The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 733:

“Was it you?” Emmett inquired, his voice laced with authority.

Ethan didn’t so much as blink. He had long grown used to his father’s rigid authority and the way he spoke as though he were above everyone else. Meanwhile, Elsa simmered beside them, her anger practically radiating from her eyes. If Emmett hadn’t stepped in, she would have already hit Ethan.

“Yeah,” Ethan replied, his voice calm, unfazed by Emmett’s commanding aura.

“Retract your report. Tell them it isn’t true,” Emmett commanded, his tone crisp and clear.

Ethan didn’t budge. “No. Falsely accusing a soldier would be a legal offense. Besides, the report includes everything—solid facts and firsthand evidence. It’s not a false claim.”

Emmett’s voice dipped into reproach. “You’re going to destroy him.”

interfering in my life first. I’m only

fury, “How can you say that? That wasn’t his doing. I told him to do those things. This falls on

a disinterested look. “He’s not some helpless kid. He’s a grown man. If he can’t think for himself and just does whatever you say, that’s on him. A man who can’t make his own choices doesn’t deserve to be a

springing to his feet. He jabbed a

didn’t even blink. “Gladly. A man like you, who blindly obeys his mother, isn’t fit to be a soldier. The moment you chose to meddle in my life because Mom told you to, you sealed your fate.

roared, her voice cracking from rage. Her whole body

the outburst, but

it all on

it back or not?” he asked

“No,” Ethan answered flatly.

seat. “Alright. Then let’s make a

They still sat together at family dinners, but the conversations never went beyond polite exchanges. Though Emmett had begrudgingly accepted