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

Chapter 1398

James caught on to what Mirabella meant right away. Without asking any more questions, he poured the pills into his palm, picked up the glass of water from the coffee table, and downed the medicine in one go.

Mirabella clicked her tongue, teasing, "What if it was poison?"

James placed the glass back down, looked at her, and with a soft smile, pointed to his heart, "You wouldn't."

Her eyes followed his finger, and a blush crept up her cheeks. She thought, maybe she should've prepared a poison after all!

...

Before long, Dane pulled up outside James's villa.

As the car came to a stop, Nikolai looked out at the gate, then turned to Dane, "Dane, I'll go in alone. You should head back."

Dane was just about to unbuckle his seatbelt when he heard this. He hesitated, then turned to his father, "But..."

Nikolai cut him off, "It's best if you don't come with me."

for a moment, then nodded, "Alright,

need, I'll grab a cab back," Nikolai said, shaking his head

the gate, his

car disappeared down the road, Nikolai turned back and pressed the

he gave a

nodded and followed Wyatt inside, eager

and he sighed, "You'll understand once you

twinge of worry himself as they

as

Nikolai skipped the pleasantries and went straight to

weak to speak,

her nose, playing along with the

fingers on James's wrist, and as he felt the pulse, his

been during the

pulled his hand back, his mood somber, "James, this underlying issue... what triggered it to

out of

signs at all," Wyatt chimed in,