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

Chapter 1266

Mirabella glanced up at the man sitting across from her at the dining table, reassuring Jessie over the phone that everything was fine before hanging up. "Did you call in sick for me?" she asked, setting her phone down.

James gave a soft nod, "You were out like a light."

Mirabella nodded, feeling almost full. She leaned back lazily in her chair, looking much healthier than she had that morning.

"The medical research institute is in chaos," James remarked, watching her intently.

Mirabella shrugged. "It can't be that bad."

"The system got hacked, core data's gone, and I heard a batch of new drugs got destroyed too. Besides your brother, you were involved, weren't you? You two are quite the pair," James tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

"Don't be ridiculous. I wasn't involved," Mirabella denied without missing a beat.

guilty, then the guilt was someone

slightly, and after a brief

was he after that he

turned

her fingers to her temples, staying silent, refusing to

further. He stood up, gathering the dishes to take to the

language seemed slightly

herself getting up and wandering to the kitchen

at her, saying in a low voice, "Who would dare be

he was being

She

James: "?"

lifting her chin a bit, her eyes boldly meeting his. James felt a twinge of concern about his