The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 1410:

Seeing that, Keira and Sandra shared a triumphant glance, the corners of their lips lifting with barely restrained delight. Sandra leaned in close to her mother, her whisper filled with excitement. “Mom, it’s really happening. I’m about to be recognized as a member of the Harper family. If the Harpers had accepted me earlier, I could have been living the good life all this time. Why didn’t you uncover the truth about my parentage sooner?”

Though her words were hushed, Brenna caught every syllable. Her lips curved into a cold smile as she replied, her voice laced with disdain. “Don’t celebrate too quickly. The DNA test results aren’t in yet.”

Brenna’s voice cut through the air, firm and unyielding. “I don’t care what you’re plotting, or whether Sandra turns out to be my father’s daughter. In my house, you will behave. Don’t stir up any trouble.”

her. Since returning to the family, she had never felt so frustrated—not even when Rosie was around.

Keira. “Did you

tell Sandra was too meek to start anything, but Keira—brazen, loud, and unrefined—was the problem. Keep Keira restrained, and everything else

had gotten exactly what she wanted: entry into the Harper family’s residence. To her, that was already a victory. If Sandra’s identity was recognized, she could live

to get money from the Harper family, and then Keira could indulge in gambling or shopping for designer clothes

chin, trying to look gracious. “Alright, I’m not difficult. As long as you treat my daughter as family, I won’t make a fuss.” Pulling out her phone, she flicked to her banking app and showed the screen to Brenna and Ernst. “See? I don’t even have enough to buy food right now. Since Sandra will be part of your family sooner or later, why not give me a little spending money? Nothing outrageous—a million

Brenna and Ernst had little choice but to bring her and her daughter to their home, and she believed squeezing money out of them would