The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 730:

No matter how much Elsa tried to cheer her up, she couldn’t shake the heavy weight of failure.

However, Kenny had been the one source of warmth in her life lately. She thought back to the first time she was supposed to meet Ethan for their blind date, only for him to leave her waiting all day without showing up.

In a last-ditch effort, she had gone to his workplace just to catch a glimpse of him, and that was when she had been utterly swept away by him. It had been love at first sight.

When Elsa set up a meeting with Brenna just to provoke her, she had brought Kenny along to pretend to be Ethan. Kenny and Minna had held hands to put on an act at that time.

That was the first time Minna had felt something close to warmth from a man. Kenny wasn’t the man who had stolen her heart at first sight, but his resemblance to Ethan was uncanny. And back then, she had thought he was Ethan for a second.

On another occasion, Elsa had once again used Kenny as a tool to get under Brenna’s skin, this time by having him and Minna wear matching rings. When Kenny had placed the ring on her finger, Minna had briefly allowed herself to believe she was truly engaged to Ethan.

Now, as she reflected on these things, she realized that every small pocket of warmth she had found lately had come from Kenny.

“I’m okay,” Minna replied, though the tears slipping down her face told a different story.

Kenny looked at her in silence, torn between the absurdity of his thoughts and the impossibility of saying them aloud. How could he possibly suggest turning their fake relationship into something real now?

The idea was absurd, and he couldn’t bring himself to voice it.

Just then, his phone rang. It was his father calling.

“Dad.” Kenny quickly answered the call, his voice tight with tension. His heart immediately sank. Emmett was away on a business trip, and a call from him now could only mean one thing—he had found out everything.

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The confirmation came swiftly. Emmett’s voice exploded through the receiver, sharp and unforgiving. “How could you have done something so stupid?” Emmett had no idea that Kenny had twice pretended to be Ethan in order to deceive Brenna before. The entire plan had been orchestrated by Elsa without his knowledge.

“You know how Mom is, Dad. When she makes up her mind, everyone has to fall in line. If not, she will cause a scene,” Kenny explained.

Emmett’s fury was unmistakable, his voice so loud that it made Kenny flinch. “That doesn’t give you the right to risk your entire future!”

“It’s already done, Dad. Isn’t there anything you can do to help fix it?” Kenny asked in a low, desperate voice.

“I’ll see what I can do, but don’t get your hopes up,” Emmett replied, his voice heavy with resignation. “This has reached the highest levels of command. Even if your grandfather steps in, it might not be enough to fix this. You should start preparing to leave the military. I still have a few contacts. Flying for a commercial airline might be your only option, even if it feels like losing everything you’ve built.”

Emmett wasn’t hopeful. He had found out about the matter through an internal report, and by then, the official orders had already been issued. Changing them was next to impossible.

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