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.

turned and made her way to the dining room, leaving Shawn alone on the couch, his emotions tangled like a knotted necklace. It felt like having a treasure you wanted to show off, yet you had to keep it hidden

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

grimaced slightly. Talk about brotherly love! He also sat down

complexion was fair, and the toxins in his body hadn’t spread. It seemed he

blinked, his curly hair and groggy expression making

her head to nibble on a

his sister would compliment his

pulled out a small glass vial, no bigger than a shot of cough syrup, from her jacket pocket and placed it by

picking up the bottle. “What’s

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across from them, looked

noticed you’ve been quite heated up lately, so I got you this. cooling

did not quite resemble the detox concoctions