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

Chapter 90

Emmitt, weary of the exaggerated tales that seemed to flow endlessly from his mother’s lips. casually shifted the conversation. “Didn’t Mirabella join the BrainSpark Nationals? How did the prelims go?”

He paused briefly, glancing at Mirabella, but before she could respond, he continued, “Summer’s been in that competition too. Scored pretty well, got a high ranking.” He deliberately omitted that Summer had placed sixth, out of consideration for Mirabella’s pride.

Mirabella’s eyebrows twitched slightly, but she remained silent.

Delilah and Shawn, standing nearby, didn’t seem the slightest bit surprised. Instead-

“Oh. Summer’s score is decent enough,” Delilah said nonchalantly with a nod.

Shawn, equally composed, added, “Summer’s always been a strong student. Her being near the top isn’t surprising.”

matter how good Summer was, she wasn’t a match for their daughter. After all, their girl had aced it, clinching the top spot with a perfect

been their cherished

because Mirabella had done poorly, and they were being considerate of her feelings?

a different story. Fresh from a small–town high school and hardly settled into the big city’s teaching methods, she went straight for the jackpot–a perfect score. She’s really done the Davis

it was as if he wanted to tattoo ‘World’s Smartest Daughter‘ across his forehead.

She’s the national number one.” Delilah chimed in, her tone shifting to one

face registered shock as he turned to them. “Perfect score? First place?”

blinked innocently. “Huh, didn’t I

might’ve forgotten.” Shawn chimed in, feigning seriousness.

Emmitt blurted out impulsively, “Her

told you that?” She seemed to have erased from her memory the

taken