come back? Did

scoffed, “I

without telling them? Ruby nudged

to the restroom, finding no one

“Mom, she’s gone!”

wretched girl!” Ruby snatched her phone and

leave and leave him to pay

Ruby’s name lit up her phone. She

𝖀ρ𝓭α𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝗇ɩү 𝗈𝗇 ɢ𝖺ⅼ𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀․ⅽ𝑜𝗆

She said to Isabella, “It took so much to get Brenna to meet us, and now, your father

typed a message to Brenna, urging her to reconsider Denis’s offer and promising to meet

Ruby waited anxiously for a response. A deal worth hundreds of millions was on the line. She would not let it

her way home, Brenna swung by a dessert shop, grabbing a few pastries and a carton of