The Double or more Life of the Fake Heiress (Mirabella)

Once they were a good distance from the airport, Dane glanced at the rearview mirror and said, "I heard James from the Shepherd family had a relapse of his chronic illness."

Nikolai, sitting in the backseat, looked surprised for a moment before shaking his head. "That's impossible."

Seeing Dane's skeptical expression, Nikolai confidently replied, "I've told you before, Dr. Mirabella is amazing at what she does. She got James back to good health ages ago."noveldrama

Nikolai had meant to mention this to Dane earlier, but Dane had been too impatient, so it slipped through the cracks.

"What do you mean?" Dane asked, pressing the brake a bit too hard, causing the car to jolt. He quickly adjusted and asked again, "When you say 'back to good health,' what do you mean exactly?"

Nikolai, who had been thrown forward slightly from the sudden stop, settled back and patiently explained, "I mean Dr. Mirabella treated James' condition so well that a relapse is very unlikely."

Dane frowned, puzzled. If what his father said was true, why did Presley have information suggesting otherwise?

Just then, Nikolai asked, "But Dane, where did you hear about this?"

Dane snapped back to the conversation, quickly coming up with a plausible excuse, "I overheard Presley talking on the phone today. Given his connections, I thought it best to let you know before anything serious happens, which is why I suggested you hold off on going back."

Hearing Presley's name made Nikolai's expression turn a bit serious.

Dane glanced at his father's reflection in the mirror, tapping the steering wheel, and asked, "But with news this big, hasn't the Shepherd family reached out to you?"

"No," Nikolai replied, shaking his head.

After a pause, Nikolai pulled out his phone, scrolled through his contacts, and called Mirabella.

The call connected quickly, "Hey, Dr. Mirabella..."

Dane noticed and kept quiet.

After Nikolai ended the call, Dane finally asked, "So, is it true?"

Nikolai held his phone in silence for a moment before saying in a heavy tone, "Drive me somewhere right now..."

**

Meanwhile, Mirabella put down her

phone and glanced thoughtfully at

someone busy with their laptop

"How did Nikolai find out about your

se?"

James paused his typing, thinking for a moment before replying, "Maybe Wyatt's rumors reached him."

Mirabella nodded, lounging back on the sofa. "He said he'd come over to check."

James looked at her, trying to catch the

your meaning of her

then set his laptop aside. "Do

you suspect Nikolai?" Contidel.ne?

words,

"Not

she hadn't interacted much

Mirabella said. Although

Nikolai, she had a sense of, with gh

character.

If anyone was suspicious, it was more likely his son.

Mirabella shrugged and pulled a small bottle from her pocket, tossing it to James.

James caught it and saw it contained a pill.

"Let's play the part to the fullest," Mirabella remarked casually.

Even though she didn't doubt Nikolai, she couldn't say the same for those around

him.