The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 950:

“Congratulations then. Looks like you’re doing better than they are now,” she said flatly, then turned and walked away.

Alec, in a good mood, started humming as he strolled into the building. A younger guard came up to him, offered him a cigarette, and lit it for him before asking with interest, “Sir, what’s your connection with Miss Harper?”

Brenna remained unaware of their chat or whether Alec’s words were even true. Still, a part of her did feel some quiet satisfaction with the news. After all, Ruby used to beat her and let her go hungry for days.

At lunchtime, Brenna headed to the cafeteria and made a point of asking Ethan to eat with her.

After getting their meals and settling at a corner table, she leaned in slightly and asked, “Did you have anything to do with Alec getting his job here?”

Ethan shook his head. “I wouldn’t say that. The company was hiring security guards, specifically men under forty-five. Alec applied but didn’t make the cut. I just happened to be downstairs when he spotted me and started buttering me up. We chatted a little, but I never said he should be hired. HR probably knows I rarely engage with strangers. Maybe the fact that I talked to him made them think he had some kind of connection with me. That might have helped him get the job. I heard they’re paying him a supervisor’s salary.”

like something he’d pull. Still, it’s hard to grasp how someone who once ran the Barrett Group can swallow his pride and settle for the position of a

find a reason to let him go,” Ethan

moment their eyes met,

back to Greta,

that. Life’s

people in Alec’s situation would struggle to cope with such a steep fall from power, but

I’ll arrange for someone to keep tabs on him. You don’t

small nod. “Yes, keep watching him. I

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home, she was surprised

today for a business meeting,” Ernst said with a trace of sarcasm. “Guess who