The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 972:

Now, even though she was just a little upset, Giselle was very concerned about her. This made her genuinely happy. Deciding not to hide anything, she decided to tell her mother everything that had happened today.

A quick pat on the seat beside her invited Giselle to sit down, and Brenna held out her phone to show her the photo Thiago had sent her.

“Take a look at this. Gracie took off her clothes and hugged Ethan, just to play on his sympathy and get him to feel sorry for her. This makes me very uncomfortable. Honestly, I just want to break up with him.” Brenna lowered her gaze.

Giselle studied the photo carefully, her brows furrowing. Although she had never been particularly supportive of Brenna dating Ethan, she hadn’t strongly opposed it either, seeing how much her daughter liked him.

Years of life inside a wealthy household had taught Giselle the truth about those glossy, respectable facades. Shepard looked like a perfect husband and father in public, but she knew his secrets outside the family all too well. For her own reasons, she’d chosen to keep quiet, accepting that these scandals were just the cost of belonging to a family like theirs.

Over the years, she had endured countless grievances quietly, never sharing her pain with anyone.

before; wealthy men often repeated the same mistakes. Ethan might

Ethan behaved, she remained

Brenna looked, she could not bring herself to add to her pain. She held back from telling Brenna that

intention of turning this moment into a chance to show off her own wisdom or foresight. What truly mattered to her was finding a way to

isn’t hugging her back. That means he doesn’t want to hug her. Maybe the truth is more complicated than

relationships. She just didn’t

have pushed her away.” Images from earlier replayed in Brenna’s mind—Ethan pleading for her trust after work. She felt conflicted. While she was angry

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he hadn’t done anything to betray her, but she also didn’t want to forgive him. Why hadn’t Ethan avoided

of that, she couldn’t bring herself to forgive

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