The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 702:

With exaggerated drama, Ethan stared at his bandaged arm. “Mom, I don’t want Minna here. Please ask her to go. Don’t make things difficult for me now.”

Elsa was deeply unwilling to do that. Yielding now would ruin her hopes of pushing Minna closer to Ethan.

She glared at Brenna’s composed demeanor, infuriated by her lack of deference.

Most women would grovel to win over their future mothers-in-law, but Brenna acted as if she should be the one to bend first.

No chance!

“Minna, grab something for Ethan to eat. He prefers mild flavors, nothing spicy or heavy. He’s not exactly picky,” Elsa instructed.

Minna, feeling awkward and resentful, believed Brenna should have left the moment Elsa arrived. How dare she linger when she knew she wasn’t welcome here?

go,” she said, then turned to Ethan with a syrupy tone. “Mr. Mitchell, what

didn’t answer, frustrated by his mother’s decision but powerless to change

to Brenna, he said, “Brenna, could you get

point to his mother, firmly

“Okay,” she said.

Ethan’s response, wishing he would show her even a fraction of the warmth he gave Brenna.

need; leave me alone!” Ethan shot

𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓵 𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷 @ 𝓰ⱥ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⸳𝓬𝓸𝓶

embarrassment, tears welling up

son’s starkly different treatment of the two women, felt her earlier empathy evaporate. “What’s wrong with you? How can you talk to Minna like that? She came all this way out of concern for you, and this is how

weren’t injured, she might have hit

effort, refused to leave, her resolve