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.

with something else. Maybe next time. Things have been a

could hear Milton’s voice on Ethan’s end, apparently talking about stocks. She didn’t push the issue. Instead, she said,

to bring the matter up. Misunderstandings, if left alone, had a way of turning

not to go through with it, but she insisted. Did she actually

replied, “Yeah. But it’s fine. I handled it. Since you’re busy and can’t play tennis, let’s forget

call, her

had no intention of leading Darwin on, she figured it was better to give him a proper refusal. So, she

really going

gave a small shrug, looking resigned. “Yeah. I’m planning to talk to

𝖀𝗉𝖉𝖆𝗍𝖊𝗌 𝗈𝗇ɩү 𝓰⍺𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀ꞏⅽ𝗈𝗆

might get awkward if it’s just the two of you. Why not make it a group outing?

“I’ll call

calls. She had expected Ernst to be swamped, but he answered right away.