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.

stood, and said, “I’m heading to the restroom.” She

she watched Alec greedily eat the food before him. “Why hasn’t Brenna come back? Did

“I

without telling them? Ruby nudged

dashed to the restroom, finding no

“Mom, she’s gone!”

wretched girl!” Ruby snatched her phone and called

Ruby might leave and leave him to pay the

her car when Ruby’s name lit up her

𝖀ρ𝓭α𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝗇ɩү 𝗈𝗇 ɢ𝖺ⅼ𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀․ⅽ𝑜𝗆

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

message to Brenna, urging her to reconsider Denis’s offer and

worth hundreds of millions was on the line. She would not let it

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