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.”

tossed a few more ledgers onto the coffee table into the box, and Shawn’s calculator followed

thing.” Shawn replied, sliding off his glasses and hoisting

lingered on his retreating figure, her thoughts a mystery. She followed Delilah into the kitchen, lending a hand with the vegetables. She then asked, as if it were an

ask all of a sudden?” she

of shoes by the shoe cabinet,” Mirabella said, her downcast, her voice betraying nothing unusual.

shoe cabinet this morning

ran into a group of men in black suits

about to respond, when her daughter continued. “They looked quite intimidating. Kind of like those debt collectors you hear about, you know? We don’t have any debts, do we?” Mirabella’s gaze was serious as she

shook her head. “No, we don’t owe anyone anything!”

like good news,” Mirabella stated

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