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

Chapter 152

Mandy’s expression softened a touch upon hearing her daughter’s reply. “Next time, give me at heads up, will you? Otherwise, I’ll start to worry.”

“Sure,” Summer murmured, drifting into the living room and collapsing into the plush embrace of the sofa with a distracted air.

Mandy glanced at Summer, finally registering her daughter’s troubled look, and asked with a frown, “What’s got into you? You look like you’ve lost your spirit.”

Summer hugged a throw pillow to her chest, her legs curled up on the sofa. She didn’t look at her mother as she spoke in a faint voice. “It’s nothing.”

“Is someone at work giving you a hard time?” Mandy probed, her brows knitting tighter.

“No.” Summer shook her head., “Everyone’s been really nice to me.”

Unaccustomed to such a forlorn expression on her daughter’s face, Mandy pressed further, “Then did something happen at school?”

After a pause, as if a particular name came to mind, Mandy’s face darkened instantly. “Is it Mirabella? Has she been bullying you again?”

head on the pillow without a word, her whole demeanor exuding a

slammed her water glass down on the marble coffee table with a loud smack, “That brat is nothing but trouble! First, she drove your grandma back to her hometown, and now she’s causing mischief at your school. I really don’t understand

just descended from the second floor, jumped at the

looked up, a strained smile tugging at her lips. “Mom, don’t

Mandy’s ire, “You’re just too kind–hearted, letting people walk all over you!”

flipping through contacts with a scornful laugh. “My daughter won’t be bullied for nothing. I need to have a word

the pillow and snatching the phone before Mandy could dial, “Mom, it’s really nothing.

the phone back this instant.”

daring to comply, Summer placed the phone out of reach, sat next to her mother, gently patting her back in a calming gesture, and whispered, “Mom, I’m serious. It’s nothing.

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the wrong idea.”

subject. “By the way, our monthly exam results came out today. I scored 670, ranked tenth in the

topic, Mandy’s anger dissipated slightly, “Your ranking has improved by a few spots since

her mother had dropped the Idea of calling the Davis family, Summer finally let