The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 742:

“Alright,” Brenna said, starting to eat while letting her gaze drift toward Isabella. “So… Is your father still causing problems for you?”

Isabella scoffed. “Nope. The security in our residential area has kept him out. He can’t even get past the front gate.”

Just mentioning Alec stirred anger in her.

She continued, “When you were still with the Barrett family, what was he like? Because when I first returned to the Barrett family, he had at least some dignity. Now he’s just… shameless.”noveldrama

That made Brenna’s brows lift with interest. “Oh, he was already a handful back then. Used to rip apart every design I submitted, saying the parts weren’t flashy enough to make him real money. Every single night, he’d badger me for more drafts. If his company wasn’t getting orders, it was my fault. If profit margins dipped, he blamed the materials I chose. No matter what I did, it was never good enough for him.”

Isabella said, “So he’s always been so unbearable. I thought the bankruptcy flipped a switch in him. Honestly, he deserves his current predicament. It’s karma, if you ask me.”

After a pause, she continued, “You won’t even believe what he did after going bankrupt. The first thing he did was drag us to his mistress’ place, hoping she’d take us in. To secure shelter and food, he divorced my mother without a shred of hesitation. Then, he threw her, my brother, and me out onto the street. How could he have done something like that?”

She narrowed her eyes. “Later, I met Denis, and life improved for me, my brother, and my mother. Meanwhile, he’s been stuck in the mud. I heard he can’t even cover tutoring fees for his youngest son. So what does he do? Comes knocking on our door, begging for money, like it’s our responsibility to support him. No wonder when he went crawling to you after everything fell apart, you slammed the door in his face.”

A soft laugh slipped from Brenna. “Not surprising at all. He’s got bottomless ambition and zero skill to back it up.”

Isabella nodded. “Exactly. What did I do to end up with a father like that?”

Brenna glanced at Isabella, knowing that Alec wasn’t the only problem; his son and his wife were no better than him. The Barrett family was full of heartless individuals.

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As soon as dinner wrapped up, the real reason everyone had gathered finally came to the surface.

To Denis and Jordy, Brenna represented their last chance at salvaging the situation; they had pinned all their hopes on her.

But Isabella had her doubts. From where she stood, Denis was being far too deferential to someone who, in her opinion, was never up for the task to begin with. She had always believed Brenna’s refusal of the 13 million offer had less to do with the money and more to do with her inability to deliver.

Pulling a laptop from his bag, Denis placed it in front of Brenna and turned it on. He then leaned forward, his voice clipped, and his tone edged with entitlement. “You can start now, Miss Harper. I hope your reputation matches the praise I’ve heard about you. If you blow this, don’t expect to get a dime from us.”

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