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

Chapter 163

Back in the car, Delilah’s haughty expression had fallen away, replaced by irritation. “I’m so annoyed What’s up with the Gilbert family? They just come up and demand Mirabella switch schools as if they own the place!”

Shawn turned to look at his fuming wife and couldn’t help but laugh. The way you tossed that check was super cool.”

Delilah shot him a glare, her voice tinged with exasperation. “Is the check toss really the point? They’re accusing Mira of bullying Summer, Mira is so sweet–natured. How could she possibly bully anyone? This is just absurd!”

Through the time they’d spent together, Delilah had come to understand her daughter’s temperament pretty well. Even when Emmitt misunderstood her, she couldn’t be bothered to engage, her indifference being such that she was more likely to be bullied than to bully

others.

Shawn was silent for a couple of seconds before he spoke, “I think Summer must have said something at home; otherwise, the Gilberts wouldn’t have come after us today.”

frowned, “But to say our girl bullied

Mira when she gets out of her exam later? That’ll clear things up.”

drifting back to Mandy’s expression when she whipped out that check. Turning to her

the Santana emblem on the steering wheel, and for the first time, he found himself agreeing

smacked with a check in public? That was just

the competition ended.

exam room with her usual nonchalant grace. Unlike the

stop in the restroom, Mirabella emerged to see a tall, lean young man standing against a wall

as she passed by, he finally raised his head and called out to her in a cool voice.

the boy’s handsome, expressionless

recognition. He smiled slightly, his deep eyes lighting with a fierce resolve “You’re strong. A worthy opponent for me”