The Double or more Life of the Fake Heiress (Mirabella) novel Chapter 1231

Dane's eyebrows flickered slightly; he'd always had it in mind to get in with Presley, but the guy barely gave him any attention. Even when Dane handed over a family heirloom recipe book, all he got was a simple "thank you."

Bringing himself back to the moment, Dane nodded and said, "But I really don't know much."

"No worries," Conrad replied, his hand gripping the phone in his pocket tightly, his eyes shadowed with concern.

He hurried Dane back to Presley's office to lay out the situation, then excused himself and left.

Conrad had just made it to the first floor and was on his way out of the lobby when he collided with Sophia, who was rushing in.

"Are you guys finished?" Sophia asked breathlessly, her voice still catching up with her hurried pace.

Conrad saw the anger simmering in Sophia and didn’t bother answering. Instead, he grabbed her arm and pulled her outside.

Sophia squeezed her hand, and once they were outside, she easily shook off his hold.

Conrad, not focusing on much else, glared icily at Sophia. "You're really playing both sides, huh? What's in it for you to mess with me?"

Sophia hadn't been around earlier, but as soon as she got the message on Mirabella Messenger, she had a hunch about what went down. So Conrad's accusation didn’t throw her off.

Sophia snorted, "Seriously? Did I tell you to swap the medicine? When you were pulling that shady stuff, did you even think about the fallout if you got caught?"

Conrad let out a bitter laugh, "Is this what it's about? You knew this evaluation was important to me, but you still..."