The Double ( or More ?) Life of The Fake Heiress

Chapter 46

Mirabella had barely stepped into the living room when Delilah, who was busy organizing boxes, looked up and almost jumped out of her skin. The ledger she was holding clattered onto the floor.

“Mira… what brings you back so soon? Weren’t you supposed to visit Mrs. Catherine?” Delilah asked, her face a picture of surprise. Quickly, she bent down to retrieve the ledger and tossed it back into the box without a second thought.

Beside her. Shawn, calculator in one hand and spectacles perched on his nose, set down his device. He glanced at his wristwatch before asking with mild confusion, “Honey, you haven’t been gone for more than a few hours. Did you forget something?”

Mirabella cast a nonchalant glance at the box by Delilah’s feet and replied casually, “She had company, so I came back.”

“Oh, I see…” Delilah said, the matter seemingly settled in her mind.

After a brief pause, she continued without much thought, “You haven’t eaten yet, have you? Your dad and I thought you wouldn’t be back for lunch, so we haven’t prepared anything. Just give me a moment to put these away, and I’ll start on some food.”

more ledgers onto the coffee table into the box, and Shawn’s calculator followed suit. “Shawn,

his glasses and hoisting

a mystery. She followed Delilah into the kitchen, lending a hand

“Nope, why do you ask all of a sudden?” she replied, wondering if Mirabella had sensed something amiss.

of extra clean pairs of shoes by the shoe

cabinet this morning and got distracted by

seemed to remember something else. “Oh, and Mom, I ran into a

intimidating. Kind of like those debt collectors you hear about, you know? We don’t have any debts,

guilt under her daughter’s scrutiny, Delilah quickly shook her head. “No, we don’t owe anyone anything!” But after a few seconds, she probed, “Were those men

good news,” Mirabella stated

this, Delilah’s throat tightened around the words. ‘They’re just from the company’s finance department, not debt collectors. She swallowed them