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

Chapter 293

Time flew by, and before you knew it, the day had arrived for Mirabella to strut her stuff at the city’s French competition.

The event was getting the full Hollywood treatment. A crew from the Educational TV network was filming the entire shebang, and planning to spin it into a prime–time special for their channel.

The showdown was set in the grand exhibition hall on the second floor of the municipal sports arena. It was transformed into a stage with atmosphere to spare, thanks to the TV folks who’d wrangled a crowd to fill the seats below the platform.

Mirabella’s game plan for joining the contest was straightforward she had her eye on the $100,000 prize. From the moment she left school, headphones were her constant companion.

A girl, tagging along for the ride, leaned in conspiratorially and asked, “Queen Mira, are you drilling French phrases in there?”

Mirabella turned, about to set the record straight with a ‘nope,‘ when the girl interjected, “Mind if I take a listen?” After a beat, Mirabella graciously handed over one earbud.

popped it in and was met with the pulse of a pop anthem, she was gobsmacked. Eyes wide as

in hand, jamming to top forty hits… Seriously? Sure, the song was from her favorite band, and their lead singer’s voice was a killer, but

right?” Mirabella even whipped out her phone, showing off the album cover, pointing out the frontman, “And he’s easy on the eyes, too.”

and her ice–queen rep, but this was a whole other vibe. Sharing her music and

Totally relatable!

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girl was so charmed that she ditched her French script, and the two of them

He quickly separated them

the performance order was a

drew number twenty–one, smack in the

stepped onto the stage, the spotlight

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