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    Elsa snorted and said, “She poured orange juice on me. You’re really going to let her get away with treating me like that?”

    Ethan ended the call with a deep sigh, frustration mounting inside him.

    He kept his gaze locked on the phone, lost in thought until the screen darkened. Just then, a sudden vibration startled him. Instantly, he unlocked his phone and saw Brenna’s message.

    Despite everything, he felt a sense of relief; at least Brenna wasn’t ignoring him anymore. Brenna had sent over a file.

    Driven by curiosity, Ethan tapped it open. The file turned out to be an audio clip. The moment he yed it, Elsa’s voice came through, and anger flooded Ethan’s face.

    Now, he understood why Brenna had hurled her drink at Elsa.

    Still, he was unhappy that what Brenna had said to Elsa showed no regard for his feelings.

    The whole ordeal felt like a tangled web. Ethan had once believed that a genuine apology and some effort might mend things between Brenna and him. But now, with Elsa stirring the pot, that small glimmer of hope faded away.

    However, he knew the situation with Gracie was more urgent. Hector had already started seizing the Wilson Group’s assets in Vand. If he didn’t act soon, Gracie would lose everything.

    He couldn’t spare the time to exin things to Brenna now.

    He intended to wrap up his tasks in the afternoon so he could go see Brenna and make amends soon.

    But before two o’clock in the afternoon, Elsa barged into his office.

    She arrived fuming, her face sticky with orange juice, makeup smeared, and her wool coat streaked with stains.

    “Ethan! I was bullied, and you’re still here working?” Her voice was brimming with outrage.

    Left with little choice, Ethan asked the three vice presidents in the room to step outside so he could talk to Elsa in private.

    “Mom, take a seat,” he said. Honestly, seeing Elsa in such a state didn’t make him mad at Brenna. He had heard the voice recording; Elsa had instigated the conflict, and she had met with Gracie behind his back.

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    He realized the situation was far moreplicated than it appeared.

    Elsa eximed in anger, “I’m not sitting down! Are you going to confront Brenna for me or not? She humiliated me today. If you refuse to go, I’ll get your father and brother to go with me.”

    “I’m not going,” Ethan responded, setting the phone on the table to y the audio clip for her.

    Elsa said, “She actually recorded me? How cunning! No matter what, she shouldn’t have thrown juice at me. I’m asking you again, are you going to confront her or not?”

    Her son’sck of reaction drove her further into anger. “I ended up covered in juice, and you are not even mad at her for this? I am your mother! Your mother was mistreated, and you are not even going to do anything about it! What’s the point of having you as my son anyway?”

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