The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 1036:

That afternoon at the office, Brenna waited for Ethan.

To distract herself, she pulled up the stock market. The Mitchell Group’s shares had been dipping steadily for a week. The daily drop was minor, but the overall loss had become hard to ignore.

She examined the trend charts from the past month.

Then, she looked into the Harper Group’s performance. Their numbers had also declined recently, but there’d been a solid recovery over the last few days, which gave her some relief.

By the time the clock hit five, Ethan still hadn’t come to see her. Irritated, Brenna retrieved her phone and called him.

He answered right away, though there was something odd in his tone. “What’s going on, Brenna?”

“Do you feel like playing tennis tonight?” she asked, using the question to test his willingness to meet.

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didn’t push the issue. Instead, she

it some thought, she chose to bring the matter up. Misunderstandings, if left alone, had a way of

I told her not to go through with it, but she insisted. Did she actually go ahead and talk to you about it?” Ethan’s tone

fine. I handled it. Since you’re busy and can’t

the call,

to give him a proper refusal. So, she got ready to meet him at the tennis court. Just then, a knock sounded at the door,

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two of you. Why not

said, smiling. “I’ll call Ernst, too. No

making calls. She had expected Ernst to be swamped,