The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 887:noveldrama

Rosie picked up on her bad mood. “What’s going on? You sound upset.”

A heavy sigh escaped Isabella. Frustration colored her every word as she spoke. “Denis might get engaged to someone else soon. After everything I’ve done for him, I really thought I was the most important woman in his life, but he still refuses to marry me. Rosie, you have to help me with this. I don’t want to be the other woman forever.”

Rosie hated dealing with this kind of thing. Isabella’s words immediately reminded her of how Ethan had abandoned her before.

“Who is Denis planning to marry?” she asked.

Isabella replied, “No idea. He won’t tell me. Lately, he’s been shopping for suits, and yesterday, I overheard him talking about heading abroad for wedding photos. I don’t know who he is going to marry. How am I supposed to stop him if I have no idea who he’s marrying?”

Around five o’clock, Giselle pulled up to the Bentley family estate, the ride home handled by the family’s chauffeur. She was in a foul mood, her face dark. Just as she had expected, her visit to her brothers had ended with them asking her for money again. For years, her brothers’ businesses had hemorrhaged money. Even with Shepard and Ernst secretly helping them, their ventures still ended in failure.

Both Shepard and Ernst had gone to great lengths to hide the truth from Giselle, knowing how much she despised her brothers’ laziness and get-rich-quick schemes.

What infuriated her more was her brothers’ push to secure jobs for their children within the Harper Group, a move Giselle strongly opposed. Over the past two years, she had even stopped answering their calls altogether.

Had it not been for her two brothers calling Shepard, who then persuaded her that it would be better to help them financially, she would never have gone to visit her brothers again.

The moment Giselle stepped inside, Julia met her with a glass of water and greeted her respectfully. One glance told Giselle that Julia wanted to say something to her. She dropped heavily onto the sofa, sighing as she took the glass of water, drank half of it, and handed it back.

“Did something happen here while I was gone?”

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Julia kept her answer brief, recounting Alec’s visit and the way Brenna had treated him. She then added, “I don’t think Miss Harper is as hostile toward Mr. Barrett as she used to be.”

Giselle’s eyes narrowed. “Did Alec really not ask for money?” Behind the scenes, Shepard had always monitored Alec; he was the architect of the Barrett family’s downfall. Though Giselle knew Alec’s situation was dire, she didn’t know the details.

A quick shake of the head was Julia’s reply. “No. In fact, he is not as arrogant as before. I only offered him a glass of water when he visited, but he didn’t utter a single complaint.”

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