The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 1235:

Alec lingered a moment longer, his eyes darting one last time to the wardrobe before following Ruby out.

Brenna leaned closer to Joann, her voice gentle. “Joann, it’s risky keeping the money stashed in your wardrobe. You might want to find a safer spot.”

Joann pulled out the cash and pressed it into Brenna’s hands. “You’ve always had a good heart. Even after everything the Barrett family put you through, you’re still kind to them. Anyone else would have taken revenge on them long ago. Please, take this back. I have enough saved up for myself.”

As she spoke, Joann slipped the money into Brenna’s bag. “If I keep the money here, those two will sniff it out eventually.”

Brenna nodded, her gaze soft. “Alright. I’ll come by often. Take care of yourself.”

Gracie arrived at Ethan’s house just as Elsa returned home.

it’s worn me out. I could barely get anyone at home to lift a finger and help me,” Elsa said, fatigue

respond, her phone buzzed. She checked the screen and recognized the number immediately. It was that

selling. Stop calling,” she said, her tone sharp as she answered the

you sixty billion. Imagine how much easier your life would be with that money: your debts

keeping my shares,” Gracie answered without hesitation, ending the call and dropping her phone into her

unexpected—cold, hard, and metallic. Startled, she paused. She knew for a fact she hadn’t placed

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was shocked to see blood on

found none, then quickly searched through her bag. At the bottom sat a bloody knife, and beside it, a note. The message was short and chilling: “Pay up,

from Gracie’s face. She’d barely left the office all day, and her bag had never left her side. How could anyone have slipped something into

She was terrified.

landed on the doorway, where a man in a black hooded jacket leaned against the frame, a cigarette dangling from his lips. He offered her a sinister grin, then turned and