Kiss My Revenge The Heiress Strikes Back

Chapter 54

"Seriously? This is straight out of a soap opera. Hold on, Miss Lancaster has the last name Hawke too. Could she actually be the real daughter of the Hawke family? Why else would Arabella be so fixated on her?"

"No way. If she were their real daughter, they would've claimed such a talented kid ages ago. Unless they've lost their minds."

"Exactly. I mean, just look at them together - the vibe is totally different. Miss Lancaster's got that classic elegance you'd expect from someone raised by a big-shot family."

"Lovely weather tonight, isn't it?" Miranda switched gears.

Even though it was nighttime and they were at an outdoor party, surrounded by nothing but the glow of artificial lights.

Elian, however, was still caught up in Miranda's earlier teasing.

"Answer me this first - are you unhappy with what you saw?" His voice was low, laced with a hint of danger.

Miranda shrugged. "I didn't really see anything."

grin, a hint of mischief dancing in

challenge in his words, a raw, wild allure that was hard to

temptation. He could effortlessly draw people in with

"I'm a respectable doctor, Elian. What are

feigned innocence only

polite to flirt and then run away," he enunciated each word gently, his breath brushing softly past

conversation in

creeping up her cheeks. Elian, aware of Miranda's attempt to change

gaze steady on hers, a hint of something more in his eyes. "Just

million dollars,

knowing that Miranda's nonchalant response was

had started, and people were already gliding across the dance

that Sebastian approached Miranda. He bowed slightly, offering a

Elian seemed to drop as he fixed a

afraid I don't know how to