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

Chapter 1564

"But Mira, the conference is packed with international big shots. It'd be a real shame if you didn't go," Blake insisted, hoping his persistence would eventually sway her.

"That's exactly why I can't go and embarrass everyone," Mirabella replied lazily, nodding to humor him.

Blake was momentarily left speechless: "!!!"

Mirabella chuckled, casually grabbing the coffee pot and topping off Blake's cup before smoothly changing the subject.

Realizing he wasn't making any headway, Blake decided to drop the topic for now.

After dinner, Mirabella and James headed out together.

Blake sat in his car for a bit, not starting the engine, instead pulling out his phone to fire off a message in their group chat.

[Mira actually turned down the conference invite!!]

The group had been set up ages ago by Elliot, and it only included a select few students. Mirabella wasn't in it yet, mostly to keep the other students' confidence intact.

Elliot, seeing Blake's message, wasn't surprised. He remembered the effort it took to convince her to pick up a second major.

you think Mira's just shy

in the chat, rolled his eyes.

replied: [Nah, she really

to sign up.

[I'll have to

promises you made to the professor. Good

Blake: [......]

like the camaraderie in their group was already on

message: [By the way, Mira brought a friend today. He seemed familiar, like his name was James. I swear I've heard

[Yeah, sounds vaguely familiar.] Though he

suspect this guy might have something in mind

to put his phone down, paused when he saw Blake mention James. He

were startled by their usually silent

replying: [Yeah,

Dr. Elliot: [Nope.]

came almost

he sent more messages trying to dig deeper, Elliot stayed silent, like