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

Chapter 284

Mirabella sidled over to the sideboard and poured herself a glass of water. Taking a sip, she finally drawled a rejection. “Let’s not bother with it, shall we?”

Throwing a party equaled spending money. Inviting guests equaled spending money.

Shawn, who had already made a mental guest list and even picked out the venue, was taken aback when his daughter declined. He looked up at her, perplexed. “Ah, why not?”

Leaning casually against the wall, Mirabella said, “It was just a minor contest, not worth splurging on.” In other words, spending money to celebrate a competition without prize money was just a loss.

Shawn opened his mouth to explain, “Darling, our family isn’t exactly…” short on cash.

Mirabella raised her hand mid–air, cutting him off seriously. “Dad, we should keep a low profile.”

The corners of Shawn’s mouth twitched in response. Once upon a time, it was Shawn who preached understatement, but now these words echoed from his daughter’s lips. It was oddly disheartening.

way to the dining room, leaving Shawn alone on the couch, his emotions tangled like a knotted necklace. It felt like

one after the other. Leo headed over, greeted everyone, and then naturally took his usual spot

witnessing this, grimaced slightly. Talk about brotherly love! He also sat down for

his complexion was fair, and the toxins in his body hadn’t spread. It seemed he had heeded her advice and taken his

are you staring, Mira?” Leo blinked, his curly hair and groggy expression making him look

his hair, Mirabella lowered her head to nibble on a bagel, “It’s nothing.”

his sister would compliment his good looks for the

with a napkin, she pulled out a small glass vial, no bigger than a shot of cough syrup, from her jacket pocket and placed it by Leo’s

up the bottle.

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them, looked on curiously.

quite heated up lately, so I

vial, which did not quite resemble the detox