The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 1071:

Elsa snapped back, not backing down. “Enough with this nonsense! My sons are adults. They’ll make their own choices about me, and it’s none of your business! You talk about me being controlling, but you’re just as bad!”

While the shouting match carried on, Ethan, Bess, and Ronald quietly rolled Belen back to her hospital room, pretending not to hear it.

Not long after, Elsa came in, still reeling from the harsh words and the slap she’d endured. Tears streamed down her cheeks.

She turned to Ethan, voice trembling. “Your father’s thrown me out. He won’t even let me back in the house. I don’t have anywhere else to go. Can I stay with you for a while?”

Ethan looked at her for a long moment, his face unreadable. Bess quietly pulled out a pack of tissues and offered one to Elsa.

Elsa dabbed at her eyes with the tissue, but her tears wouldn’t stop. In her mind, nobody had it worse than she did. Everyone blamed her, and even her own sons wouldn’t stand up for her. She felt so aggrieved.

Ethan answered in a detached voice, “I’ve got plenty of places you can stay. Pick whichever one you like.”

that he didn’t want to live

crying stopped in an instant. “Where are

didn’t want Elsa to live with him and affect his relationship with

to live. You don’t

his reluctance, Elsa pushed harder. “I’m living with you. I’m not getting any younger, you know. My blood pressure’s through the roof, and I need to take my

temples, resigned. “I’ll hire a full-time

out of my own house. I have just as much right to that place as he does. I want my half of everything he

she would never back down without a

parents’ mess. They could argue and fight as

𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 g𝗮𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⫺𝖼𝗈𝗺

the bandages from her leg and head, leaving behind

and check on him,” Elsa