The Double or more Life of the Fake Heiress (Mirabella) novel Chapter 53

“Mirabella, spill the beans, girl. Does your family own an oil field or something?” Jenna’s words dripped with jealousy.

With a sly arch of her brow, Mirabella casually picked up her phone, unlocked it with a quick swipe of her thumb, and with Jenna watching, she nonchalantly accepted a tidy sum of ten grand from Delilah and Shawn via Messenger. The sheer audacity of her movements was enough to leave anyone agape.

Jenna’s jaw dropped. “Oh my God!” Oh, how she wanted to murder her desk-mate — not only swipe every penny from her Messenger, but also hog her billionaire parents all to herself!

“Ugh, it’s downright maddening to compare yourself to others.” Jenna sighed dramatically, feigning sorrow. “Why can’t I have a pair of filthy-rich parents doting on their princess, huh?”

Mirabella turned her head, flicking her bangs away from her forehead with a nonchalant grace. Her eyes sparkled with an enticing glint as she quipped, “You may not have tycoon parents, but there’s still a chance for you to be a tycoon mommy to some spoiled child.”

Jenna choked on her own laughter and threw her a thumbs-up. Whoever said her desk-mate was just a pretty face must not have heard her razor-sharp wit.

Mulling over the recent rumors, Jenna shifted closer to Mirabella. Her playful expression from moments before was replaced by one of genuine concern. “Speaking of which, there’s some gossip going around about you. Have you heard?”

Mirabella raised an inquisitive eyebrow. “What gossip?”

After pondering for a brief moment, Jenna said, “Rumor has it that your grades are nothing to brag about, that you can’t even match up to the average Joe in class, and that you got into this school through some backdoor shenanigans.”

Parkside High School wasn’t like the neighboring Maple Academy; it was a place for the true academic cream of the crop. The school’s rules were strict, and its principal was famously unbending and iron-fisted. The idea of someone sneaking in through the backdoor was practically unheard of at Parkside.