The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 946:

Rex, who had been frowning, finally spoke. “When I try to appease my girlfriend, she always says she wants to see sincere effort.” Several women around the table quickly agreed, nodding.

That gave Alani a sudden jolt of hope. “Right, maybe Miss Harper is just speculating; she didn’t actually see anything. What if Mr. Mitchell offered to show her the security footage? Would that convince her?”

A secretary across the room shook her head. “No way. If Miss Harper watches the recordings and sees them alone together, she’ll only get angrier.”

Alani’s panic grew. “What am I supposed to do now? I can’t lose this job. Someone, please, just give me something that will work!”

Just then, they noticed Ethan emerging from his office, and they fell silent. Ethan had overheard every word they had said, and a plan had already formed in his mind. “Back to work, all of you.”

As Ethan stepped into the elevator, a stern look on his face, Alani’s relief was almost palpable. She believed he wouldn’t fire her now.

Ethan walked out of the elevator to find Greta and Lorna approaching him. Greta quickly said, “Mr. Moreno is with Brenna in her office. She looked really upset when she came back.”

shot Greta a

strode straight into

she snatched her bag from the table and headed

at Ethan’s arrival. In his mind, as

displaying genuine

best to sound calm, Brenna said to Ethan, “Move aside. I’d like to

Ethan’s broken promise—he wasn’t supposed to meet

felt awkward but couldn’t leave since Ethan blocked the doorway, preventing Brenna

to me,” Ethan said, holding Brenna’s arms as she tried to break free from his

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his focus was on making her listen, careful not to hurt her

at least let me explain things to you?” Ethan asked, hoping