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.

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

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

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

a sip of milk and then glanced at Leo. She noticed his complexion was fair, and the toxins in his body hadn’t spread. It seemed he had heeded her

Leo blinked, his curly hair and groggy expression making him

to ruffle his hair, Mirabella lowered her head to nibble

sister would compliment his good

Mirabella polished off the last bite of her bagel and wiped her mouth clean with a napkin, she pulled out a small glass vial, no bigger than a

before picking up the

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from them, looked

you’ve been quite heated up

eyed the label–less vial, which did not quite resemble the detox concoctions found

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