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

Chapter 57

Uh huh Mirabella replied nonchalantly, making it eat the had erased to wonder who had signed her up for the

Jenna Bimbed, skeptical. She didn’t doubt Murales had gotten into Parkside High School on her own merits, but she wasn’t quite convinced her friend was top of the class material

The tst of students participating in the BrainSpark Tationals was a wher’s who of academic titans, the too ten from each made Mabella’s name on that list was likes landstils in the midst of a pristine forest, no thatter how shiny her Bades, were they would be eclipsed by the brillanes of these scholarly gards.

Unless, of comise, she could snag a state ranking.

“Are you up for this, Queen Mira? This competition is no joke, and you know how many people are just waiting to make you the butt of their jokes, Huh?” Jenna tried to talk her out of it. It was, after all, better to bow out now than to face the humiliation of flunking the prelims

Perhaps tired of Jenna’s nagging, Mirabella opened her eyes, propped herself up on the edge of the desk with a hand. and leaned in augressively. Her eyes, dark and sparkling with a mischievous glint, met Jenna’s. Her voice was husky. “Don’t ask if someone’s up for it. Just don’t.”

uncontrollably. The laid–back, almost wicked charm in

she thought, “my heart’s about to burst out of my chest.”

“Oh my gosh, Queen Mira, don’t look at me with those beguiling eyes again. I’m afraid I will

Jenna’s chatter and sprawled out on the desk once more, even going so far

gonna scare off all your friends

Elsewhere.

“Summer,

1. gossiped excitedly to Summer,

and finally set it down to look at Madeline with curious eyes.

BrainSpark Nationals. Madeline said. Her voice was filled with thrill and mockery. “I don’t

slightly. She tilted her head and said calmly. “It’s an

rumor is she got into Parkside High School through the back door. With her barely passing grades, It’s